A Letter to My Younger Sisters...
A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, [it is] an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history...a quietly mad population is a tractable one. - Naomi Wolf I received a letter recently from a reader who told me she wished all female teens could read my post. Honestly, when I write, I never really have a particular audience in mind. That's the first thing we learn in "Composition and Writing 101," KNOW your audience. Well, to that I say: SCREW YOUR CONVENTIONAL RULES (just like in my photography). So, although I do not practice a routine of writing to any particular audience and remain completely authentic to who I am, the encouragement brought me so much joy in learning that my words could reach and inspire younger women. And, to that reader, I say thank you so much for that. My heart nearly exploded. Now, in response to the aforementioned em...