レナ・ダナムさんのインスタグラム写真 - (レナ・ダナムInstagram)「#ElizabethWurtzel wasn’t afraid of death, just like she wasn’t afraid of life. She wrote knowingly and wryly about her battle with cancer, subverting the sympathy we offer those suffering from illnesses with death potential, to tell an altogether spikier tale. She knew that illness of the body did not have the same witchy powers as illness of the mind, and that whenever we settle down, we will always be reminded of this: “life is a shock to the system.” .. Growing up as a girl who was leaky as a faucet, incapable of holding in or evading or pretending, I did not have many examples of artistic excellence and rigor to hold up to the frustrated people around me. Elizabeth Wurtzel was that example, along with Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, Maya Angelou and ‪Fiona Apple‬ and Margaret Cho and Elaine Stritch. “It was just very interesting to me” she said “that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.” .. We have started, culturally, to praise fiery women but that can often mean a skilled and slightly pious kind of fire- a pushy teacher encouraging kids to fight for themselves, a politician who won’t be derailed by misogyny, Erin Brockovich. But what of the truly difficult women, the ones thorny enough that their lives become obstacle courses rife with obstructions of their own making? What of the women who waste your time and make it hard to love them? And what happens when they grow up? .. I didn’t always relate to Elizabeth. Sometimes she didn’t inspire empathy, and sometimes I judged her. That was the point. She didn’t care. What she did care about was making space for stories as complex as her own. .. Well done, EW, the most familiar woman I never met. Rest in your unique version of peace.」1月9日 3時24分