Status Updates From Didion and Babitz

As it happens l am still committed to the idea that the ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language, and I am not optimistic about children who settle for saying, to indicate that their mother and father do not live together, that they come from 'a broken home.’

To be viewed as serious was vital for a woman artist—still is vital, I’d argue—since men artists were—and are—just looking for an excuse to condemn or dismiss.

tengo que dejar de leer libros de los sesentas lmao. la gente no sabía lo que tenia. such entitled people.

infantiles. y la eve también, en gran parte, por culpa de la autora. la joan no puede hacer nada sin que anolik intercede con un “PERO LA EVE…!! girl. be serious