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The quote "The Personal is Political" derives from a 1969 essay of the same title by Carol Hanish. You can read this 2.5 page seminal essay along with a 2006 2pg introduction by Ms. Hanish for free at the link I've included in Pre-review Notes in my review.

After a fiendly young man spiked the author's gingerale with vodkaat a party:
"I've never encountered vodka before, didn't know what I was drinking and downed the lot. Then I blacked out. I woke up on a couch in the cellar with a boy on top of me. Then I threw up. Vomit is a damper of lust."
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CAT'S EYE, THE PREQUEL
Regarding violations of your trust:
You might become a detective. You might become a con artist yourself. Or, a blend of the two: you might become a novelist.

Witches, of course, unbound their hair in order to cast spells,unleash tornados, & seduce men:perhaps some of these beliefs lingered among male cultural commentators of the mid 20th century,contributing to my witchy reputation.Or the connection may be leftover from 1950-60s, a time when a female person who wrote anything but the ladies' pages was considered not only unnaturally poweful but also a borderline lunatic.