Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain
Cheese sweats
I used to think doing stuff like that - hitting myself, slamming things - was cool. Or manly, maybe? I don’t know. Maybe I didn’t think much of it at all besides a vaguely vindicating feeling afterwards like, ‘see, I am fucked up - why else would I do something like that?’
Which makes sense given how little physical proof there is
... See moreI imagine some mythic women in floral dresses who simply slide into motherhood, goddesses unbothered by the smell of poop, at home in any damp cave. These are the “naturals”: the mom on a transatlantic flight handling three small children, or the unwashed breastfeeding mom who says she wouldn’t mind “another one.” But then there are others, such as... See more
Annihilation | The Point Magazine
self-mutilation as a way to physicalize pain the same way lots of addictions do, the way anorexia creates the physical pain of hunger, the way drinking creates the physical pounding of a hangover.
Caroline Knapp • Drinking: A Love Story
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