'I got one DM about how basically my self-presentation and my cleavage was the reason for my success.'
—was that something you planned on writing about or was it just an absurd, amorphous thing you followed along with but didn't think it had a place in your work?Around 2017 I was looking at Instagram often and feeling so compelled by these young girls who were offering up their body as currency and getting instant validation for it. And on so many levels that seemed great to me, that it would feel so good.
Culturally, I do think there's the possibility of comprehending that a woman can be smart and successful and also want the cream or the surgery or want to be hot, even. Yes, that's happening. But I will say I do oftentimes find myself in certain scenes where it's still very hard for people to wrap their heads around it. And by people, I mostly mean men.I got one DM about how basically my self-presentation and my cleavage was the reason for my success.
I’ve had instances where people, also mostly men, were surprised to find out what I do because of the way I’m dressed or the way I put myself together. Caring about how you look seems to be shorthand forTotally. I've been asked by peers, mostly male writers, ‘Do you want to be a writer?’ after I'm like, "I have a book." Then again, ‘Do you want to be a writer?’ I mean, I am.
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