“It was frankly sort of confusing, the way everyone stared at our bodies exactly as they tried to erase the ideas of our bodies from our minds. We were supposed to get over ourselves but no one was supposed to get over us. The female body was our worst handicap and our best advantage -- the surest means to success, the surest course to failure. (p. 72)” BodyIdentitySexualityGirlsHamann Book:Anthropology of an American Girl Source: Anthropology of an American Girl
“It was frankly sort of confusing, the way everyone stared at our bodies exactly as they tried to erase the ideas of our bodies from our minds. We were supposed to get over ourselves but no one was supposed to get over us. The female body was our worst handicap and our best advantage - the surest means to success, the surest course to failure.” WayMindMeanIdeasBodyGirlCoursesWomenWorstAdvantageFemaleGet OverConfusingEraseHandicapsFemale Body Author:Hilary Thayer Hamann
“Now that I'd experienced being a woman to a man I was in love with, I'd become self-conscious about being a woman to the world in general. Of course, being female is always indelicate and extreme, like operating heavy machinery. Every woman knows the feeling of being a stack of roving flesh. Sometimes all you've accomplished by the end of the day is to have maneuvered your body through space without grave incident.” KnowsMenWorldEndsSelfSometimesFeelingsBodyCoursesSpaceConsciousFemaleHeavyExtremesFleshYour BodyGravesAccomplishedThe End Of The DayMachineryIncidentsSelf ConsciousBeing A WomanRoving Author:Hilary Thayer Hamann
“Sometimes all you’ve accomplished by the end of the day is to have maneuvered your body through space without grave incident.” EndsSometimesBodySpaceYour BodyGravesAccomplishedThe End Of The DayIncidents Book:Anthropology of an American Girl: A Novel Source: Anthropology of an American Girl: A Novel
