“Nobody tells you, as a child, that your initiation into womanhood might come at the price of a craving for misuse and violence; that you can protect yourself from others, but that nobody can protect you from yourself.” Growing UpViolenceSelf AwarenessMental HealthWomanhoodEssays Book:Things That Helped: Essays Source: Things That Helped: Essays
“The lipsticks that I own are steeped in sex and blood. In my collection, I have Lady Danger; Relentlessly Red; Good to Go. Cosmo tells me early on that the painted mouth is supposed to evoke the labia, voluptuous and slightly parted, and the names of my lipsticks bear this out: they are unequivocal. There are fast cars, dangers, and passion. There is fire, lust, anger poppies, roses, all of them packed into small, dark tubes.” Growing UpViolenceSelf AwarenessMental HealthWomanhoodEssays In Love Book:Things That Helped: Essays Source: Things That Helped: Essays