“The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness. But Jean Rhys, in her biography, is read as borderline; Anaïs Nin is borderline; Djuna is borderline; etc. etc. Borderline personality disorder being an overwhelmingly gendered diagnosis. I write in Heroines: “The charges of borderline personality disorder are the same charges against girls writing literature, I realize - too emotional, too impulsive, no boundaries."” MenWritingGirlLiteratureRealizingGreatnessEmotionalPersonalityBoundariesGreat MenEtcDisorderExcessBiographiesDiagnosisHeroinesImpulsiveNo BoundariesBorderlinePersonality Disorders Author:Kate Zambreno
“The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness.” MenGreatnessGreat MenExcessBiographies Author:Kate Zambreno
“How difficult it was for a woman, once she was named by doctors, to become a writer, because many aspects of her behavior that are accepted in the genius or creative man are regarded as dangerous in the woman.” MenDifficultCreativeDangerousGeniusBehaviorAspectDoctorsAccepted Author:Kate Zambreno
“The concept of "girl-on-girl crime" is perplexing to me, and it happens in many ways. There are those, who refuse to identify with women as a group, preferring the shade of the mythologized men, who want to keep up the status quo.” MenWayWantHappensGirlGroupsCrimeConceptsRefuseShadeStatus Quo Author:Kate Zambreno
“I don't think men experience the embargo on channeling the autobiography in their literature.” ThinkingMenLiteratureAutobiographyChannelingEmbargo Author:Kate Zambreno
