“I was twenty-one when I was hired by Planned Parenthood. It was my first work experience outside of either temping or working for my father at his store.” FirstsFatherTwentiesStoresParenthoodTwenty OnePlanned ParenthoodWork Experience Author:Jessa Crispin
“Women still get angry at me. I mean, men go after me sometimes, but most of the bad responses come from women.” MenMeanStillsSometimesAngryResponseMean Man Author:Jessa Crispin
“I don't behave the way people necessarily want me to, but I tried behaving that other way for a short period of time and it didn't take.” PeopleWayWantPeriodsBehaveWant Me Author:Jessa Crispin
“I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can't even engage with it.” ThinkingI CanLiteratureHorribleTediousAmerican Literature Author:Jessa Crispin
“I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction.” LiteratureSouthNonfictionAmerican Literature Author:Jessa Crispin
“Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you go back, you're not anywhere. You never belong to anything.” IfsCountry Author:Jessa Crispin
“American culture never necessarily made sense to me, but they should warn you: leaving comes with a huge sense of alienation that never goes away.” ShouldMadeCultureHugeLeavingAlienationAmerican Culture Author:Jessa Crispin
“You don't have to go to New York and you don't have to go to LA or London. Go somewhere cheap. Go somewhere with free art museums and then just go to art museums.” ArtNew YorkLondonMuseums Author:Jessa Crispin