“We
are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books,
five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the
peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time,
overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always
moving. We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and
thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on
birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins. We are relentless,
judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to
be as passive-aggressive are our mothers, never want to marry men as
uninspired as our fathers… We are the daughters of the feminists
who said, ‘You can be anything,’ and
we heard, ‘You have to be everything.’”
-Courtney
Martin
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