Miranda July

I mean, I think fear in general was also why I wrote the book. Like, I... Upon turning 40, which was a few years before I started writing it, it seemed like this grim time was suddenly approaching that was very vague, like this time of a woman who's no longer young.

I mean, I think fear in general was also why I wrote the book. Like, I... Upon turning 40, which was a few years before I started writing it, it seemed like this grim time was suddenly approaching that was very vague, like this time of a woman who's no longer young.

I mean, I think fear in general was also why I wrote the book. Like, I... Upon turning 40, which was a few years before I started writing it, it seemed like this grim time was suddenly approaching that was very vague, like this time of a woman who's no longer young.

And I wanted to not write about that because so many women I admired, so many writers had written about more important things, right? Like they had not focused on the people trying to shame them or the shame they felt themselves. They focused on important subjects. But the more that I... I got older and I started writing this book at 45.

And I wanted to not write about that because so many women I admired, so many writers had written about more important things, right? Like they had not focused on the people trying to shame them or the shame they felt themselves. They focused on important subjects. But the more that I... I got older and I started writing this book at 45.

And I wanted to not write about that because so many women I admired, so many writers had written about more important things, right? Like they had not focused on the people trying to shame them or the shame they felt themselves. They focused on important subjects. But the more that I... I got older and I started writing this book at 45.

And the more that I talked to other women and gynecologists and naturopaths, the more I felt that this subject actually wasn't separate from those more important things.

And the more that I talked to other women and gynecologists and naturopaths, the more I felt that this subject actually wasn't separate from those more important things.

And the more that I talked to other women and gynecologists and naturopaths, the more I felt that this subject actually wasn't separate from those more important things.

Right. I mean, we shouldn't have to reinforce it, for sure. But it does, like, I think people, I don't totally want to blame women when there's real repercussions, you know, economically, just in their sense of what's possible in the world, you know, so it's a tricky thing.

Right. I mean, we shouldn't have to reinforce it, for sure. But it does, like, I think people, I don't totally want to blame women when there's real repercussions, you know, economically, just in their sense of what's possible in the world, you know, so it's a tricky thing.

Right. I mean, we shouldn't have to reinforce it, for sure. But it does, like, I think people, I don't totally want to blame women when there's real repercussions, you know, economically, just in their sense of what's possible in the world, you know, so it's a tricky thing.

line like I yes I sort of obviously I'm on the side of declaring it but I am kind of often I'm just being honest here because so much of the book is about like not trying to be less ashamed than I actually am um Not trying to seem less ashamed. Because I feel like then you can't evolve. Like if you're hiding the place where you're actually at, then it's hard to get to the next place.

line like I yes I sort of obviously I'm on the side of declaring it but I am kind of often I'm just being honest here because so much of the book is about like not trying to be less ashamed than I actually am um Not trying to seem less ashamed. Because I feel like then you can't evolve. Like if you're hiding the place where you're actually at, then it's hard to get to the next place.

line like I yes I sort of obviously I'm on the side of declaring it but I am kind of often I'm just being honest here because so much of the book is about like not trying to be less ashamed than I actually am um Not trying to seem less ashamed. Because I feel like then you can't evolve. Like if you're hiding the place where you're actually at, then it's hard to get to the next place.

So when I say I'm 50, I am always a little disappointed when the person doesn't look shocked. Yeah. Oh, like, oh, but you look 35. That kind of thing? When they just sort of are like, hmm, yeah. Like, I still have that in me, despite having declared all that stuff a massive construction, you know, like a best construction ever that we become less interesting, you know, so early, so young, right?

So when I say I'm 50, I am always a little disappointed when the person doesn't look shocked. Yeah. Oh, like, oh, but you look 35. That kind of thing? When they just sort of are like, hmm, yeah. Like, I still have that in me, despite having declared all that stuff a massive construction, you know, like a best construction ever that we become less interesting, you know, so early, so young, right?

So when I say I'm 50, I am always a little disappointed when the person doesn't look shocked. Yeah. Oh, like, oh, but you look 35. That kind of thing? When they just sort of are like, hmm, yeah. Like, I still have that in me, despite having declared all that stuff a massive construction, you know, like a best construction ever that we become less interesting, you know, so early, so young, right?

I mean, like, why was I thinking about this at 45? But I was.

I mean, like, why was I thinking about this at 45? But I was.