shutitdown: taking one for the anecdote

childhood trauma

° Ten ways I managed to ingest sugar as a child, over parental objections  1. Breakfast Cereal When I was a girl, when we went to the supermarket my mother would come up with...
° The town and country fair.  When I was about seven or eight, my arms were greased in lard and I was deposited in a...
° At home on the piano.  My aunt is an actress, and one of my earliest, most traumatizing memories of her was when she invited...
° Ooh Baby  In the early eighties, my mother was pregnant with my brother, and my parents tried to infect me with their...
° For the love of God  The other day my mother attempted to convince me that the only way I would stop sabotaging my own life...
° One bad-ass mofo.  Family portrait where I am wearing the Mofo shirt and smoking a fake cigarette. Proof positive that I don't make...
° The Indignities of Valentine's Past  Today I will tell a story of Valentine's past, because as per my usual policy, this day will likely do...