Along with many other readers, I was enthralled by Marion Zimmer Bradley’s novel The Mists of Avalon soon after its 1983 release. Living in Berkeley, I knew people who knew Bradley, and when they spoke of attending parties and other … Continue reading
I’ve just spent most of the day watching old movies. I started with Gates to Paradise: A lesser-known work of the noted Polish director Andrzej Wajda, it was released in 1968 and is a fictionalized version of the tragic medieval … Continue reading
Therese Borchard’s wonderful writeup re: Unworthy at EverydayHealth.com is insightful, praiseful (thank you!) but also very moving as Borchard reveals some of her own struggles on this rocky road to recovery. I’m still blown away by this one basic but … Continue reading
Even celebrities who consistently win “world’s most beautiful person” or “world’s sexiest woman” surveys sometimes experience low self-esteem, or at least claim to have experienced it — which always freaks us out who aren’t celebrities and survey-winners. One of the … Continue reading
Stop the presses. The Irish Independent is running a story in its women’s section with this headline: Low self-esteem causes women to avoid the beach The story reads: According to new research, over half of women in the UK will … Continue reading
I will write more about this later, and elsewhere, but for now and for the record, here’s this: Upon hearing about the UCSB massacre — and UCSB was my beloved school, and Isla Vista was where I spent some of … Continue reading
There is trauma and there is TRAUMA. These days, everyone seems to be engaging in a race to out-victimize each other, what with all these “trigger warnings” I keep hearing about. Is self-loathing a form of trauma? Yes. But how … Continue reading
I can’t help it, but I get suspicious whenever multi-jillionaire celebrities launch alleged self-esteem-raising campaigns. As if it wasn’t just about trying to sell more units … which is an understandable goal, of course, but often these same celebrities promote … Continue reading
I’m doing an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A about low self-esteem at Reddit right now. So — seriously — ask me anything. Bulimia, jabbing myself with a knife, being incapable of expressing anger, allowing myself to be bitten by 200 fleas … Continue reading
Chicago Tribune writer Heidi Stevens conducted an insightful interview with me, asking exactly the right questions. The result is an excellent article in which sometimes-self-effacing comedy star Sarah Silverman also makes an appearance. Here’s an excerpt from that article: “Selfie” … Continue reading