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[quote=Anonymous]I read an excerpt from her new book in New York Magazine about her relationship with a woman who has cancer and is a drug addict in recovery and not. It was awful. I felt like I needed a Silkwood shower. I really disliked her based on this excerpt and felt like she exploited the other woman for material. I don't usually feel that way (I generally think that authors can use any material they want) and I've read many memoirs. This was so off-putting and lacked self-reflection, except for performative self-reflection, like, gosh, let me navel-gaze and question my motives so you know I have, before I excuse myself entirely. She also sounds like a drama queen who seeks out difficult situations for selfish reasons--someone who gloms onto another person's problems or complications while her own life is actually a charmed one--but she needs drama and material and is probably perpetually bored. [/quote]
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