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Despite her claims that she speaks only for herself, she became a spokeswoman for the anxiety-ridden generation of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s; as surely as F. Scott Fitzgerald became...
Dec 23, 2021 · In an essay titled On Self-Respect, Joan Didion argued for the importance of intrinsic self-worth and an outdated value called 'character.'
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The issue I have with Joan's character is that she is so self righteous, always calling everyone else out for their issues, and yet, is as codependent as they are. She isn't naturally kind and giving, it seems like she helps her friends so she can feel superior and continue to have the high ground.
Jan 26, 2021 · Why does Joan Didion matter? Because she has chronicled, for well over half a century, how the powerful use words to obscure meaning. How lies get dressed up as truth.
Pope Joan declares that she herself dressed as a boy as early as she could. She ran away with a male friend a few years older than her—she wanted to study in Athens, but women were not allowed in libraries in the Middle Ages.
May 30, 2018 · In contrast to Democracy, however, Didion does not identify herself as the narrator. “For the record,” she writes, “this is me talking. You know me, or you think youdo. The not quite omniscient author.”
Oct 29, 2017 · For Griffin Dunne, Didion’s nephew and the director of the Netflix documentary about her, Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, the answer seems to have been straightforward: Take Didion’s advice....
