In defense of the girlhood essays
& why teenage girls love Kafka
I’ve thought about
‘s essay “Everyone's Writing Sounds the Same Now” — on the girlhood essay and the commodification of writing and the fact that no one has a new experience really (artists just kind of find a way to color things differently and be more honest than the average person) — a bit. I agree, but I just want to add a little note onto it.I th…