"But capitalism in this country is focused, first, on the idea that life can and should be absolutely beautiful; second, that beauty can be defined in an iron-clad objective standard; third, that beauty can be held onto forever if only you do the right things perfectly enough; and fourth, that it can be purchased....
Light and dark become so polarized that it is terrifying, and something like sadness can come to seem grotesque-and in fact become grotesque, like you see in somebody like Elizabeth Wurtzel, who I believe is desperately unhappy in part because she has absolutely bought into the idea that she should not be unhappy."
Mary Gaitskill
From an exchange between writers Mary Gaitskill and Rick Moody on autodafe, an amazing site of disenfranchised literature.
I love this quote, and part of me agrees with it. Then the part of me that is the grandchild of three people who were salespeople--and who loved it---wants to buy a new t-shirt. Right now.
posted by Martha @ 8:26 AM
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