Nov 21, 2020
From Heartburn by Nora Ephron originally, but also to be found in the collection of her work The Most of Nora Ephron.
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From “Baking Off”, found also in The Most of Nora Ephron but also Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women
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From Heartburn by Nora Ephron originally, but also to be found in the collection of her work The Most of Nora Ephron.
Compare:
From “Baking Off”, found also in The Most of Nora Ephron but also Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women
Books in 2018 - Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women by Nora Ephron
“But I wonder how we will ever break free from all the nonsense we grew up with; I wonder if our fantasies can ever catch up to what we all want for our lives.”
The Ephron Family - By Way of Siracusa
The Ephron Family – By Way of Siracusa
Preface: The Coronavirus pandemic has made worriers of us all, for good reason. I’ve been passing around news articles and alerts with friends and family (like everyone else). But, so far, I’m unable to grasp the import and meaning of this crisis fully enough to write anything worthwhile about it. As always, I turn to books to balance my fears.
Carl Sagan said, “To read is to voyage through…
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“It’s okay being a woman now. I like it. Try it some time.” - Nora Ephron in 1975.
Ephron covers boobs, prom queens, the women’s movement, and the fallacy of objective journalism. From a 1975 interview with Studs Terkel.
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I have never told anyone the exact details of my particular sex fantasy: it is my only secret and I am not going to divulge it here. I once told almost all of it to my former therapist; he died last year, and when I saw his obituary I felt a great sense of relief: the only person in the world who almost knew how crazy I am was gone and I was safe. Anyway, without giving away any of the juicy parts, I can tell you that in its broad outlines it has largely to do with being dominated by faceless males who rip my clothes off. That's just about all they have to do. Stare at me in this faceless way, go mad with desire, and rip my clothes off. It's terrific. In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.
Nora Ephron, “Crazy Salad.”
I wish he were better at hailing taxis than I am; on the other hand, I realize that expectation is culturally conditioned, utterly foolish, has nothing to do with anything, is exactly the kind of thinking that ought to be got rid of in our society; on still another hand, having that insight into my reaction does not seem to calm my irritation.
Nora Ephron, Crazy Salad