Word: wurtzel
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...actually have to say that most of my behavior while on drugs was just gross or embarrassing,” she says, mentioning a particularly graphic passage in More, Now, Again, in which an isolated, drug-addled Wurtzel becomes obsessed with tweezing each hair on her legs and eventually takes to plucking at her skin...
...Just because you feel deeply and indiscriminately does not mean that your feelings are indications of anything other than your flat-out fucked-up life.” Though many take issue with the chosen outlet of her talents, it takes skill to suffer as beautifully and artistically as Wurtzel. Her lack of shame in laying bare the details is only the beginning...
...some happy accident of timing, Wurtzel delivered Prozac Nation, which was entirely about her own experience, into a world that was poised to debate depression openly for the first time in the face of sudden availability of drugs like Prozac...
...Wurtzel is aware that a cultural climate dominated by national tragedy and international unrest may not be entirely receptive to the confessions of a socially privileged, middle-class drug addict, but remains hopeful...
...debate over Wurtzel’s use of her image began with the charmingly vulnerable confrontation of Prozac Nation’s cover, but really blew up with Bitch. Its original cover presented a topless Wurtzel, grinning knowingly and extending her middle finger at the world...