Well, this was the US. And she was trying to make a serious point about the perils of perfectionism. Also a bit the idea back then still that to be considered half as good, a woman had to be twice as good. They were rather exaggeratedly tough, at times.
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Date: 2009-01-28 04:49 pm (UTC)