It Was Scary How A Girl Couldn't

I Started Working For The 'ny Observer' When I Was 33. After I Had Been Writing For Them For About A Year And A Half The Editor Said, 'your Stories Are The Most Talked About Stories In The 'observer'; You Should Have Your Own Column.'

Women With Money And Women In Power Are Two Uncomfortable Ideas In Our Society.

And The Sooner You Do The Right Thing, The Better. You Get It Over With, And You Don’t Have To Worry About It Anymore. But Who Does That In Real Life?

Whoever We Are Here, We Might Be Princesses Somewhere Else. Or Writers. Or Scientists. Or Presidents. Or Whatever The Hell We Want To Be That Everyone Else Says We Can't.

Out Of All The Neighborhoods In Manhattan, Soho In Particular Had The Charged Atmosphere Of A Movie Set, Populated With Passersby Who Looked Like Extras From Central Casting, So Perfectly Did They Fit Into This Environment. There Was The Feeling Of Everything Being Not Quite Real, Or Too Perfectly Cliched To Actually Be True, And It Began To Rain In A Fine, Misty Drizzle From A Black Patent Leather Sky.