...weddings are giant Rorschach tests onto which everyone around you projects their fears, fantasies, and expectations -- many of which they've been cultivating since the day you were born.

“Everything became a metaphor, a talisman, a sign that I was still actually conn…”

“WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I was so girlie and ambitious, I was practically a drag quee…”

“Good girls don't hurt other people's feelings. Good girls are not overly aggres…”

“Every woman should see herself looking uniquely breathtaking, in something tail…”