Elizabeth’s career was riddled with problems which made her a questionable source of truth as a reporter. It may have plagued the validity of her most famous book Prozac Nation. Initially, I dismissed her as a whiney Gen X’er from a privileged family, oh poor little rich kid who gets to review music in NYC. Boo hoo.
I did give her other work Bitch a try, even bought it (must be lost in a box somewhere in storage). At times it came off as a collection of screeds without a focused point. Then again, I could give her benefit of the doubt. When a middle-aged man complains, no one calls him a pushy bitch. I would call him a pushy asshole but Elizabeth and other women are correct that the reaction from either gender isn’t exactly objective. I for one am not a fan of pushy anybody.
I never became a big fan yet I grew to respect Elizabeth by remembering, how many books have I published versus her? Yeah, still at zero. Plus she had been battling cancer, a disease she never deserved. If I had a magic wand, I would’ve taken it away from Elizabeth and transferred it to Faux News commentator and all around asshole, former MTV VJ Kennedy.
Near the end of her life Elizabeth some happiness in her marriage which I did read about several years earlier.
Farewell Elizabeth. I’m glad I had the opportunity to change my viewpoint by reading your other work. I hope you live on as a voice for Gen X as History marches on. Not the most coherent but you did bring up a few, strong valid points. If JD Salinger gets more credit than he deserves, you’re easily a shoe-in.