"Why do we romanticize the dead? "I'm Glad My Mom Died" is an unflinching account of McCurdy's abusive mother, who pushed her into show business at an early age. McCurdy joined me recently on "Salon Talks" to talk about this year's most candid book, her writing process and why it has connected so deeply with readers. "You're such a good …
Artur Kozlov via Getty Images For years, I spent my evenings “unwinding” with a couple glasses of wine to relieve the unending pressure of the mental load. “We deserve a few hours where we don’t feel crushed under the weight of the mental load, don’t we?” Sometimes I’d go through difficult attempts to moderate. But we don’t call it coping …
This story is part of Parents Are Cool!, the third issue of Image, which explores the myriad ways in which L.A. parents practice the craft of care. After everything that I had just gone through, I was like, “Oh yeah, I am not getting up for a goddamn thing other than using the bathroom.” With cuarentena, there’s all these rules. …
