The ruins of his self are the ruins of post-war society. SHE is read as simply writing herself, her toxic, messy self, and her self is not seen as legitimate as literature according to the theories their husbands themselves espoused.
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Violet Thursdays
(love: hula hooping, eating my fruits and vegetables, spelling, playing, listening, enjoying my surroundings, noticing patterns, anagrams, singing, arguing, weaving, felting, embroidery, building forts and wreaking havoc, hesitating, changing my hair color, and thinking myself into paralysis.)