The fourth workshop in my Feminist Voice writing course - about tackling the transition between personal and political narratives - is now available for purchase.
Lizzie I find wholly admirable given the stigma attached to mental illness. Her incredible sporting feats were real I think? Living outside stifling expectations was incredibly tough. What happened to poor Henry though?
I have a copy of the book of her photographs which were given to the Engadine Archive in Samedan, CH. The brief biography echoes the conventional story but there seems no doubt of her mountaineering exploits, supported by the remarkable photographs she took.
"must, to a certain extent, believe the myth of their own blamelessness"
I think in an least some cases it comes back to what you said about entitlement. Lying would then be just a tool to manipulate outcomes towards the state of affairs they believe they deserve. So maybe not so much literal blamelessness as a sense that if they have been deprived of something they feel they should have they will take it back by whatever means turn out to be necessary? A kind of imagined justice.
My!My!My!Yet again truth far stranger than fiction.And seems like as with Lily, liars are forever with us.Went to seethe film last week.Know the area well and enjoyed the magnificence of the landscape, which is the 3rd 'character' isn't it?
But Lily's life far more riveting.Definitely a wonderful subject for a biography.
Thanks Rachel for a fascinating and detailed article.
I remember loving the film, being given that sense of hope, I wanted to believe it all so I didn't really stop to think too much about it. I feel thoroughly foolish now for having believed the lie.
I can see why writers, especially women, lie though. Who really wants to hear the truth?
Lizzie I find wholly admirable given the stigma attached to mental illness. Her incredible sporting feats were real I think? Living outside stifling expectations was incredibly tough. What happened to poor Henry though?
I have a copy of the book of her photographs which were given to the Engadine Archive in Samedan, CH. The brief biography echoes the conventional story but there seems no doubt of her mountaineering exploits, supported by the remarkable photographs she took.
"must, to a certain extent, believe the myth of their own blamelessness"
I think in an least some cases it comes back to what you said about entitlement. Lying would then be just a tool to manipulate outcomes towards the state of affairs they believe they deserve. So maybe not so much literal blamelessness as a sense that if they have been deprived of something they feel they should have they will take it back by whatever means turn out to be necessary? A kind of imagined justice.
My!My!My!Yet again truth far stranger than fiction.And seems like as with Lily, liars are forever with us.Went to seethe film last week.Know the area well and enjoyed the magnificence of the landscape, which is the 3rd 'character' isn't it?
But Lily's life far more riveting.Definitely a wonderful subject for a biography.
Thanks Rachel for a fascinating and detailed article.
PS *Lizzie not Lily of course
I remember loving the film, being given that sense of hope, I wanted to believe it all so I didn't really stop to think too much about it. I feel thoroughly foolish now for having believed the lie.
I can see why writers, especially women, lie though. Who really wants to hear the truth?