Courtney Martin - Perfect girls, starving daughters

"WE ARE THE GIRLS WITH ANXIETY DISORDERS, FILLED APPOINTMENT BOOKS, FIVE-YEAR PLANS. WE TAKE OURSELVES VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. WE ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, THE DO-GOODERS, THE GIVERS, THE SAVERS. WE ARE ON TIME, OVERLY PREPARED, WELL READ, AND WITTY, INTELLECTUALLY CURIOUS, ALWAYS MOVING … WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON GETTING AS LITTLE SLEEP AS POSSIBLE AND THRIVE ON SELF-DEPRIVATION. WE DRINK COFFEE, A LOT OF IT. WE ARE ON BIRTH CONTROL, PROZAC, AND MULTIVITAMINS … WE ARE RELENTLESS, JUDGMENTAL WITH OURSELVES, AND FORGIVING TO OTHERS. WE NEVER WANT TO BE AS PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE ARE OUR MOTHERS, NEVER WANT TO MARRY MEN AS UNINSPIRED AS OUR FATHERS … WE ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF THE FEMINISTS WHO SAID, 'YOU CAN BE ANYTHING,' AND WE HEARD, 'YOU HAVE TO BE EVERYTHING' ".