Teutons and Cimbri — Image Source Unknown

200 Generations of Anger, More or Less

Ophelia Leopold
Sep 2, 2018 · 5 min read

I worry a lot. I worry about what people will think of me. I worry that people will think I’m stupid. That I’m something or someone that I hope that I’m not. Image control. I spend so much time worrying about these things, reading and learning, and worrying. I don’t leave time for actually doing things for me. Maybe even becoming me.

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Ophelia Leopold

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Culture, theory, criticism, and feminism — I’m a lot of fun at dinner parties.

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