I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect of combining marriage, children, and a career. I've yet to find one where many men were worrying about the same thing. ↗
Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form. ↗
It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous. ↗
We immigrants can sometimes sound a little hysterical about this because we come from places that have tried this and we know where it leads. Anybody who's lived in countries with socialized health care knows that it becomes the dominant political issue. ↗
When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy. ↗