Molly C.V. Nusberg

So you must have been very angry with your mother for staying with your stepfather after she knew for certain what was happening to you.

So you must have been very angry with your mother for staying with your stepfather after she knew for certain what was happening to you.

So you must have been very angry with your mother for staying with your stepfather after she knew for certain what was happening to you.

Dorothy, I'm going to ask you to read something from the preface to a collection of short stories that came out a few years ago. And the collection of short stories is called Trash. Would you read the opening of the preface for us? It's titled Deciding to Live.

Dorothy, I'm going to ask you to read something from the preface to a collection of short stories that came out a few years ago. And the collection of short stories is called Trash. Would you read the opening of the preface for us? It's titled Deciding to Live.

Dorothy, I'm going to ask you to read something from the preface to a collection of short stories that came out a few years ago. And the collection of short stories is called Trash. Would you read the opening of the preface for us? It's titled Deciding to Live.

Why do you think you went through a self-destructive period after having decided to live and getting away from home? Oh, dear.

Why do you think you went through a self-destructive period after having decided to live and getting away from home? Oh, dear.

Why do you think you went through a self-destructive period after having decided to live and getting away from home? Oh, dear.

You did something that it sounds like nobody else in your family had done before. You left home. You went someplace else. You tried to have a life different from the lives you had seen around you. How did you make that move?

You did something that it sounds like nobody else in your family had done before. You left home. You went someplace else. You tried to have a life different from the lives you had seen around you. How did you make that move?

You did something that it sounds like nobody else in your family had done before. You left home. You went someplace else. You tried to have a life different from the lives you had seen around you. How did you make that move?

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Something else that set you apart from your family and probably from a lot of people who you knew growing up is that you're a lesbian. Yes. How old were you when you figured that out?

Something else that set you apart from your family and probably from a lot of people who you knew growing up is that you're a lesbian. Yes. How old were you when you figured that out?

Something else that set you apart from your family and probably from a lot of people who you knew growing up is that you're a lesbian. Yes. How old were you when you figured that out?

Now, when you were young, things were much less in the open about homosexuality than now. And I think people who were gay and lesbian were really encouraged to think of themselves as sick and perverted. Coming from a kind of background where you were already really worried and really guilty about who you were and why your stepfather was abusing you,

Now, when you were young, things were much less in the open about homosexuality than now. And I think people who were gay and lesbian were really encouraged to think of themselves as sick and perverted. Coming from a kind of background where you were already really worried and really guilty about who you were and why your stepfather was abusing you,