I can hear all I want about sex, drugs, and rock...

10:23 am - January 26, 2012: 5 notes

I can hear all I want about sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll on the playground, but only the Girl Scouts know the step-by-steps for limbering up a new book without injuring the binding and the how-tos of packing a suitcase to be a more efficient traveler. The only thing harder to come by around here than a suitcase is a brand-new book, but I keep the Girl Scout motto as close to my heart as the promise anyway: Be Prepared.

—Tupelo Hassman, Girlchild

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As Jaimy Gordon describes it: “Something between a shocking exposé, a defiant treatise, a prose poem, and an exuberant Girl Scout manual.”