Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive comments leveled at his adolescent self, a self he feels was unacceptable. With bravado, he expresses regret that… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“Marriage is never static. There are peaks and troughs, cycles. It is easy to forget that this shifting landscape is really only ever a… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“As Baba Ram Dass (his ‘spiritual name’), Richard Alpert explained human attachment as a ‘clue that there’s work to be done’ – meaning that… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“I’m not really interested in the audience’s enjoyment,' Cave mumbles once he has changed into clean pants. 'It doesn’t bother me one way or… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“Secret elisions within families are suddenly revealed by self-execution, and just as quickly sheeted with excuses, blame, and counter-blame. But sense is made of… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“Ninety-six per cent of juvenile prostitutes are fugitives from abusive domestic situations; 66 per cent began working before they turned 16. (Prostitution is their… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
Delirious as it can be, sex is only one kind of intimacy, and yet has become the cultural catchment area for all kinds of… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“Stirton's work, he says, is now all about investigation. 'You literally are trying to find out what's happening and, finally, manoeuvre yourself to the… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
What does a woman feel when she is hit? My mother slapped me when I was a child - on two occasions, to the… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“There were times when I would sob until I shook, until my eyelids were so swollen that it pained me to open them, and… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“The artist, in making victims of his muses, remasters himself as a hero, saving them from their otherwise inconsequential lives.” — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“Grey's thing has always been transgression – conscious, and without the interference of shame. In a world of people uncertain about the acceptability of… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
