why bad girls get all the best lines

Ten months ago I wrote a post called why you need to write like a bad girl. I was groping towards a connection between 'badness', writing, and authenticity. Except I didn't realize this until I read a book (for a nonfiction project I'm working on) called THE CURSE OF THE GOOD GIRL by Rachel Simmons (who also wrote REVIVING OPHELIA).

(By the way, from some of the responses I got, it became clear to me that men could relate to that post as well. The details might differ, but t...