“And it reminds me of a passage in Bossypants in the wonderful chapter about her father (which, though hilarious, is really a love letter to him) where she describes worrying about not being able to do what her dad did with her own kids: to instill in them the ability to worry – worrying as a precursor to effort, as opposed to baseless confidence as the foundation for not trying, or caring.

‘How can I give her what Don Fey gave me? (It’s even funny the way she calls him Don Fey. Like he’s a godfather or something.) The gift of anxiety. The fear of getting in trouble. The knowledge that while you are loved, you are not above the law. The Worldwide Parental Anxiety System is failing if this many of us have made sex tapes.’”

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