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Författaren Ayelet Waldman skriver i en krönika hos Salon om varför hon var tvungen att ge upp sin blogg:

If producing a regular column is living out loud, then keeping a daily blog is living at the top of your lungs. For a couple of months there, I was shrieking like a banshee. (Min fetstil).

Det var när hon lämnade en subtil lapp om att hon reflekterade över att ta sitt liv (hon lider av bipolär sjukdom) som hon insåg att hon var tvungen att "skruva ner volymen":

The readers of my blog had no way to determine the intentions behind my entry. Was it some kind of public service announcement, designed to help people understand the seriousness of mental illness? My husband [författaren Michael Chabon] had an easier time realizing it was a cry for immediate and urgent assistance.