just as an aside, i don't think it's fair that the world is how it is and america is how it is just as i'm really coming into my own take on my mother's and sister's and sister's ballet teacher's body image issues. i can only deal with six crises at a time, people. i'm not supergirl.

[steps out of time machine in 1987] "hey, luba! you know how you're gonna beat my sister for being too tall & fat? well, i'm an inch taller & like 30 pounds heavier & barshnikov wouldn't have me either." [pulls wire-wrapped bat out of time machine] "are you familiar with the black swan, luba?"