The Struggle for Consciousness

There was a certain freedom I discovered in writing this character. And it was that if a woman isn't obsessed with the way that she looks, like if it's not her struggle, she can struggle about all kinds of things. So I couldn't have this character just sitting around in her apartment in a vacuum. I needed someone to come be a mirror and also a battering ram. Is that what it's called in football? I don't know. A more of a punch bank.