Ask Polly: How Do I Accept Myself and Fit In?

Dear Polly, I'm a writer in my mid-20s facing a predicament of personality vs. conditioning. I come from a super-laid-back lower-class family; my parents were, perhaps, extremely laissez-faire. I'm not saying I was raised without manners, but as I've been entering the literary, publishing, and fashion worlds in my career ... More