title: I Don't Have a Thing to Wear: The Psychology of Your Closet
author:  Judie Taggart 
description: <b>Judie Taggart</b> is a fashion professional who has written for <i>Women's Wear Daily,</i> <i>W,</i> <i>Cosmopolitan,</i> and other national publications.
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  # This Book is Full of Bodies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Rick Wood
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### [Rick Wood Publishing](http://www.rickwoodwriter.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I am a human in a monster costume, given to me by society.
  
  
  But it’s invisible.
  
  
  No one can see it, not even me.
  
  
  Every day I get up and I dress like one of you, except better. I talk like you
  except about more interesting things and I eat like you except my food costs
  more than you’re worth.
  
  
  I am you but a better you.
  
  
  Because I don’t deny my nature.
  
  
  Think of all the constraints you place on yourself: monogamy, self-control,
  trust.
  
  
  You deny what we are and tell me I’m weird because society has told you that
  and you’re too stupid to question it.
  
  
  I don’t pretend to be like you, you just assume I am. You have your first
  glance at me, make your judgement, and then stick to it with the kind of
  stubbornness that shows why the human race is so deplorable.
  
  
  I have thi