Driscoll tells herself to focus, reminds herself that she has done this routine thousands of times before in practice, and then, after she falls back towards the trampoline for a final set-up jump, she snaps into action.
What about the paradox that, by talking about body image, she only invites more focus on herself?
'Can you see it, Molly?' 'I can see a white thing.' Molly, at eight years, has to twiddle the focus for herself.
Sincere anti-poverty activists find her shrillness exasperating, with some arguing privately that her writing about a cause is a distraction, shifting the focus to herself, and delaying, if not damaging, the prospect of a solution.
When pressed on how Bersih would respond if the government did not meet other demands, such as equal media access, before the next election, which must be held by mid-2013, Ms. Ambiga's tendency to deflect the focus from herself resurfaced.
She places the focus upon herself and uses the autobiographical form to demonstrate how the civil rights movement influenced her.
