Men Have Called Her Crazy is the multidisciplinary artist Anna Marie Tendler’s unvarnished account of her years-long struggle with depression, disordered eating and self-harm. Tendler, 39, began cutting herself when she was 14. It was a means of escape from pervasive anxiety and sadness, and something she did on and off for decades, often wearing long-sleeved shirts to conceal her habit.
In February, when Tendler announced that she was working on a memoir, the internet lit up with excitement. Scads of strangers were titillated by news of what many hoped would be a juicy tell-all by the aggrieved ex-wife of the nice-guy comedian John Mulaney. Mulaney, a former Saturday Night Live writer, checked into rehab for addiction in late 2020 and then, according to a statement Tendler issued in May 2021, “decided to end our marriage”. That same month, Mulaney and the actor Olivia Munn were known to be a going concern.
