The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Big, shy, angry.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗
Impatient, ambitious and happy.
Curious, playful and silly.
Cheerful, sensitive, sassy.
Warm, intelligent, accommodating.
People who can’t wait to argue.
Having no way of earning money.
My mind is changing about being a mum. I got a dog and the way I feel about it is a lot, and I realise maybe I would want to be a mum.
On stage at the Brixton Academy on the third night of the residency I did there. I walked out and could not stop crying, some sort of mad relief that it’s all paid off and it’s all been worth it.
Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.
I was recently made to feel that it’s my mental health that’s the problem and not the system.
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