The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
Any person trying to uplift mankind.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2012 source ↗
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – everything she writes speaks to me. Her Ted talk, We Should All Be Feminists, inspired everything I do with Gurls Talk.
AIDS activist Jeanne White-Ginder.
The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
My wife (Borat voice).
Flipping my wig.
Singing onstage—and everyone walking around me saying, “Look how happy she looks.”
A big loaded baked potato and a good book with time to eat it and read it.
Well, I’m proud of all of them. I think the one that’s most personal to me is the lil’ Coat of Many Colors, because it talks about my mom, my parents, and kind of gives you an insight. It also covers bullying, acceptance and all that.
The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
Dishonesty and being late for appointments.
Zoë Wanamaker, Elisabeth Moss, Robert Carlyle, Mel Giedroyc, Anna Paquin, Phil Daniels
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