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.
Nelson Mandela.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗
I’m defined as a very strong woman. I don’t identify myself with a specific figure, but I do greatly admire people who manage to persevere with humility through great difficulties.
My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
Being with those that I love, and they have no problems.
Pain of any sort.
This morning in bed.
Judith Light, Cat Deeley, Lena Dunham, Trevor Noah, Bobbi Brown, Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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