Eve Ensler: How would you want people to remember you? — FLAPSS

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How would you want people to remember you?

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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.

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Eve Ensler

American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist

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As being useful.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

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A net positive from my time on Earth.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗

Bruno Tonioli Italian choreographer

That I did everything I had to and I never gave up!

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗

Arlene Phillips

Kind, thoughtful and gave damn good advice.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2025 source ↗

Iris Apfel American interior designer and fashion icon

As the world’s oldest living teenager.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 August 2018 source ↗

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I would have honoured my body, I would have lived inside it, cherished it and protected it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

That most men have not yet come to understand the impact and the devastating consequences of violence against women.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

Going off all technology.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

In my 60s. So many things that tortured me when I was younger have fallen away. Writing The Apology, the letter I wrote in my father’s voice, apologising for abusing me, has freed me from the last vestiges of anger, confusion, rancour and hate. It released me from a frame that had determined my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

Nine years ago I discovered I had stage 3/4 uterine cancer and went through nine months of excruciating surgery, illness and chemotherapy. In that time, I touched death and it was the most powerful transformation of my life. I was forced to learn to take care of my body.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

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