Eve Ensler: What would you like to be remembered for? — FLAPSS

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What would you like to be remembered for?

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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

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

As being useful.

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

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Billy Ocean British singer

As somebody who tried.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2016 source ↗

Gareth Bale Welsh footballer

I only really care about my own opinion of myself, and my family and friends’ opinion of me. The rest is just noise.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 August 2021 source ↗

I couldn’t care less.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 April 2026 source ↗

Reggie Yates British actor and media personality

As someone who tried to keep learning, and wanted to help.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗

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Question How close have you come to death? 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 ↗

Question If you could edit 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 has been your biggest disappointment? 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 single thing would improve the quality of your life? Daily life

Going off all technology.

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

Question When were you happiest? 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 ↗

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