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What is your greatest fear?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

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It was reading out loud, but no longer. (I am dyslexic.) I was encouraged by my husband to do a speech for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which helped me gain my confidence, and the fear disappeared.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser
Dying just a millisecond before I was about to say something I really wanted the people I love to hear.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2020 source ↗

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