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Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
With smile lines.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗
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View all 214 →I don’t care that much about legacy. Within family I do, but not externally.
Finally nailing being on time.
Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
As someone who left the world around me a little kinder and less hierarchical.
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View profile →Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently, it was horrific.
I would have started therapy earlier.
Greta Thunberg, for obvious reasons.
Finding something that I love doing and getting paid for it.
I worked in the customer services department of a mobile phone gambling company and it was very depressing, because the people calling up were usually not happy.
A Rose Wylie painting.
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