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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗
I have the invisibility of a middle-aged woman. I live in Brighton, and feel for the first time in my life that I belong. My kids are safe, my husband’s in a good place and we have a roof over our head: I can’t imagine needing more than that.
Not having my injuries: shoulders, knees and ankles. I did a lot of contact sports as a kid.
Slightly longer arms.
Being able to drive.
To myself for diminishing my gut feelings until quite recently.
I’ve never really had a horrible job – I liked working at restaurants and being a nanny when I wasn’t acting.
In my 20s I was in a show called The Unauthorised Autobiography of Samantha Brown. The actor who played my dad messed up his lines and it made me laugh so hard that I ended up peeing my pants.
Curious, thoughtful and kind.
I had a casting director once stop me in the middle of an audition and tell me to go wash my face in the bathroom because she felt my makeup was too distracting, but I wasn’t wearing any. It was mortifying. It felt like a power play and I was so young, I didn’t know what to do.
Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.
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