Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
I would love to have a good memory. I’m at an age when remembering something right away is as good as an orgasm.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere, what would it say and why?
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
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What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you have ever made — of money, time, or energy?
Money & investment
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I'm trying to be more organized.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗
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My inability to keep track of personal possessions.
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Balancing my inner and outer life.
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My discomfort with being alone.
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They treat me as a regular person.
Being grateful for what you have.
Her story is why I dedicate the Nobel Peace Prize money to the Malala Fund, to help give girls quality education, everywhere, anywhere in the world and to raise their voices. The first place this funding will go to is where my heart is, to build schools in Pakistan—especially in my home of Swat and Shangla.
Losing my family. And fear that the world won't become a better place.
Women in leadership positions in every field who are using their advantages to inspire younger women.
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