![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They are a way of flirting around boundaries and borders. For me, stories transcend the myth of private/public. I notice that the things that they tell us to relegate to the private-our femininity, our gender non-conformity, our emotionality, our struggle-are often the things that are most powerful precisely when they are in public. I am deeply curious and disheartened when people aren't able to express their full selves with one another. I don't know how to compartmentalize myself into binaries-male/female, public/private, happy/sad-in order to make myself easily digestible. How do you think about the relationship between the public and the personal in your work?ĪLOK VAID-MENON: I am constantly devastated by the fact that the things that are most dear to us are often the things we are not supposed to talk about in public. You also delve into your private and intimate thoughts and feelings. You write about strangers you encounter in public, the ways they interact with you, the books they are reading, the stories they tell. BROADLY: Your book is called Femme in Public. ![]()
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