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The things that scare me most end up being the most intellectually satisfying and so I try not to ever let my fear control me to the point where I don't do something that could be good and useful.

I do things that terrify me all the time and I just have the capacity to be terrified and to do them anyway.

You know, I think it's important to live my life like fat phobia is real racism is real homophobia is real

But you can't let that constrain your life

Otherwise you'll never leave the house and then that's what they want. They want you to feel so much

shame that you stop living. And the older I get, the more I recognize that I have every right to live

and be in the world and that I shouldn't have to shrink or make myself small to make other people comfortable.

That was Roxanne Gay. I'm Sam Fricoso and this is Talk Easy.

Welcome to the show. Oh, Hey everyone. Thank you for being here. I'm Sam Fricoso and today on the podcast is Roxanne Gay. A quick resume for the uninitiated.

Roxanne is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of many award-winning books

including two that's right two New York Times bestsellers bad feminist and hunger

she's also the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel, regardless of the format

that she is writing in. She is, above all, a true talent.

I imagine many of you listening are familiar with her work,

the rest of you, I hope after this episode

you will seek out her writing.

But recently, something that struck me about Roxanne in this pandemic is the generosity she's exhibited online.

If you do not follow her on Twitter, she's at Our Gay, and every week for over a month now,

she's opened her pocketbook to send $100 to anyone online who needs help. You don't have to show proof that you need help.

You don't have to take a picture of your ID or your bills. She is doing this in good faith and

on an honor system helping people out with groceries, help with

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