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and academic roxane gay, has most definitely cut through with her books, which include unflinching testimony on the impact of being raped, on fatness and the meaning of feminism. how scary is this level of self exposure? roxane gay, welcome to hardtalk. stephen, thank you for having me. well, it s a great pleasure to have you here. you ve written with extraordinary candour about your own life. i have. and it strikes me that writing about it presumably a solitary occupation is one thing, but then speaking about it in public is quite another. it is, it is. over the years, has the speaking about it become easier? it has. i m actually afraid of public speaking, and that s why i m a writer. and i never anticipated in my career that i would be speaking about anything in public. but the more you do something, the more habituated you get, and it does get easier. and, you know, i tend to speak in front of very receptive crowds and so that also makes it a lot easier. and i st ....
faced fierce opposition from environmentalists. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. finding your voice as a writer, cutting through the cacophony of noise in 21st century culture is not easy. it helps if you have a talent for writing. it also helps if you have something to say which is powerful, authentic, and confronts tough questions about the human condition. my guest, american writer and academic roxane gay, has most definitely cut through with her books, which include unflinching testimony on the impact of being raped, on fatness and the meaning of feminism. how scary is this level of self exposure? roxane gay, welcome to hardtalk. stephen, thank you for having me. well, it s a great pleasure to have you here. you ve written with extraordinary candour about your own life. i have. and it strikes me that writing about it presumably a solitary occupation is one thing, but then speaking about it in public is ....
a us fighterjet has shot down a mystery object flying over canada s airspace, making it the third one to be taken out over north america in the last week. bbc chairman richard sharp is accused of making significant errors ofjudgement by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson secure a loan. thousands of people in new zealand are left without power as parts of the country endures the start of a severe storm with warnings of more destruction to come. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for bbc 100 women in conversation: priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she s an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she s perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she s one of the bbc s 1 ....
making it the third to be destoyed over north america in the last week. you re watching bbc news. now its time for bbc 100 women in conversation: priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she s an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she s perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she s one of the bbc s 100 women this year. hi! and we re going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc. you re obviously a successful star in two countries on two continents, but when you were growing up, that was a very different world. when people asked you what you want to be, what did you say? and at what point did you feel that the canvas could be as big as this? no, i never thought t ....
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