00:00 You know that it's no secret that female novelists are continually asked if their work is autobiographical
00:04 because people don't seem to understand that women have an imagination.
00:07 It's true with lots of female novelists when they write about difficult subjects and then
00:12 are kind of expected just to answer questions about it.
00:17 In a way it's like, well, I wrote a book to not have to say these things.
00:22 There's a reason why I wrote the book rather than an article and want to explore those
00:26 things in a less determined way.
00:29 People are really blunt about asking, like, have you been sexually assaulted?
00:33 And quite literally someone asked me that live on a recording.
00:39 Why is it that we live in a world where people think they can ask you that?
00:42 Particularly live!
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