On the marketing of her book, Shrill:

“I just think it’s really rare for the minutia of women’s lived experiences to be presented as literature, and they really let me present this exactly as I wanted, as a book, and not as a niche book that only women should read. Because I think that we know a lot of this stuff already. What I think would be cool would be for guys to read it.”

On women telling stories:

“I know a lot about the lived experiences of men from my time as an English major. I think it would be really helpful for the future of humanity for that to be a little more reciprocal. Not that I minded reading all those books, they were really good, but there are a lot of women on earth, and we have stories also.”

On engaging with Twitter trolls:

“I find ‘don’t feed the trolls’ to be an unsatisfying bit of conventional wisdom because I don’t think that my behavior is what needs to be policed.”

On intersectionality:

“I think it’s really important, especially for white feminists, to remember that you have to not just say things but also do things…You have to give up money, and give up space, and give up opportunities, because the field is not level. So if you actually believe in equality, you have to step back and give up space.”

Watch the entire broadcast here.