![]() ![]() Why do you think you’ve carried it with you? Because it seems fortuitous that you make it here and then you end up middle class, so you think we’re all going to die, because there’s really no other option. Maybe part of it is when they were immigrating they dodged so many risks and challenges that they think something’s going to get them. I don’t know if that anxiety is because of where they came from, I think it’s who they are. ![]() I totally relate to that, but I always marvel at the fact that they come from countries where conditions actually threatened their lives, and moved to a place that’s comparatively sterile. You start your book by talking about an irrational fear of dying that comes from your parents. She spoke with Chatelaine about inheriting her Dad’s anxiety, the nefarious power of men who ogle women and why some people think she should be fired. Koul, who has also written for the Hairpin, the New Yorker and Flare, debuts her collection of essays March 7, covering everything from the problem with Indian hair to rape culture. The experience shook her, s o naturally, she wrote an essay about it in her first book, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter. It was a tweet the senior editor at Buzzfeed wrote in late 2015 soliciting pitches from writers who were “not white and not male” that incited the Internet’s most terrifying behaviour, including threats to rape and kill her. ![]() Scaachi Koul’s public persona consists of two things - long, thoughtful essays and sharp, shouty tweets. ![]()
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