![]() SK: It’s a delicate balance of narcissism and self-interest and money and the hope that you can write something and other people understand it. MJ: What made you decide to write the book? SK: Yeah, why not, right? Listen, I would also like to buy a boat. MJ: It must be kind of gratifying to be able to turn your obnoxious qualities from childhood into a way to make money as an adult. Those things are great to have, but if they are uncontrolled and wild, it can hurt you in the long term. I think that’s probably the same case with being bold or bossy or mouthy. ![]() When you’re a kid, it’s really obnoxious because you’re just being a dick all the time. ![]() But now I think a lot about when it’s worth it and what I’m doing it for. I’m not sure it’s so much about finding boldness as it is about retaining control at this point, because being mouthy has never been my problem. In my later life, it’s been beneficial, but when I was younger I didn’t know how to control it or what to do with it. ![]() I used to get in trouble all the time for…actually, the same stuff I get in trouble for as an adult. ![]() Scaachi Koul: I have the unfortunate inability to be quiet, and it did not serve me very well when I was a kid. It seems like you manage to be really outspoken in those spaces-where do you find that sort of boldness? Mother Jones: Part of what you talk about in the book is existing in spaces where you feel unwelcome in. “I have the unfortunate inability to be quiet, and it did not serve me very well when I was a kid.” ![]()
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