Lindy West on Dealing with Online Jerks and Navigating Depression and ADHD

Lindy West is many things: an author of best-selling books like
Shrill, a comedian, a podcast host, and a former opinion
columnist for The New York Times and The Guardian. She’s also an
easy target for trolls online because she does have strong
opinions, because she shares parts of her own personal story in
her work, and because she - and this is a word she’s comfortable
with and uses freely - is fat. In this interview, Lindy talks
about her evolving approach to dealing with online venom, her
relatively recent diagnoses of depression, and ADHD, and why
being in a polyamorous relationship means there’s one more person
to do the dishes.


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