We are mortified to think she would ever believe this to be the case or that we have upset someone we so deeply admire and respect.
"In no way did Mamamia ever intend to make Roxane Gay feel disrespected and we apologise unequivocally that that was the unintended consequence, including to her publishing team who organised the visit and made the requests in good faith. UPDATE: Mamamia have released a statement regarding the "podcast interview ", apologising to Roxane and her publishing team. Mia Freedman is yet to comment on the controversy. Rosie certainly isn't the first to speak out on the since-deleted article, which detailed the private requests of the best-selling author leading up to the interview.Ī social media firestorm erupted on Tuesday as commentators voiced their outrage. "Reading this made me cry not only because it was hurtful to Roxane, hurtful to any plus-sized woman who has worked there or tried to be part of their community, but because obviously I failed to teach them anything."īefore finally signing off with: "I'm just really sad." It's disheartening to know that those who you think would be supportive and tell you that you are, still can have the most fucked-up mentality about other people's weight."I tried daily to make them understand this stuff," she wrote. Freedman revealed intimate details of phone calls and emails, which took place ahead of the No Filter podcast recording.
I'm also so angry because just a couple of weeks ago I was telling someone that I really turned a corner on Mia Freedman because of her interview with Lindy West, where you really felt that she adored Lindy West and her frankness about being plus size. Mia Freedman has written an apologetic post on her website Mama Mia after she was accused of ‘fat shaming’ and breaching the privacy of feminist and author Roxane Gay who featured on a recent podcast. From a (hopefully) good-intentioned Instagram post about marriage equality through to the now infamous podcast with acclaimed feminist author Roxane Gay. I really hope she didn't have a totally awful time in Australia, but I wouldn't blame her if she never wanted to do a press tour here again. It was so frustrating because the interviewer then also was obsessed with talking about herself and asking Gay ineffectual questions and not focusing on Gay's books, which was the whole point of the event. I saw Roxanne Gay at the Sydney Writers Festival and she seemed like the coolest and sweetest person. Especially disgusting given that Gay's book is literally about how her trauma and weight are so intertwined.īetween this and the shitshow that was Paul Beatty's interview at the Sydney Writer's Festival, the cringe level is so high right now.
Mia is the definition of 'White Feminism'. Roxane Gay offers to write Batgirl movie after Joss Whedon exit. Despite having a long history of terrible takes she is often trotted out as the face of modern feminism in Australia.
She was interviewed by Australian media personality and writer Mia Freedman, and the story was published today.