<p>Our warmest wishes for the season – and a reminder that this is the&nbsp;<em>last interview</em>&nbsp;for the podcast (there may be one smaller episode at the year’s end, but not an interview), before we open up voting for this <a href="https://www.gettinglitwithlinda.com/2025-glwl-awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">year’s GLWL awards</a>: the author featured in your favourite episode will receive a cash prize and medal to honour their involvement.</p><br><p>In this episode, Linda reflects on how boxes are at times about imposed limitations. "Don’t box me in," you might argue – or let’s try to think outside the box (because it’s time for a change!). And it is this -- thinking and living outside the lines (and boxes) -- that <a href="https://susanswanonline.com/wpress/https://susanswanonline.com/wpress/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Susan Swan’s</a> wonderful new memoir,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443473033/big-girls-dont-cry/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Big Girls Don’t Cry: A Memoir About Taking Up Space </em>(HarperCollijns</a>), compels us to do, to locate our sense of dignity and agency, to find our sense of self-worth.</p><br><p>Swan is the author of several novels including&nbsp;<em>The Biggest Modern Woman in the World</em>&nbsp;(1983),&nbsp;<em>The Last of The Golden Girls</em>&nbsp;(1989),&nbsp;<em>What Casanova Told Me</em>&nbsp;(2004), and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wives_of_Bath" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Wives of Bath</em></a>&nbsp;(1993),&nbsp;which was made into the film&nbsp;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245238/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Lost and Delirious</em></a><em>&nbsp;</em>(3:45). In this episode, we discuss how taking up space can be positive for women (and men too!), a means to shift beyond the conventions that have hemmed her in (and us) and to find our way out of the boxes that have contained us.</p><br><p>Other points of discussion:</p><ul><li>the genre of the memoir</li><li>Margaret Atwood and official autobiography</li><li><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kierkegaard/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Soren Kierkegaard</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Executive Producer: Linda Morra; Associate Producer: Maia Harris; Music by Raphael Krux ("The Madness of Linda") and Kevin MacLeod ("Natural Vibes"); Sound producer: Jason C.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>