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Malala Yousafzai on ignoring advice and being willing to change her mind : Wild Card with Rachel Martin
A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: You know how famous actors or musicians will sometimes talk about how hard it is to lose their anonymity? They talk about how every detail of their lives is dissected and interpreted to fit someone else’s narrative. It’s the trade off for getting to do that kind of work, and they understand that devil’s bargain. But Malala Yousafzai never agreed to this deal.
Fame and notoriety was forced on Yousafzai after the Taliban shot her for talking publicly about why girls should be allowed at school. After the attack, she was put on a pedestal in front of the entire world.
Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel peace prize when she was just 17. She wasn’t just a survivor, she was a hero on the global stage. But when does a hero just get to be a human? Malala Yousafzai spoke with me about how she’s figuring that out. Her new memoir is called “Finding My Way.”