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Geraldine DeRuiter (she/her) is the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist.com and the author of “All Over The Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft” (Public Affairs, 2017) and the upcoming “If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism and Fury” (Crown, 2024). Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, Marie Claire, and Refinery 29. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, Rand. They are currently working on a cooking-themed video game and ordering too much takeout. Website | Threads
Discussed in this episode:
Geraldine’s relationship with feminism and how it evolved to become intersectional
How Geraldine deals with feelings of Imposter syndrome re: her feminism
Dealing with the vulnerability hangover of sharing deeply personal stories
What Geraldine learned from sharing about a funeral crasher on social media
Managing the hate and pushback that comes with a large social media following
How changes in publishing have shifted expectations on writers
Marketing a book as a non-marketer, and why getting a “no” isn’t so bad
The importance of stepping outside of your comfort zone
Defining success outside of societal expectations
What makes Geraldine happy (ie, her deeper why)
What it’s like to be married to a truly feminist man
Resources mentioned:
“All Over The Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft” by Geraldine DeRuiter
“If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism and Fury” by Geraldine DeRuiter
“All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft” by Geraldine DeRuiter
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A full transcript of this interview is available at FeministFoundersPodcast.com
