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Mar 15, 2017 · After her initial comments were criticized as transphobic, Adichie responded with a lengthy Facebook post. She said the concerns of her critics were “valid,” and attempted to clarify what she...
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Dec 2, 2022 · December 02 2022 6:06 PM EST. Acclaimed novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is once again voicing anti-transgender views. Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian who lives part of the time in the...
Jun 18, 2021 · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s cancel culture screed is a distraction from her transphobic comments - Vox. Culture. Books. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s cancel culture screed is a...
- Aja Romano
Jul 1, 2021 · In particular, Adichie referred to backlash she has faced in recent years from many who found public comments she has made transphobic, including a 2017 interview in which she said that “trans...
- Annabel Gutterman
Jun 16, 2021 · While Adichie did reflect on her initial, defensive response to being labeled “transphobic” — “It felt like a white person saying ‘I’m not racist, I supported civil rights’” — she seemed to double down on the distinction she’d previously made between the experiences of trans woman and cis women: “A trans woman is a ...
- Mia Mercado
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Jun 17, 2021 · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — author of such books as Americanah and Half a Yellow Sun, and a celebrated feminist who has been sampled by Beyoncé — has accused a younger writer who was once her...
Jun 16, 2021 · In a lengthy essay published on her website on Tuesday, Adichie accused a former student of publicly attacking her after a 2017 interview in which Adichie said, among other things, “I don’t...
