10: Amanda Montell – writer, linguist and author of “WORDSLUT”. We talk about her process writing a book, adapting it for TV, thriving on a challenge, her second book, her Italian love affair and CABBAGE‪.‬ A Little Too Much with Jamie Stone

Jamie talks to Amanda Montell, writer, linguist and author of “WORDSLUT: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language”.   We talk about the debate Jamie got into with someone who tried to convince her that cabbage is a good source of protein, how Amanda got her start at Byrdie.com as a beauty editor, taking a six month leave to write "WORDSLUT" and how she spent the last month of that writing in Italy (!), and managed to have an amazing Italian love affair. We then get into how she’s now writing a pilot for FX based off her book and the process of pitching a TV show and actually getting it made! We then get into her second upcoming book (“Mind F*ck”), which is about how cult leaders use language to grow and manipulate their followers and how the word “ya’all” is actually a fluent solution to how the English lacks a second plural pronoun (and why you shouldn’t feel weird about using it).
Amanda wants us all to use language to feel empowered, and I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it!
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