Róisín—an Australian-Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist who has frequently written about the intersections of her identity as a queer South Asian Muslim woman—refuses to cede the “wellness movement” (such as it is) to the white, thin, cisgender, heterosexual, affluent women who tend to be associated with it, keenly noting the ways in which the foods, customs, and rituals of her upbringing have been co-opted by the European gaze. Vogue recently spoke to Róisín about her writerly inspiration, living with chronic illness, the limitations of cultural appropriation, and the importance of building a “real,” non-consumer-oriented relationship with the self.
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