In person, Ms. Adichie, 39, is warm and thoughtful, and also distinctly glamorous. Ms. Adichie has cultivated these two strands of her identity: the serious literary author and the fashion icon. Ms. Adichie wrote her friend a letter in 2015 and published it on Facebook last year. It’s just common sense.’ And I’m like no, it’s feminist,” Ms. Adichie said. “I think there is some misogyny in the way she’s been characterized, and I think it’s ugly,” Ms. Adichie said.

Source: New York Times March 15, 2017 21:56 UTC