What I learned about authenticity from watching Fleabag

Bina Shah
Bina Shah
Nov 5 · 6 min read

Phoebe Waller Bridge’s artistic vision is a hot commodity. But its chaotic appeal can only go so far for some of us.

When Phoebe Waller Bridge’s hit Edinburgh Fringe show-turned-television-program Fleabag came to Amazon Prime, I heard about it before I saw it. In Pakistan, we don’t have access to the same programs as you do in the United States or Britain because of…

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Bina Shah

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Bina Shah

Wellesley grad. Pakistani writer & NYT columnist. Feminist. Author of Before She Sleeps. I want women to live powerful lives.

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