She is very upset, because her books about her Palestinian self are not getting as much attention, and he isn't Palestinian (or Israeli) so it's "cultural appropriation". This book is about the Israel-Palestine thing.
But he recently got a lot of acclaim for his novel Apeirogon: nominated for awards, a potential movie being made of it, etc. Anyway, he may be a real piece of work, I don't know. She has a real problem with the author Colum McCann, who apparently she had an affair with at one time (while he was married maybe?).
She seems to be a bit of a dangerous person too, though I obviously don't know the full ins and outs of this story, so will be careful not to say anyone is lying, but. She has never had to struggle for a single thing in her life and is blithely unaware of the irony of ranting about the uselessness of STEM graduates while using her mobile devices to use a social platform when riding a cab she booked on Uber.
She used to work in academia and then got into writing and journalism due to her dad's contacts. She also immediately jumps on every "socially conscious issue" bandwagon, tweets or lectures endlessly about it, and then forgets all about the issue when she moves on to her next pet issue. She has lived a life of privilege and seems to believe that the world's problems are all due to greedy, capitalist white men. She grew up very upper middle class and has only ever lived in affluent neighborhoods in various cities, but she often criticizes other middle class acquaintances for not wanting to live in rough urban neighborhoods. She unashamedly embraces conspicuous capitalist consumption and is obsessed with fashion, but will lecture others on the evils of a capitalist society. R104, this acquaintance has become increasingly loony in the last couple of years. God that was painful! Can't say it's 100% correct, but it's the gist. Feel it? Get it! Anyway, my Palestinian self is so, so grateful to you for everything you've done, everything you've done for all of us. Um, here, here's an ass bounce for you, just for you, Boo. Boo, I'm, you know, leaving you a voice mail, um you're in the beyond, but I'm hoping that your gorgeous, gorgeous self gets this. There's a part of me, I guess that just feels like, it's - I'm protecting myself by having my pretty but fat face in these videos.
I'm showing my face in these, I know that you usually had your body turned away and I respect you for that. You inspire me so much, as a Palestinian, as a fat, fuckin' queer, as a fat femme. Yeah, I, I just really want you to know that you mean a lot to me. Um, I'm at the beach with my girlfriend, she took me to see you, so.
I celebrate you Laura, and I thank you for helping me understand how to celebrate myself. I bounce and cover myself in bondage rope. Out here, it's like I'm a sand (?) needing the wind. But it is when I visit the ocean that I can feel you and your power the most. I see you, your nudes in the rocks, in the mountains around my home. I live in your hometown now in East Los Angeles. From Palestine to Mexico, our hometowns are one. When you discovered art, your culture and the history of others with struggles and that the knowing led you to find yourself. VOICE ONE: Dear Laura, you once said there was a time when you felt ashamed of the color of your skin. It's so hard, because there are at least two overlapping voices from what it sounds like to me.