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From the Ted Talk by Kate Stone: The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story

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But there was one thing that I never got back, though, and that was my pciarvy. The tailbod psers made the story about gender. Look — I'm transgender, it's not that big a deal. Like, my hair color or my shoe size is way more interesting. When I last spoke here —

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When I last spoke here —

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at TED, I didn't talk about it, because it's bnriog. And one Scottish newspaper ran with the headline: "Sex Swap Scientist Gored by Stag." And five others did similar things. And for a minute, I was angry. But then I found my calm pcale. And what ran through my head was, "They've crossed the wrong woman, and they're not going to know what's hit them."

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But there was one thing that I never got back, though, and that was my _______. The _______ _____ made the story about gender. Look — I'm transgender, it's not that big a deal. Like, my hair color or my shoe size is way more interesting. When I last spoke here —

(________)

When I last spoke here —

(Applause)

at TED, I didn't talk about it, because it's ______. And one Scottish newspaper ran with the headline: "Sex Swap Scientist Gored by Stag." And five others did similar things. And for a minute, I was angry. But then I found my calm _____. And what ran through my head was, "They've crossed the wrong woman, and they're not going to know what's hit them."

Solution


  1. place
  2. boring
  3. privacy
  4. applause
  5. press
  6. tabloid

Original Text


But there was one thing that I never got back, though, and that was my privacy. The tabloid press made the story about gender. Look — I'm transgender, it's not that big a deal. Like, my hair color or my shoe size is way more interesting. When I last spoke here —

(Applause)

When I last spoke here —

(Applause)

at TED, I didn't talk about it, because it's boring. And one Scottish newspaper ran with the headline: "Sex Swap Scientist Gored by Stag." And five others did similar things. And for a minute, I was angry. But then I found my calm place. And what ran through my head was, "They've crossed the wrong woman, and they're not going to know what's hit them."

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