The Impossibility of Fitting Into a Box

Julian Zelizer: Growing up you felt that there was this impossibility of fitting into the perfect box of expectations. And so much of your work right now is trying to communicate to young people that if they feel that they do not fit into this small perfect box of what you're supposed to look like, that that is also okay. You are 100% right. I never fit into a box. So therefore, I'm deeply interested in anyone else who's either forced into a box or trying to get into a space and is told they don't belong. It is definitely animating my compassion for others.Zelizer: Even though I went to law school to get a degree to go