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What are your pets, what are their names and what are their nicknames?
My dog Max’s full name is Maximus Toretto Blueberry Millman Gay. He is a very lesbian dog. As for his nicknames, he goes by Fluffin, Fluffinator, Fluxin, Fluxinator, Mr. Poopy Papadopoulos, Mr. Poopyhead, Mr. Poopy and Maxipoo. That might be enough.
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Roxane Gay is speaking at Carriageworks in Sydney as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on 24 and 25 August, then at Melbourne Town Hall on 27 August as part of Now or Never. Her latest book, Opinions, is published by Hachette