92YQ: Michelle Goldberg

Michelle Goldberg, Salon writer and author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

Describe that low, low moment when you thought you just might have to leave NYC for good.
I was an 18-year-old intern at Spin Magazine and I was taking a big bag full of unwanted records to sell to Bleecker Bob's—at the time, a crucial source of income for me. It was winter, and it was a dark, freezing evening. I was standing on a downtown corner, waiting for the light to change. Out of nowhere, a laughing homeless man with a long grey beard came up and punched me in the face. I fell to the ground, the light turned green, and most of the people around me crossed the street. My attacker walked away, cackling. Two kind women picked me up and gave me the number of their self-defense instructor.

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