Overview
- Neubauer outlined the shift in an interview published November 8 by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, echoed by multiple German outlets.
- She said she spent years trying to offer as little 'Angriffsfläche' as possible as a woman and activist.
- She noted she only wore shorts at a climate strike for the first time last summer, calling her earlier self-censorship absurd.
- She rejected claims that her tone is 'rotzig' and her demeanor 'spaßbefreit', arguing such critiques reflect clichés about women and activists and that a man would be seen as confident.
- She confirmed she will not attend the World Climate Conference in Belém starting Monday because she is finishing a geography master's that requires in-person attendance.