WEBVTT - The Bodzilla: "I'm Fat and Beautiful, See Me As a Whole Person"

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<v Speaker 1>I love a return you know, I love a return guest.

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<v Speaker 1>So this guest is someone that we had on when

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<v Speaker 1>Angie and I were doing the show, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't wait to get her back. April Helene Horton is

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<v Speaker 1>her name, but you might know her as a v Bodzilla,

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<v Speaker 1>And if you don't know who she is, go and

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<v Speaker 1>have a look right now. I think one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most inspirational people that I've ever met. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>that in a cliched way. Even if she didn't do

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<v Speaker 1>what she does and who she is, she'd still just

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<v Speaker 1>be a rock chick who just rocks your world by

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<v Speaker 1>knowing her. I just for you know, you just feel

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<v Speaker 1>lucky to know some people and to be considered a

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<v Speaker 1>friend by them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So I couldn't wait to get her back on, and

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<v Speaker 1>I get the scoop on something that's just launched, so

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<v Speaker 1>you're hearing about it if you haven't seen it on

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<v Speaker 1>and you don't know who she is, and you're hearing

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<v Speaker 1>about it for the first time.

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<v Speaker 2>Through her today right here.

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<v Speaker 1>So please enjoy April Helene Horton, aka the body Zilla.

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<v Speaker 1>The last time I had you on there was a

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<v Speaker 1>wei It was really two Girls One Pod. It was

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<v Speaker 1>actually three girls that day because you were our third

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<v Speaker 1>and Angie was here.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I've got you back all to myself.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, you've all start two girls with just

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<v Speaker 3>these two.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just us too, so and I'm really glad because

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<v Speaker 1>I love a returning guest and you were one of

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<v Speaker 1>our first guests on if not the first of the

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<v Speaker 1>two Girls one Pod, like it wasn't when it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>just me and Angie and we were just like champion

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<v Speaker 1>to have you on.

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<v Speaker 2>So having you back because I adore you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>And in between that time and this time, we've met Irl,

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<v Speaker 1>We've hugged, we've eaten together, I've met your husband and

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<v Speaker 1>your child.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it was the best. How is my little boyfriend?

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<v Speaker 3>He is just glorious? Thank you? He is just the sweetest.

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<v Speaker 4>I actually did canteen Judy today before our child was that.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh it was so funny. It's just I actually do

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<v Speaker 3>I get because I work part time.

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<v Speaker 4>I get to have these occasional fun things that I

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<v Speaker 4>get to do lean into that mum life kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>And he sort of he like came to.

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<v Speaker 4>The door and was just like hi, Mom, and I

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<v Speaker 4>was like I love it because you know, you hear

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<v Speaker 4>from other parents that at some point your kid's gonna

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<v Speaker 4>be like too cool to talk to you, don't tell

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<v Speaker 4>anyone you're my mum. And he's still not like he's

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<v Speaker 4>in that stage of being thinking. It's rad that I'm

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<v Speaker 4>there and.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like hi, and I'm just like, oh, it's so

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<v Speaker 3>bloody love.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's such a nice human, Like he's a person,

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<v Speaker 2>isn't he.

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<v Speaker 3>He gets that from him you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, no, he gets her from his mum as well.

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<v Speaker 1>You both are beautiful people, and you're raising a beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>little human. I'm wearing the glasses now that he popped on,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have the most divine photo of him in like,

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<v Speaker 1>he's like a delicious looking human that you're just like,

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<v Speaker 1>let's exploit him and put him into modeling.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this is the thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, so we always have funny conversations about this stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>So I feel really strongly about child safety online and

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<v Speaker 4>also about their privacy. So for me, I don't use

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<v Speaker 4>his image like on my public socials. I did used

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<v Speaker 4>to a few times. You know, I got him involved

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<v Speaker 4>in a couple of things because he loves to be

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<v Speaker 4>part of the spectacle of creating content which who wouldn't

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<v Speaker 4>look so fun?

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<v Speaker 3>Right? It's all it's all gland behind the scenes, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 4>But ilo, Yeah, but I'm conscious also of you know,

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<v Speaker 4>his digital footprint, his privacy, his safety because although I'm

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<v Speaker 4>certainly not at the scale of you know, other public

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<v Speaker 4>figures whose children are in the spotlight, such as you know,

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<v Speaker 4>he's not Northwest, but I don't want for him to

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<v Speaker 4>have to be subjected to the Internet any sooner than

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<v Speaker 4>he needs to be. And I also think that it's

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<v Speaker 4>important for you know, he doesn't at his age because

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<v Speaker 4>he's you know, he's he's quite young. He doesn't understand

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<v Speaker 4>what it means to put things online and what the

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<v Speaker 4>ramifications are that the internet is forever that kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>And of course all the stuff I've posted is all

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<v Speaker 4>is all sweet stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't be the kind of person to post something

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<v Speaker 4>embarrassing anyway, hopefully, although parents never really know what's cool,

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<v Speaker 4>do they never?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? And he would consent to it because it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like fun, and then could also say, yeah, I was.

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<v Speaker 2>A child, I can't couldn't consent to.

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<v Speaker 4>Me, that's rightter in life, Yeah, it's not informed consent

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<v Speaker 4>if the person isn't capable of understanding what it actually means.

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<v Speaker 4>So the other afternoon he said, we were my friend

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<v Speaker 4>and I were doing our makeup at the kitchen table

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<v Speaker 4>and he was like, can you do my makeup? So

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<v Speaker 4>I did the most gorgeous, little glowy moment, just a

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<v Speaker 4>bit of you know, home beauty all over the face.

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<v Speaker 3>Everyone looks good with a bit of that.

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<v Speaker 4>Popped a little bit of you know, shimeria a shadow,

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<v Speaker 4>and did his brow. I was just you know, to

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<v Speaker 4>make him feel like he was part of all the

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<v Speaker 4>part of the action. Pop some lip gloss on there,

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<v Speaker 4>and took a picture just because I want to remember. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>he literally looks exactly like me when he has makeup on.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, ye, he's uncanny, how like we look. And

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<v Speaker 4>he's I took the photo, he goes.

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<v Speaker 2>You get a filter of the younger you literally.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's like, are you gonna put that on the Facebook?

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<v Speaker 2>Mom?

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<v Speaker 4>And I was like, no, I'm not, but that's like cute.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, I definitely think I want to have all

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<v Speaker 4>those memories. And when he's old enough to have social media,

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<v Speaker 4>I'll be like, you're going to air drop you those

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<v Speaker 4>photos so you can post hashtag throwback.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I'll capture the memories, but I don't need

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<v Speaker 3>to share them.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm really glad that you're doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have a lot of friends who have their

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<v Speaker 1>children online and I don't like it. I watch it

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<v Speaker 1>and I just think, oh, this makes me really uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're anyone who's listening, you know, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>talking people who have a really small following.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe we have more than ten k.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and your public, like I know, Clementine Ford never

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<v Speaker 1>shows her small Yes, she calls him, but in her Facebook,

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<v Speaker 1>she has a very private Facebook.

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<v Speaker 2>And she does show him and it's so.

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<v Speaker 1>Beautiful because we get to see him. It's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously she's taking a risk, but she's doing it the

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<v Speaker 1>right way, I believe, Like, because we get to see

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<v Speaker 1>your family, gets to see your child who may not

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<v Speaker 1>be able to see them regularly, yes, in a you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in that kind of way, and everyone gets to comment

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<v Speaker 1>and blah.

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<v Speaker 2>Blah blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, it is especially people who are making money

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<v Speaker 1>off their children.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely, And I think that Clementine absolutely is someone who

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<v Speaker 4>like that that approach. For certainly, I learned from that

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<v Speaker 4>because you know, I definitely saw from my point of

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<v Speaker 4>view that once we had a conversation about it, and

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, you're so right about that, And you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I do think that if you're gonna, yeah, share their

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<v Speaker 4>image and things like that, like there is a risk.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think certainly also from a safety point of view,

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<v Speaker 4>that I think probably applies much more in a much

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<v Speaker 4>more scary way for her because of the type of

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<v Speaker 4>very will we say, unhinged individuals who will sometimes comment

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<v Speaker 4>and the things they say. I think it's safer for

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<v Speaker 4>her to make that choice, absolutely so. But I definitely

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<v Speaker 4>would say that that same approach is like, that approach

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<v Speaker 4>has influenced what I do and how I do social media.

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<v Speaker 4>So for me, when I do post things same thing

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<v Speaker 4>private Facebook, there's a special list of people, which is

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<v Speaker 4>people who have actually met my child are on that list.

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<v Speaker 4>So even my personal Facebook friends who I'm like, I

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<v Speaker 4>only am friends with you because I knew you in

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<v Speaker 4>high school, they're not on that list because they're I

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<v Speaker 4>wouldn't invite into my house or have my kid hang

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<v Speaker 4>out with them. So that's kind of that's how I

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<v Speaker 4>measure that. That's my baseline.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a personal one as well, and I have

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<v Speaker 1>a public one and with Facebook, with Instagram, it's just.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, all on and I'll put my kids up

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. And they're furry. They are furry. I

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<v Speaker 2>love it and no consent, not happy, but I don't care.

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<v Speaker 2>They're too cute. So I want to ask you.

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<v Speaker 1>There's something that you are doing and it's just launched

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<v Speaker 1>this week, so can you tell me and.

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<v Speaker 2>Our listeners all about it? Because this is a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of a scoop.

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<v Speaker 3>It is enough scoop.

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<v Speaker 4>You are you are definitely the first person two that

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<v Speaker 4>I've talked to about this, you know in this context.

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<v Speaker 4>I so I am part of the really incredible let's

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<v Speaker 4>get explicit campaigns. So basically the incredible as Me James.

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<v Speaker 4>Some of you might know her as the author of

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<v Speaker 4>the book Kinky History or have seen her online talking

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<v Speaker 4>about Kinky History, doctor as Maos. She is now basically

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<v Speaker 4>encouraged us to be part of it because we want

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<v Speaker 4>to take back our bodies, take control of our bodies,

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<v Speaker 4>saying enough is enough and put the narrative on what's

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<v Speaker 4>considered explicit, because what we've seen is that you know,

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<v Speaker 4>over the last few months, especially, this conversation around gendered

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<v Speaker 4>violence continues and people are not talking about it in

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<v Speaker 4>a way, especially the media, in a way that actually

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<v Speaker 4>says what's going on. We see over and over again

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<v Speaker 4>that media is publications and people are writing about the

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<v Speaker 4>issue as if it's somebody's fault, but never the person

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<v Speaker 4>who perpetrated the crime. So I think being able to

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<v Speaker 4>take back that narrative, being able to say, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>violence against women that happens every day, well.

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<v Speaker 3>Then let's have a calendar for every day.

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<v Speaker 4>So I got together with some really incredible, iconic, gorgeous

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<v Speaker 4>humans and we had a photo shoot. There was actually

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<v Speaker 4>two shoots. We did one on Gadgal Country in Sydney

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<v Speaker 4>and then there was one also numb in Melbourne where

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<v Speaker 4>you are gorgeous gal and so there was two groups

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<v Speaker 4>of talent.

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<v Speaker 3>We all got together.

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<v Speaker 4>We got to pick our own concept of like what

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<v Speaker 4>we were gonna shoot for lots of us that was

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<v Speaker 4>something that meant something to us. So when you see

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<v Speaker 4>my images, if you're kind of like, what does that

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<v Speaker 4>mean to you, oh, well I will tell you I

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<v Speaker 4>really wanted something powerful, something that almost went against what

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<v Speaker 4>you expect in terms of pushing back against the idea

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<v Speaker 4>that this you know that victims are the problem, that

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<v Speaker 4>you should be as someone who's a survivor of gender violence,

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<v Speaker 4>that you should have been smaller, you should have been less,

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<v Speaker 4>you should have you know, changed the way that you were,

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<v Speaker 4>rather than the person who perpetrated it not doing what

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<v Speaker 4>they did. Basically, the idea was that we would get

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<v Speaker 4>together create a calendar of important days. But instead of

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<v Speaker 4>them being the everyday, regular days that you mark on

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<v Speaker 4>the calendar, there are days where we know the data

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<v Speaker 4>says that gender violence, violence against women takes place more prolifically. So,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I think I saw something the other day,

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<v Speaker 4>someone talking about the fact that on things like Grand

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<v Speaker 4>finals and you know sports, days of significance in sport

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<v Speaker 4>are often days where we see a rise in cases

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<v Speaker 4>being reported, or you know that the data says that

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<v Speaker 4>there are more instances of violence against women by men

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<v Speaker 4>on those days.

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<v Speaker 2>So we are.

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<v Speaker 4>Asking everyone to mark their calendar. We're going to give

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<v Speaker 4>you a gorgeous calendar. We're going to donate the profits

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<v Speaker 4>to give it Domestic and Family Violence Appeal and they

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<v Speaker 4>are I am just so excited by the talent and

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<v Speaker 4>the images. Sosha from Full Bloom Photography has just it

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<v Speaker 4>was the most incredible experience too.

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<v Speaker 3>It was really safe and beautiful.

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<v Speaker 4>We have the best time running around in our undies,

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<v Speaker 4>like during the day kind of you know, everyone was

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<v Speaker 4>getting their hair and makeup done. It was just you know,

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<v Speaker 4>very very Yeah, the girl moment, which was so fun.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think that, you know, we're really lucky to

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<v Speaker 4>have the opportunity to speak because I think that over

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<v Speaker 4>forty women this year have their voices taken away from

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<v Speaker 4>them and their lives, and so if we can turn

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<v Speaker 4>our expression of ourselves and our bodies into something so

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<v Speaker 4>powerful and also change that narrative, then that will be amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>That would be so amazing. Oh so I can't wait.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you tell us who else is in it?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? I think I probably can so.

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<v Speaker 4>A couple of the incredible people that I got to

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<v Speaker 4>be on the shoot with include the beautiful Antoinette Latoufe,

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<v Speaker 4>who we absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>Adore, love her, we do.

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<v Speaker 4>She was one of the incredible talent and we got

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<v Speaker 4>to also hang out and chat, which was great fun.

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<v Speaker 4>Maddie McCrae, if you are a follower of Hilarious Redheads

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<v Speaker 4>on the Internet, then you will know who Maddie McCray is.

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<v Speaker 4>Maddie's a comedian, actor all round, good Egg love her.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know her.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh she's so, she's absolutely gorgeous. Who else the incredible

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<v Speaker 4>Bianca Hunt. If you know Bianca love yes, I'm for years,

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<v Speaker 4>She's gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 2>Of her for years.

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<v Speaker 4>One of the most incredible and intelligent people I have

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<v Speaker 4>ever met in my life.

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<v Speaker 3>And I have met a lot of people, but I really, really.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're an intelligent person.

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<v Speaker 4>So I know, I know when I'm talking to someone

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<v Speaker 4>who's switched on.

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<v Speaker 2>Girly tis one to know one yes.

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<v Speaker 4>And so if you've you might know Biancha from she

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<v Speaker 4>was on I'm a celebri Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what pissed me off? She was the

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<v Speaker 2>first to go.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so so excited to see her on there

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<v Speaker 1>and then to see her talk, and it looks like

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<v Speaker 1>they just got her to talk a few stories, a

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<v Speaker 1>few lived experiences, and then they were like, okay, bye,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks person of color, thank you goodbye.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if that's the truth. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It really pissed me off that she was the first

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<v Speaker 1>to go, because she certainly wasn't the one who deserved

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<v Speaker 1>to go first.

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<v Speaker 4>Look, I think the reality is regardless of you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I think we all know that television productions are more

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<v Speaker 4>than just the bits you see on TV, obviously, but

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<v Speaker 4>I think the reality is if that's a TV show

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<v Speaker 4>where people vote, people are gonna always vote to keep

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<v Speaker 4>the people that they like and they resonate with because

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<v Speaker 4>they potentially don't want to think about the fact that

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<v Speaker 4>actually it would be more worthwhile for my life to

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<v Speaker 4>listen to the stories of, hear the experiences of and

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<v Speaker 4>simply promote and be a supporter of a young woman

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<v Speaker 4>of color, a young black woman, because they're like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't what's that person got to offer. Well, wait

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<v Speaker 4>and see, wait and see. That's my advice.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what you could learn from that person.

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<v Speaker 4>And also like, you know, and keep in mind too

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<v Speaker 4>that you know, it's not not wanting to in any

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<v Speaker 4>way like say that we shouldn't be learning from those people,

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<v Speaker 4>but also not that's not just why Bank is on

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<v Speaker 4>TV and why Bianca has been given jobs like that.

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<v Speaker 4>She's funny, she's smart, she's gorgeous, she's all the things,

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<v Speaker 4>she's talented, you know, and so it's it's also kind

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<v Speaker 4>of like let her have a chance because she's hot

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<v Speaker 4>new talent in the industry as well, so it's sort

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<v Speaker 4>of like it's not it's also not just about what

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<v Speaker 4>you get out of it from her, but giving her

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<v Speaker 4>the opportunity. You're part of the you know, I think

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<v Speaker 4>if we're talking about you know, we've just come off

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<v Speaker 4>the back of Reconciliation Week, and I know that a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of the conversation is about the fact that reconciliation

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<v Speaker 4>is a concept that no longer has the value that

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<v Speaker 4>it used to after, you know, following what happened last

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<v Speaker 4>year with the referendum. But I think that it's really

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<v Speaker 4>you know, then we go, well, what's my personal commitment then,

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<v Speaker 4>as as a person living on this country who is

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<v Speaker 4>not aboriginal or terrestrate islander and doesn't have that connection

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<v Speaker 4>and isn't part of that you know, big country is

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<v Speaker 4>part of all of the people who are the traditional owners.

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<v Speaker 3>Well then why don't we give back?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we talk about paying the rent, how important

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<v Speaker 4>that is about allowing people to tell their own stories

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<v Speaker 4>and also being willing to get uncomfortable when they're truth telling.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think that people's discomfort with truth telling really

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<v Speaker 4>comes out in those situations where they go, oh, we'd

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<v Speaker 4>rather just vote her off because.

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<v Speaker 3>Then we don't have to feel uncomfortable about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, completely, completely.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, and you know it's true what you said, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just what she can teach us, it's seeing

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<v Speaker 1>her like us as well and giving her that opportunity. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't don't write someone off just because you think

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<v Speaker 1>they're not like you when they could be just like

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<v Speaker 1>you and.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't know.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, and I think the things.

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<v Speaker 4>That that could be a lesson indeed, and I think

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<v Speaker 4>it doesn't. TV doesn't have to be smart all the time.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, you watch I watch. The TV that I

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<v Speaker 4>watch is just like something to switch the brain of sometimes,

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<v Speaker 4>or watching reality shows because you just think, oh, this

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<v Speaker 4>is hilarious, it's not too scripted. I want to see

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<v Speaker 4>something that's real. That's the power of reality TV. But

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<v Speaker 4>it's also kind of like, if it's going to be real,

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<v Speaker 4>it should represent everyone, and that means a diverse group

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<v Speaker 4>of people having a chat, not just a bunch of

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<v Speaker 4>the same, same, same, same all around the campfire.

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<v Speaker 1>So the calendar sounds amazing. I cannot wait to buy

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<v Speaker 1>one and the proceeds go to WHO Again.

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<v Speaker 4>All of the profits will be donated to the Give

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<v Speaker 4>It Domestic and Family Violence Appeal. So they're released with

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<v Speaker 4>a retail price of forty dollars, which is representative of

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<v Speaker 4>the more than forty women who've lost their lives to

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<v Speaker 4>gender base violence in Australia just this year, and a

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<v Speaker 4>digital version will also be available with a pay what

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<v Speaker 4>you can option, So obviously if digital's your thing, it

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<v Speaker 4>will be pay what you can. But remembering that if

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<v Speaker 4>we're donating all of those profits, the more you give,

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<v Speaker 4>the more they get.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I didn't even know there was a digital calendar.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how old boomer.

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<v Speaker 1>May why, but I would still be getting the I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing better than putting that up on the wall

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<v Speaker 1>in the bathroom, a calendar. I love doing that every year.

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<v Speaker 2>I just love it. I never look at it apart

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<v Speaker 2>from the pictures, because you know, I don't use a calendar.

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<v Speaker 2>I use a digital calendar.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, but I still love that I have a hanging

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<v Speaker 1>calendar with a great you know whatever, like it once

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<v Speaker 1>used to be the fireman with puppies and then it's

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<v Speaker 1>just puppies. But this is a really great one. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a really really good one. So I'm really glad

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<v Speaker 1>that you made it. You were just saying that you

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<v Speaker 1>were doing the photoshit and you're running around in your undies,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, the first thought that popped into my

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<v Speaker 1>head was, I just love how often you're in your undies.

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<v Speaker 2>I just love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I love how often I get to see me represented

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<v Speaker 1>in you on my phone, Like it's just it makes me,

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<v Speaker 1>It makes my hearts well because you know, once upon

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<v Speaker 1>a time, we never saw ourselves as beautiful. We saw

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves as the butt of jokes only. Yeah, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is just so beautiful because I have completely redone my

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<v Speaker 1>algorithm so I only follow inspiring people. I was driving

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<v Speaker 1>in the car with my friend and we pulled up

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<v Speaker 1>next to, you know, the wall of all different billboards,

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<v Speaker 1>like it's always next to you, and Minky was in

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<v Speaker 1>the latest whatever she's working on at the moment.

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<v Speaker 4>Cleopatra's bling dot com, wasn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it? Yeah, that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And my friend just looked and it was like

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<v Speaker 1>he was face to face with her because we were

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<v Speaker 1>so close, and he just went, oh and then just

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<v Speaker 1>continue the conversation. And I grew up with boys. And

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<v Speaker 1>once upon a time, if we saw a fat person

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<v Speaker 1>outside of the car, the men in my family would

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<v Speaker 1>you know, would they point out to me that there's

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<v Speaker 1>you in twenty years, there's you in you know that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of thing. It was so entrenched in my family

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<v Speaker 1>that the worst thing you could.

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<v Speaker 2>Be was fat.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>To see not only me now on billboards and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the posters and things like that, and being represented as

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<v Speaker 1>models and oh but seeing my friends not blink an eye, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>which would have once they would have been like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if that's the right person for that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Gee, she's not wearing very much. Do you

0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:28.359
<v Speaker 1>think she should cover up? Like, gee, you look at

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<v Speaker 1>her guts? Or you know, just something that they never

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<v Speaker 1>knew was hurting me, like exponentially absolutely, And now it's

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<v Speaker 1>just it's gone in my life.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think that says a lot about the you

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<v Speaker 4>talked about you've curated your Instagram algorithm. Sounds to me

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<v Speaker 4>like maybe you've also curated the friend group to make

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<v Speaker 4>sure it's only great people, because I'm certain that there

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<v Speaker 4>are still people in our lives in that peripheryal people

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<v Speaker 4>that think that they're that they know us because they

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<v Speaker 4>once knew us and go you would not spend time

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<v Speaker 4>with them socially because they're still in those mindsets. And

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<v Speaker 4>certainly for me, I you know, I find that I

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<v Speaker 4>still and this is kind of silly, but I get

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<v Speaker 4>surprised sometimes when I go, especially onto Facebook.

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<v Speaker 3>So for example, today.

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<v Speaker 4>I was looking at a post that had gone up

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<v Speaker 4>with a collaboration post that had gone up on Insta

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<v Speaker 4>had also gone up on Facebook with a radio interview

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<v Speaker 4>that I had done, and I just forget that people

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<v Speaker 4>are going to jump on there because of course it's

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<v Speaker 4>not me that they follow, but they follow the radio

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<v Speaker 4>station or they follow that you know, it comes up

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<v Speaker 4>because it's local, and the comments are not always great,

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<v Speaker 4>and I think, you know, that's okay for me because

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<v Speaker 4>I just go, oh my god, imagine you got up

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<v Speaker 4>in the morning and you thought I'm going to go

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<v Speaker 4>on Facebook and leave that comment like get a hobby,

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<v Speaker 4>grow up, Daniel. But also, at the same time, it's

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<v Speaker 4>not about me reading it and feeling bad.

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<v Speaker 3>It's about you or someone like you or someone who's

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<v Speaker 3>you know, me.

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<v Speaker 4>Before I was able to accept myself and celebrate myself

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<v Speaker 4>and be confident, you know, reading those comments and see

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<v Speaker 4>like as you say, seeing yourself reflected on that on

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<v Speaker 4>that billboard, seeing minky and going what an icon and

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<v Speaker 4>being with someone who went stunning. Love that in the

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<v Speaker 4>same way that you feel so empowered seeing that and

0:22:31.160 --> 0:22:37.440
<v Speaker 4>so confident and happy that experience of being demeaned by

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<v Speaker 4>proxy when they say, oh, that person looks terrible and

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<v Speaker 4>you go, well, I look like that. So if you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the math is mathing on that, on that negative sentiment,

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<v Speaker 4>if you feel that way about them, the only reason

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<v Speaker 4>you're not saying that to me is because you like

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<v Speaker 4>me and you know me and you potentially lots of

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<v Speaker 4>people will talk about how they don't see color, or they.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh you're not fat, you're beautiful, and it's kind of like.

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<v Speaker 4>Well a, I'm both also see me as a whole

0:23:02.720 --> 0:23:06.040
<v Speaker 4>person and seeing someone's whole identity. You know, the idea

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<v Speaker 4>that people would say I don't see color, what they're

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<v Speaker 4>really saying is I see you as a white person.

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<v Speaker 4>I see you as like me, a default person, uh,

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<v Speaker 4>and that I don't value that about.

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<v Speaker 3>You, but it's part of who you are.

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<v Speaker 4>It's almost as if you know, imagine saying to a

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<v Speaker 4>queer person, oh, I don't I just think of you

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<v Speaker 4>as being straight.

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<v Speaker 3>What that doesn't make any sense? So bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we've got to celebrate the differences. We've got to

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<v Speaker 1>see them, and we're going to celebrate them absolutely.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we talk about you know, diversity, and diversity

0:23:38.440 --> 0:23:42.680
<v Speaker 4>is wonderful, but inclusion and authentic conclusion, not the tick

0:23:42.720 --> 0:23:46.920
<v Speaker 4>boxy kind, is actually being like I see every part

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<v Speaker 4>of you, and I accept it.

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<v Speaker 3>I love it.

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<v Speaker 4>I love it for you. I think it's totally totally

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<v Speaker 4>fine for us to all be different and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>accept ourselves and not aspire to be like someone else.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's healthy for us to not aspire to

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<v Speaker 4>or compare ourselves to other people. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 4>I think a lot of us are, perhaps especially people

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<v Speaker 4>who haven't really put their minds to seeing that the

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<v Speaker 4>world is more than just what they know and what

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<v Speaker 4>they what they like. I think that the idea that

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<v Speaker 4>you know, we can have more people out there for

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<v Speaker 4>you and I to aspire to and compare ourselves to

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<v Speaker 4>in a positive way.

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<v Speaker 3>If she can do that, I can do that. I'm okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel good seeing myself represented.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, and knowing that where those women as well, like, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, not only for each other, but for you

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<v Speaker 1>know how beautiful April.

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<v Speaker 2>Is when you get those dams.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh there's nothing.

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<v Speaker 4>There's actually nothing better, you know, in terms of you

0:24:49.800 --> 0:24:51.679
<v Speaker 4>spend this much time on the internet, you get to

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<v Speaker 4>go to cool stuff. Sometimes brands want to send you

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<v Speaker 4>cool stuff or pay you to talk about something that

0:24:57.320 --> 0:25:01.879
<v Speaker 4>you love from their brand. That's fantastic and I'm so

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<v Speaker 4>so thankful that I get to do that because it

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<v Speaker 4>brings me so much joy. But nothing compares to someone

0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:10.200
<v Speaker 4>sending me a message that says, I bought a swimsuit

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<v Speaker 4>today because I saw you wearing a swimsuit and I thought, she.

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<v Speaker 3>Looks fine, she looks great, she looks whatever. Compliment.

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<v Speaker 4>And I can be that person too, who goes to

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<v Speaker 4>the beach and is happy and not having a terrible

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<v Speaker 4>time because I'm wearing a T shirt over my cozies

0:25:27.960 --> 0:25:31.040
<v Speaker 4>and it's all a mess and whatever, and whether that's

0:25:31.080 --> 0:25:34.679
<v Speaker 4>you know, that's one example, you know, especially from you know,

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<v Speaker 4>when I did the really cool campaign that I did

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<v Speaker 4>with Curvy Swimwear where I got to be on a

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<v Speaker 4>billboard and people were like I was overwhelmingly you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I received way more positive messages. Of course, I got oh,

0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:50.399
<v Speaker 4>I got some foul comments, and I get those. They

0:25:50.800 --> 0:25:56.480
<v Speaker 4>happen quite regularly, and I honestly go, I'm actually not

0:25:56.600 --> 0:26:00.280
<v Speaker 4>bothered by that, because for every one person leave a

0:26:00.320 --> 0:26:03.399
<v Speaker 4>crappy comment calling me some kind of name, I get

0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:07.680
<v Speaker 4>ten twenty messages from people who go, I did a

0:26:07.720 --> 0:26:11.040
<v Speaker 4>thing to I wore shorts today because it's hot, and

0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:14.520
<v Speaker 4>I thought I can wear shorts because I've seen someone

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<v Speaker 4>else doing it and I feel safer doing that. And

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like, well, then you can take your trolley comment,

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<v Speaker 4>stick it where it fits, because I'm doing what I

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<v Speaker 4>came to do, which is help me.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if it's just one person, and it's so many more,

0:26:29.240 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 1>but you're just happy with just one change of someone's

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<v Speaker 1>heart and the way they see themselves. And to me,

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<v Speaker 1>it brings tears to my eyes. I see these messages

0:26:42.280 --> 0:26:45.600
<v Speaker 1>and you know, I'll just be doing a story where

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<v Speaker 1>like you were doing something on Instagram the other day

0:26:49.160 --> 0:26:51.720
<v Speaker 1>and you flirted with yourself. I float with myself all

0:26:51.760 --> 0:26:55.640
<v Speaker 1>the time on Instagram in my stories, and sometimes if

0:26:55.640 --> 0:26:58.000
<v Speaker 1>I catch something, oh you know, and I'm like, no,

0:26:58.080 --> 0:26:59.960
<v Speaker 1>I say it now, Oh no, I'm not going there,

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<v Speaker 1>not doing that, Like yeah, I'm beautiful.

0:27:02.000 --> 0:27:04.320
<v Speaker 2>And I know I am, and I'm really looking in

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<v Speaker 2>love with how great I am.

0:27:06.960 --> 0:27:10.800
<v Speaker 1>And I just and you know, I'll always, without a doubt,

0:27:10.880 --> 0:27:13.440
<v Speaker 1>have at least one at least I mean I get few,

0:27:13.520 --> 0:27:17.360
<v Speaker 1>but I get at least one saying, oh God, you've

0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:19.480
<v Speaker 1>just made me feel like that's how I want to

0:27:19.520 --> 0:27:21.800
<v Speaker 1>be and I can be or I have become like

0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:25.240
<v Speaker 1>you now, like it's so okay to be in love

0:27:25.280 --> 0:27:29.600
<v Speaker 1>with yourself and see yourself as something that's wonderful. Or

0:27:29.640 --> 0:27:32.920
<v Speaker 1>I'll get someone that'll say I've had the shittiest day

0:27:32.960 --> 0:27:34.800
<v Speaker 1>to day and you bring me joy.

0:27:34.920 --> 0:27:37.720
<v Speaker 2>You just bring me joy, and that I mean, what else?

0:27:38.240 --> 0:27:40.800
<v Speaker 2>What else are you here for? You know?

0:27:41.200 --> 0:27:43.320
<v Speaker 1>I mean, obviously it's so many things that you're here for,

0:27:43.440 --> 0:27:46.440
<v Speaker 1>but April, you bring me joy. You're just you're such

0:27:46.480 --> 0:27:51.760
<v Speaker 1>a beautiful heart. Like I love that you're just radiating love.

0:27:51.960 --> 0:27:55.439
<v Speaker 1>And you know, can I say positivity like, yeah, of

0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:59.600
<v Speaker 1>course you're a whole body body positivity, neutrality like, but

0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:03.639
<v Speaker 1>to me, that's you're just you're positive about you know

0:28:03.720 --> 0:28:07.760
<v Speaker 1>who we are as humans and that everyone is important

0:28:07.760 --> 0:28:10.520
<v Speaker 1>and I just I can't thank you enough for existing.

0:28:10.840 --> 0:28:13.040
<v Speaker 4>Oh I'm gonna make me cry, but I was actually

0:28:13.080 --> 0:28:15.400
<v Speaker 4>gonna say, I love that you're one of those people

0:28:15.400 --> 0:28:17.520
<v Speaker 4>that you send me messages like that, Like you talk

0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:18.240
<v Speaker 4>about people.

0:28:18.040 --> 0:28:19.760
<v Speaker 3>Sending you a message and going, oh my.

0:28:19.720 --> 0:28:22.479
<v Speaker 4>Gosh, like thank you for posting this, or like you know,

0:28:22.760 --> 0:28:24.560
<v Speaker 4>this has really made my day after having a really

0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:28.760
<v Speaker 4>shitty day or whatever, and you send me those messages,

0:28:28.880 --> 0:28:31.320
<v Speaker 4>and I just I'm so grateful that we got to

0:28:31.359 --> 0:28:34.560
<v Speaker 4>connect and that I get to see you, We get

0:28:34.600 --> 0:28:37.199
<v Speaker 4>to see each other shine. It's really special and I

0:28:37.200 --> 0:28:42.600
<v Speaker 4>think so emotional. Oh my god, I yeah, I feel like.

0:28:43.640 --> 0:28:46.640
<v Speaker 4>I said this to my friend Lucy Lucy Neville, She's

0:28:46.640 --> 0:28:49.320
<v Speaker 4>so beautiful. I said, how good is it to just

0:28:49.400 --> 0:28:52.000
<v Speaker 4>tell people how great they are, how great you think

0:28:52.040 --> 0:28:53.320
<v Speaker 4>they are, And she's.

0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:54.240
<v Speaker 3>Like, it's the best.

0:28:54.480 --> 0:28:57.200
<v Speaker 4>And it's just like, you know, you talk about what

0:28:57.200 --> 0:28:57.600
<v Speaker 4>are we here for?

0:28:57.720 --> 0:28:59.840
<v Speaker 3>And I know, like times are heavy.

0:29:00.080 --> 0:29:04.120
<v Speaker 4>It's us struggle sometimes to get through the day because

0:29:04.400 --> 0:29:08.040
<v Speaker 4>you just it can be overwhelming when you think about

0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:12.440
<v Speaker 4>the fact that there are like a horrifyingly large amount

0:29:12.480 --> 0:29:15.280
<v Speaker 4>of people who do not get to have the experience

0:29:15.280 --> 0:29:18.840
<v Speaker 4>that we've just talked about, because both from you know,

0:29:18.880 --> 0:29:24.080
<v Speaker 4>a broad reaching kind of global in that way, but

0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:26.320
<v Speaker 4>also because they're not where we are, like it's it

0:29:26.360 --> 0:29:30.520
<v Speaker 4>can be so so granular around people's attitude and they're

0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:32.840
<v Speaker 4>the people there that they've got around them. And it

0:29:32.880 --> 0:29:35.560
<v Speaker 4>can also be that on a you know, a worldwide level,

0:29:35.840 --> 0:29:39.240
<v Speaker 4>not everyone gets to have that experience because there's just

0:29:40.080 --> 0:29:41.000
<v Speaker 4>a lot going on.

0:29:42.040 --> 0:29:42.840
<v Speaker 3>And I think that.

0:29:44.600 --> 0:29:47.680
<v Speaker 4>While I suppose I feel really strongly about the idea

0:29:47.720 --> 0:29:50.880
<v Speaker 4>of two things being important and existing at once, and

0:29:50.920 --> 0:29:56.520
<v Speaker 4>that you know, regardless of the fact that while we

0:29:56.560 --> 0:30:00.480
<v Speaker 4>can hold space for that, whatever that might be the

0:30:00.560 --> 0:30:03.800
<v Speaker 4>difficult realities of life. You know, you go online and

0:30:03.840 --> 0:30:06.479
<v Speaker 4>you think, my god, I'm so lucky that I am

0:30:06.520 --> 0:30:08.520
<v Speaker 4>who I am, and that you know, it's almost like

0:30:08.560 --> 0:30:11.200
<v Speaker 4>being able to balance that thing of going I'm so lucky,

0:30:11.480 --> 0:30:14.720
<v Speaker 4>I'm so thankful, I'm so fortunate, I'm so whatever. Being

0:30:14.760 --> 0:30:17.800
<v Speaker 4>able to realize, whether it's privilege or it's just pure

0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:22.240
<v Speaker 4>luck that you are where you are and not somewhere else.

0:30:22.600 --> 0:30:26.160
<v Speaker 4>I think also being able to know that body image

0:30:26.360 --> 0:30:29.760
<v Speaker 4>and your existence and your feelings about yourself the way

0:30:29.800 --> 0:30:33.440
<v Speaker 4>that they change, are so it's so important and it's

0:30:33.480 --> 0:30:35.800
<v Speaker 4>so valuable to be able to be someone who can

0:30:35.880 --> 0:30:38.400
<v Speaker 4>get up in the morning and like you say, sometimes

0:30:38.400 --> 0:30:41.080
<v Speaker 4>have a thought and go no, no, I'm not doing that.

0:30:41.520 --> 0:30:43.640
<v Speaker 4>And I think that those two things are actually quite

0:30:43.640 --> 0:30:46.000
<v Speaker 4>closely tied together because I think that our ability to

0:30:46.160 --> 0:30:50.400
<v Speaker 4>be accepting of ourselves and our ability to perhaps step

0:30:50.400 --> 0:30:55.240
<v Speaker 4>out confidently in the world actually empowers us to do something,

0:30:55.280 --> 0:30:59.600
<v Speaker 4>take action, be part of a change, you know, for

0:30:59.640 --> 0:31:02.800
<v Speaker 4>a call that's meaningful to us, because we're not held

0:31:02.840 --> 0:31:05.640
<v Speaker 4>back by the fear of being judged because of how

0:31:05.680 --> 0:31:06.120
<v Speaker 4>we look.

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<v Speaker 3>So for example, people.

0:31:07.720 --> 0:31:10.840
<v Speaker 4>Who you know, from my point of view, while you know,

0:31:10.920 --> 0:31:13.320
<v Speaker 4>the last few months, we've seen lots of people out

0:31:13.320 --> 0:31:16.239
<v Speaker 4>on the streets taking action and wanting to speak out

0:31:16.480 --> 0:31:20.320
<v Speaker 4>about things that are important to them, I think that

0:31:20.360 --> 0:31:22.800
<v Speaker 4>it's really important those people feel safe and confident to

0:31:22.840 --> 0:31:26.200
<v Speaker 4>do that, and then they're not held back by thinking, oh,

0:31:26.240 --> 0:31:28.480
<v Speaker 4>but I can't because I don't want anyone to.

0:31:28.440 --> 0:31:30.120
<v Speaker 3>See me, or that kind of stuff.

0:31:30.120 --> 0:31:32.320
<v Speaker 4>Because the reality is, I've you know, I've had by

0:31:32.360 --> 0:31:33.920
<v Speaker 4>the same you know, I've had people in my DM

0:31:33.960 --> 0:31:36.840
<v Speaker 4>saying wonderful things. I sometimes have those same people saying

0:31:36.840 --> 0:31:39.520
<v Speaker 4>I had a terrible experience today, this awful thing happened

0:31:39.560 --> 0:31:41.160
<v Speaker 4>to me, and now I'm afraid to leave my house

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:44.040
<v Speaker 4>because I walked out the front and one of those

0:31:44.400 --> 0:31:47.479
<v Speaker 4>you know, one of those cars full of dudes yelling

0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:51.600
<v Speaker 4>out insults to me about my body. Just it just

0:31:51.640 --> 0:31:53.719
<v Speaker 4>set me straight back to where I was before I

0:31:53.880 --> 0:31:57.719
<v Speaker 4>started trying to, you know, learn that unlearned that that

0:31:57.760 --> 0:32:00.800
<v Speaker 4>negative stuff about myself. It's set me back. I literally

0:32:00.800 --> 0:32:03.520
<v Speaker 4>haven't left the house for two days because of it.

0:32:03.760 --> 0:32:06.120
<v Speaker 4>And I think, well, we need to be able to

0:32:06.120 --> 0:32:13.720
<v Speaker 4>push forward these important things that might seem unimportant compared

0:32:13.720 --> 0:32:18.400
<v Speaker 4>to bigger world issues, but actually they go together. I

0:32:18.440 --> 0:32:23.840
<v Speaker 4>think that you definitely have you know, people who are

0:32:23.880 --> 0:32:28.840
<v Speaker 4>empowered to speak loudly for things they care about sometimes

0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:31.680
<v Speaker 4>need help to be ready to do that because they

0:32:31.720 --> 0:32:35.000
<v Speaker 4>need to overcome what they believed for them about themselves

0:32:35.040 --> 0:32:36.880
<v Speaker 4>for a long time, about not being too loud, not

0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:38.600
<v Speaker 4>being too big, not taking up too much space.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, well said, well said. I think we'll leave it

0:32:41.680 --> 0:32:41.920
<v Speaker 2>at that.

0:32:42.320 --> 0:32:44.959
<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for coming on, Thank you for

0:32:44.960 --> 0:32:48.040
<v Speaker 1>giving us your time, thank you for being in my life.

0:32:48.160 --> 0:32:49.000
<v Speaker 3>I just adore you.

0:32:49.080 --> 0:32:49.560
<v Speaker 2>I love you.

0:32:50.280 --> 0:32:50.960
<v Speaker 3>I love you too.

0:32:51.080 --> 0:32:52.960
<v Speaker 4>Thank you for the chance to come on and have

0:32:53.000 --> 0:32:56.400
<v Speaker 4>a chat. I absolutely love talking to you and I've

0:32:56.440 --> 0:32:59.360
<v Speaker 4>just absolutely up to this conversation. Thank you for giving

0:32:59.400 --> 0:33:02.320
<v Speaker 4>me the chance to say all of that. Thank you