You're listening to Feminist Don't Wear Pink, the podcast, based on the book, Feminist Don't Wear Pink and Other Lies, a collection of writing by 52 women on what feminism means to them.

I'm Scarlett Curtis. I'm a writer, activist, journalist and very, very proud feminist.

I'm also the curator of this book and the presenter of the podcast.

During this series, I'm going to be talking to a few of the amazing contributors

who've written in our book to find out how they found their feminism

and some of the lives that they've been told about what it means to be a woman.

Thank you. and some of the lives that they've been told about what it means to be a woman. Hello and welcome to this very special edition of Feminist Don't Wear Pink, the podcast.

This series, we've been lucky enough to talk to some of our amazing contributors

about what they've written for the book.

Every piece is different and every single one

impacted how I see the world. So because we have an amazing audiobook available now, I wanted to

make a compilation episode of some of my favourite pieces to show just how diverse and exciting

this book is if you haven't read it yet. If you are planning on listening to the audiobook and are an

audiobook fan, I just want to tell you you're not alone. I'm actually an audible master and have

listened to over two months of books. Dr. Alama Rabbit is one of the most amazing people

working today. She's a human rights activist, medical doctor and UN high-level commissioner,

and she's literally changing

the world every day. But her piece is called imposter syndrome, and I think that it bravely

illustrates an issue experience by so many women who feel like they don't deserve their seat

at the table. Ten-year-old me would be incredibly disappointed in me. By now I should have had a yellow VW beetle,

an apartment in the big city. I was born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,

so the big city could have been literally anywhere but there. Two babies, a cat that loved me

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