25. Becoming the Change With Lindsay Peoples Wagner

The Secret Lives of Black Women

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Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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When Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner told her mother she wanted to leave Brown Deer, Wisconsin to build a career in fashion, her mom said she would have to be the change she needed as a kid. Now, she’s seen a lot she wants to change from exlusive white spaces to Black leaders dissapointing her. In this episode, Lindsay dishes about her behind-the-scenes journey to speak her truth and tell inclusive stories as the youngest EIC in Teen Vogue history. You can find more about The SLBW at https://www.instagram.com/theslbw/   Follow SLBW on Twitter and Instagram @theslbw Follow Lindsay Peoples Wagner on Instagram @lpeopleswagner

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0:00.0	A lot of people don't stay and endure being in fashion because it is so taxing, right?
0:05.0	Like it is so hard.
0:06.0	It was emotionally draining, but if I don't stay, I don't think that realistically there will be another person
0:16.5	that will push as much as I'm pushing.
0:20.2	There's been so many black people in the industry who I was just I'm just quite frankly so
0:25.8	tired of doing the tap dance and shuffling in and out of their blackness and not actually
0:31.2	standing up whether it be on social media or in these meetings, and I'm just over it.
0:37.0	I remember thinking like, if this is all that I can do and this is the last thing that I can do in fashion I'll be happy. I know what I'm doing I know I'm the shit
0:46.2	I know I'm dope I don't need the validation of white people or black people. See So, this is the Secret Lives of Black Women.
0:55.0	I'm Lauren.
0:57.0	I'm Charlotte.
0:59.0	And welcome to season three.
1:01.0	And season three guys.
1:02.0	We made it!
1:03.0	We know you missed us.
1:05.0	We missed you too.
1:06.0	And we are starting off our third season with, they say third times of charm, and we're starting
1:12.0	with the bang.
1:13.2	We're talking black women in fashion,
1:17.2	a subject that we both are, I'm very into talking about.
1:21.0	I can't wait.
1:22.0	I can't wait. Ever can't wait ever since Devil
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