#255 Sophie Walker: Let's Change the World Ourselves

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Sophie Walker is a feminist activist, founding leader of the Women’s Equality Party, and recently-appointed chief executive of Young Women’s Trust, the charity representing and supporting women who are living on no or low pay. She is passionate about rebuilding society for and with (extra)ordinary women. You can follow her on Twitter under @sophierunning.

Today I'm chatting to Sophie about her new book 'Five Rules for Rebellion' which is an inspiring, five-step journey to incorporating activism into our lives. Featuring stories of new and seasoned activists – including Amika George and Jack Monroe – campaigning on a range of issues from reproductive rights and poverty to the environment and access to education; the book shows us how to see activism not as a series of pitched battles but as a positive, lifelong learning experience. It's all about feeling less full of despair, and more able to channel anger, arm yourself with hope, practise perseverance and connect with others compassionately. She teaches us how we can convert our confusion and impatience into a powerful force for change. Hope you enjoy this episode :) If you did please do leave a review!

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1:08.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control Lock Delete, my guest today is the brilliant Sophie Walker. She is a feminist activist, founding leader of the Women's Equality Party, and recently appointed
1:16.2	Chief Executive of Young Women's Trust, the charity representing and supporting young women
1:22.3	aged 18 to 30 who are living with no or little
1:26.1	pay. She is passionate about rebuilding society for and with extraordinary women. She is one of the leading voices in making change and you
1:36.8	can follow her on Twitter under at Sophie running. Today I'm chatting to Sophie
1:42.2	about her new book called Five Rules for Rebellion, which is an
1:46.1	inspiring five-step journey to basically incorporating more activism into our daily lives. It features stories of brilliant activists like Amica George and Jack Monroe and it explores a range of issues from reproductive rights to poverty to the environment to access to education.
2:07.6	The book shows us what activism can do but also how it can be a lifelong learning experience.
2:15.0	So really the book is about feeling less full of despair
2:18.0	which can be very easy to fall into
2:20.0	and more about channeling those feelings
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