48. Abigail Thorn on coming out as trans, philosophy, YouTube stardom and optimism
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Abigail Thorn - aka Philosophy Tube - is a YouTube superstar, actor and much else. We talk about coming out as trans, about the burning skip of transphobia raging in Britain, about the struggle for LGBTQ rights - as well as making philosophy accessible, becoming a YouTube star, her acting career, and her hopes for the future.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Owen Jones, welcome to the podcast. Today, Abigail Thorn, incredible. She |
| 0:13.7 | is the, the YouTuber most known as philosophy tube, but she's many, many things. She's |
| 0:19.9 | an actor as well. She's involved in all sorts, to be honest. Philosophy tube is huge. |
| 0:26.4 | There's a really big YouTube channel that has popularized philosophy. She has a massive |
| 0:31.7 | fund base. Now, she's recently come out as trans. So, we talk about that. We talk about |
| 0:35.2 | transphobia. We talk about philosophy, as you'd expect. We talk about her becoming this |
| 0:41.3 | YouTube superstar. We talk about her acting. We talk about optimism and hope, which is important, |
| 0:49.4 | I think, the current climate. I think you'd all agree. Do listen to this one. It's, she's |
| 0:56.8 | big fan, big, big fan. Just a bit of housekeeping. If you want to support us to keep this podcast |
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| 1:28.0 | and subscribe there as well and get notifications there. Please do get involved. But that's enough |
| 1:35.2 | for me babbling on. Listen to this interview. It's a good one. |
| 1:51.5 | Our time. Not just the YouTube, but what are you talking about? You think the future now, |
| 2:00.8 | whether we like it or not, actually, just topian as it may well be. No, I mean, you're not just |
| 2:06.5 | a YouTube. You're an actor. You're so many things. We'll talk about it. I just want to start. |
| 2:11.4 | I mean, let's just start. I mean, you must be like, oh, roll eyes. Do we really have to keep |
| 2:16.9 | talking about this? But, you know, I find it interesting from one sign of the LGBTQ rainbow. |
| 2:23.2 | Because coming out as a cis gender for those who don't know, that means not transmite gender |
| 2:28.3 | of a lie. The gender assigned to be at birthdays, the gender, which I feel comfortable in. |
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