Do you think once you had your daughter and you were kind of finding it hard, do you think

you felt a lot of shame around those feelings?

Shame and guilt literally comes out with a child.

And I don't know what the centre is made of actually.

Yeah, I mean, I think it actually might be.

Hello and welcome to the Feminist Don't Wear Pink podcast, based on the book Feminist Don't Wear Pink and Other Lies, a collection of essays by 52 women on what feminism means to them.

I'm your host, Scarlett Curtis. I'm a writer, activist, proud feminist and curator of our book and host of this podcast.

Today's podcast is a pretty special one.

Last week, I sat down with Kira Knightley in her beautiful house to talk about feminism, motherhood,

films, fashion, the media and a lot of other things. Kira has been a hero of mine for a very, very long time. As far as I can see, Kira represents a pretty unique, heartbreaking and fascinating

moment in British culture. She was 17 years old when Benderlebeckham came out and ignited a fire in thousands of teenage girls across the country.

In fact, I'm pretty sure it was the first thing that had made me actually want to play football, something I have not done since.

One year later, after Pirates of the Caribbean came out, the 18-year-old

schoolgirl became the most famous woman in the world. In an era not too long ago when

female celebrities were picked apart from the bone by magazines, paparazzi and press, Kira became public property.

It's an experience that would have broken most teenage girls and did break a lot of

teenage girls at the time, but Kira's not your regular woman.

She has emerged into adulthood as one of the most intelligent and impressive actresses

and voices of her generation. And I hope that listening to this, you will be as obsessed with her as I am.

When I asked Kira to write something for feminists don't wear pink, I never thought she would do it.

A few weeks later, she sent me a piece of writing so raw, so beautiful, so vulnerable, so powerful

that I think I cried for about an hour after reading it.

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