I was just like a school with barbed wire and fencing you know I was really just trying to I guess to attach from the situation

But while I was in jail I was actually strip searched twice and they took my hijab away.

And in the US, in a prison where there's no cameras, nearly everything was legal.

It doesn't mean it's right.

It gets better because it has to get better.

We're all made of human.

Hello, my name is Sophie Hagen. I am a stand-up comedian and you're listening to the

Made of Human podcast or in short, Mopard. It's a podcast in which I try to speak to a diverse, interesting

and hopefully inclusive range of people about their life experiences to in order to learn and grow and

it's just be less alone I guess yeah and this week I'm speaking to Blair I'm

and it's probably the most dramatic podcast recording I've ever done. Like I saw on

Twitter that she was in the UK, she was usually based in America doing her very important activism work, and I media got in touch and begged her to speak to me on the podcast. And she basically had one hour of one particular day where she could do this

and that was the hour where I was meant to be at the airport flying back to Denmark.

So I said like give me one second and then I immediately cancelled my flight. I booked a new flight and I arranged to go to her hotel that morning. I had to bring my huge suitcase with me. It just happened very last minute and

a lot of plans got changed around because I just needed to speak to her. And she's, this is so important. Her work is so important. I suggest you read a bit about her before you listen to this because

And I think it's because I want you to understand why I was a bit, like I hope I don't come across as condescending in the in the chat

because I fear I might have been because she was young and she was so, she was nothing like what I expected her to be.

I think I was a bit blown away by how she was, she was just

so easy going and happy and smiley and funny and young and you know when you think about how important she is I think I was just

expecting someone with like a deep darkness in their eyes and you know who wouldn't answer

questions who just sit and be like gloomy but she was just so upbeat and I I don't

know I hope I don't come across as a bit of an asshole, but well let's see. I'll let you listen to our chat and decide for yourself.

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