Burlesque Performer Smashlyn Monroe - Sideshow, tattoos and piercings and 'muggle jobs'

Who Hurt You?

Sofie Hagen

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🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Sofie talks to Smashlyn Monroe about performing sideshow, childhood trauma, how she got her name, tattoos, piercings, imposter syndrome, being queer, growing up in Foster care, how muggle jobs react to her look and believing Freddy Mercury was her dad.

Trigger warning – ableism, “freak” show, bereavement, death, sexuality, therapy, trauma, abuse, fatphobia, depression, violence

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

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Produced by Dave Pickering

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0:00.0	I had a moment I was in bed the other morning and I kind of just turned over and I just kicked
0:03.9	one leg up in the air and I was just like, I love my leg.
0:06.8	Yes. And I was like, I'm just going to sit here and stroke my leg for a bit.
0:10.7	And then I was like, I've got to go to work. Sorry I'm late. a part a podcast hosted by
0:16.9	Sorry, I'm late. I'm just loving myself right now You are listening to made of human also known as the mard, a podcast hosted by Sophie Fagan, who is a Danish comedian.
0:28.2	M-P-P-P-P-P-O-P-P-P-O-P-P-O-P-P-O-P-P-I'm trying to find out how to do life.
0:34.0	But it turns out
0:38.0	nobody knows.
0:40.0	Mopo. Hello, hello, hello, it is Smash Len Monroe time. I was the judge on Scotty's Hamburger Queen event, a fat event here in London
0:56.6	a while ago and all of the people entering were incredible, just fat people, being hard and talented and amazing and then
1:05.6	smashed in went on and I think I'm of the I think I think that I think that I only like stand up and comedy and then I have this preconceived notion that I don't get anything else. I don't understand
1:24.3	Theta, I don't understand you know high concept stuff. I don't understand
1:28.5	Belesk, I don't understand isn't that. So I had this idea that what Smashin was going to do would just be like, you know, it would be good, but in my head I was like, I probably won't get it.
1:42.0	And I started crying. It was so beautiful. I totally got it. It was amazing and I couldn't speak. I was the head judge and I was meant to say something about why we had crowned her the winner of the entire competition and I just couldn't because I would have dispersed into tears and I wouldn't even have been able to explain it.
2:02.0	And for someone who prides themselves on like being good with words and my own
2:07.8	psychology and stuff, it's very embarrassing to not be able to explain why this was so emotional for me.
2:15.0	So Smashlin just hit me straight in the body and it was amazing.
2:20.0	And I've been so excited to speak to her so I'm going to let you enjoy her in just a bit.
2:26.0	I'm on tour of the UK.
2:28.0	Go and check out if there are tickets and cities near you where I will be.
2:33.2	My book is coming out soon.
2:34.5	It's called Happy Fat.
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