Can I tell you a secret? Episode two: the widening circle
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The Guardian
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:07.0 | Just before we begin, this is a podcast series about stalking and some people might find parts of it difficult to listen to. |
| 0:19.0 | In episode one, we were in Northwich, a small market town in the north of England, |
| 0:25.6 | where a man called Matthew Hardy first began stalking women and girls from his local area. |
| 0:31.6 | So work is pretty cool today. |
| 0:34.6 | We're at an abandoned club in the middle of nowhere in Ibiza. This is |
| 0:39.7 | the view right now. But now, it's 2019, eight years since Matthew first started his campaign |
| 0:46.7 | of terror. Nearly 15 years since Facebook landed on our shores. Things have changed. Hello guys! Today I'm going to be doing the baby size takeover and today is a bit different. |
| 1:05.0 | We actually don't have a show. We're in a different era, the era of selfies, ringlights and HD makeup. |
| 1:12.1 | We're doing a photo shoot. |
| 1:15.2 | An era when glamorous young women can become brands online. |
| 1:20.1 | It's the age of the Instagram influencer. |
| 1:23.6 | So, hey guys. |
| 1:25.8 | I'm in London off to a very cool party with my friends for my birthday and I'm really excited. |
| 1:33.9 | Her whole life, 22-year-old Abby Furness, has wanted to be famous. |
| 1:50.9 | She's a content creator, singer and performer from Brighton, with 14,000 followers on Instagram. |
| 2:02.4 | Abby's blonde and petite, she kind of looks like a pocket-sized version of the Hollywood actress Margot Robbie. She's confident and fun-loving, often posing in lingerie or swimwear for her online |
| 2:08.5 | fans. As an influencer, her currency is likes and engagement, so every poster's work. |
| 2:20.0 | I do quite a lot of things at the moment, kind of all-round performing. |
| 2:25.7 | So I've been a Disney princess in the daytime and a fire breather at night time. |
| 2:31.1 | So sort of an all-round performer at the moment. |
| 2:36.4 | And we often goes on work trips to places like Thailand and Ionapa, but I want to take you with her on one particular |
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