Deborah Frances-White on Feminism and the Refugee Crisis

Good Influence

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Arts

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🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. This week we’re talking about feminism; intersectional feminism, the importance of the media we consume and the refugee crisis, how to use your skills for good and how feminism can help. Deborah Frances-White is a comedian, author, screenwriter and podcaster. Her award winning podcast 'The Guilty Feminist' has amassed over 50 million downloads worldwide, and has expanded into tours and an accompanying book. Deborah uses her platform to help multiple causes, particularly around the refugee crisis and human rights, and is an ambassador for Amnesty International. If you want to learn more, here's where to find Deborah, and her recommendations: Instagram: @dfdubz Twitter: @DeborahFW Website: deborahfrances-white.com Something to read: Toni Morrison - A Song of Solomon & Sandi Toksvig - Toksvig's Almanac 2021 Something to watch: HBO's 'Insecure' & Netflix's 'Orthodox' Something to listen to: Baratunde Thurston - How to Citizen Podcast Get involved and join in the conversation: Follow @gemmastyles and send in your messages and questions to [email protected] ---- This Podcast is kindly supported by French beauty brand, L'Occitane. You can get 10% off all purchases online and in-store, as well as FREE delivery on all online orders with the code GOODINFLUENCE. Code valid until 4th January 2021

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Jama, and welcome to Good Influence.
0:08.0	This is the podcast where each week you and I meet a guest
0:11.0	who will help us pay attention to something we should know about as well as
0:13.6	answer some of your questions.
0:16.9	This week we're talking about feminism, intersectional feminism, the importance of the media
0:21.6	we consume, as well as the refugee crisis and how to use
0:24.6	your skills for good. Joining me this week is Deborah Francis White. Deborah is a comedian,
0:32.1	author, screenwriter and podcaster. She co-created award-winning
0:36.1	podcast The Guilty Feminist in 2015, which has since amassed over 50 million downloads
0:41.0	worldwide and successfully expanded into live recordings and tours.
0:45.6	Deborah uses this platform to help multiple causes, particularly related to refugees
0:49.6	and human rights in her role as an ambassador for Amnesty International.
0:53.0	The guilty feminist famously begins with guests sharing their bad feminist confessions
0:57.5	with the now widely recognizable phrase,
0:59.5	I'm a feminist but I would be prepared to cause the first
1:07.2	scandal of the Biden Harris White House by running off with Carmeler Harris if she would make me her first lady.
1:14.0	That would be quite the scandal. I don't even know whether it would manage to trump the other scandals that we've been plagued by recently,
1:22.0	but would be a good one. It would probably be the only
1:24.4	scandal of the Biden Harris White House. What's your I'm a feminist but, Emma? I'm a feminist but I do quite
1:31.9	like it when my boyfriend reaches things off high shelves for me that I can't reach.
1:36.4	It makes me feel small and cute.
1:38.4	I'll say off the bat like this is a very intimidating recording for me because you are a very successful
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