Drew Afualo: TikTok Sensation, Author, and Podcaster

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Drew Afualo is a podcaster, author, and immensely popular TikTok creator. Drew studied sports journalism in college and originally aspired to be an on-air sports anchor. After graduating from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, she worked in PR before landing a digital content creator job at the NFL. At first, it seemed like a dream job, but the position wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, and in January 2020, she was let go. When the pandemic hit, she was living at home with her parents and feeling further away than ever from her career dreams. One day, she started posting videos on TikTok on a whim. Viewers were immediately drawn to her hilarious, perfectly articulated takedowns of misogynistic comments. Her following grew quickly, at times gaining over 100,000 followers every couple of days. In the years since, she’s continued to grow her audience and now has over 8 million followers on TikTok. Drew’s also started two hit podcasts and authored a best-selling book, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve. This year, she was named on The Hollywood Reporter’s List of Most Influential Influencers.

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Where?
0:11.0	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers. We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the
0:22.4	process of setting aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their
0:28.3	second life. Today on the show, I'm speaking with the TikTok sensation, podcaster, and author,
0:35.7	Drew Afawalo. Have you ever wished that you had a little voice on your
0:40.0	shoulder who stood up for you when you felt like you couldn't? Drew Afoallo is that person to
0:45.3	millions of fans across the world. A smart, witty, and unapologetic voice on social media. Drew got her
0:52.7	start making videos taking down, there's simply no other way
0:55.8	to say it, shitty, misogynistic men. Viewers gravitated toward her honest, comedic approach to
1:02.3	addressing the misogyny we see all over the internet. Over the last four years, she's rocketed
1:08.1	to notoriety. She has a Spotify exclusive podcast called The Comment
1:13.1	section with Drew Afiwalo, over 8 million fans on TikTok, and a new best-selling book,
1:21.4	Loud, except nothing less than the life you deserve. She's been named one of Forbes,
1:27.1	top creators, a Time magazine
1:29.5	Next Generation leader, and recently made the Hollywood Reporter's list of most influential influencers.
1:37.1	Drew may seem like she's got it all figured out now, but not long ago, she was out of crossroads
1:41.7	in her life. She studied sports journalism in college,
1:45.2	and after graduation, and a short stint working in PR, she landed what she thought was her dream
1:50.7	job, working in the media department of the NFL. But in January 2020, she was let go. Then the
1:58.1	pandemic hit, making her feel directionalous about what was next for her.
2:03.0	But one day, in the spring of 2020, she decided to download TikTok and start posting there.
2:08.6	Because why not? And the rest is history. The last four years have been a constant stream of
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