Ep.12 'I would much rather a 5-figure guy who's going to exalt me than a 7-figure guy who's going to oppress me' - Candice Brathwaite gets real on female breadwinning.
Working Hard with Grace Beverley
sophie@grace-beverley.com
4.2 • 904 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Candice Braithwaite is the Sunday Times best-selling author, presenter, journalist and founder of Make Motherhood Diverse: an initiative fighting for equal representation for mothers and parents. Initially a content creator and 'mumfluencer', Candice began posting on her socials in 2015 to document her journey of motherhood, keen to disrupt the flawless 'yummy mummy' facade online. The authenticity of her account resonated with thousands online, empowering her to write her first of three bestseller books.
During the episode, I had the opportunity to speak with Candice about her revelations about being a black woman and mother. She shed light on a shocking statistic; that black women are 5x more likely to die in childbirth than white women. Candice herself went through a particularly turbulent first birth experience, meaning she could not be present in the first six weeks of her daughter's life.
Throughout Candice's story, there is grit, courage and perseverance. Her experiences of systemic racism, her concerns as a black woman, and her view as to what must now be done are told with light-hearted humour and energy. Candice also speaks for the first time about an online public attack from a fellow mumfluencer that forced her to 'go mute' online.
Topics:
- From marketing to mumfluencer: a whistle-stop tour of Candice's career
- Candice's mission: to make motherhood more inclusive
- The Instagram trolling scandal (an inside scoop)
- Systemic racism in healthcare and the inadequate care of black mothers
- Breaking the stigmas surrounding motherhood and abortion - 'I don't need your abortion story - your body your choice'
- The #1 problem with maintaining transparency online
- Dating and relationships
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| 0:32.3 | I see a lot of younger women say, I want a six-figure guy, I want a seven-figure guy. |
| 0:36.8 | Love that, but I'm always interested in how you could become a six-figure guy, I want a seven-figure guy. Love that, but I'm always |
| 0:38.3 | interested in how you could become the six-figure person. Leaving a very stable situation to build |
| 0:44.7 | something of your own is very, very scary. It was giving Last Supper, it was giving Judas. |
| 0:51.2 | I'm not going to lie. What I could not have been able to foresee was just how Katty and bitchy and emotionally draining, |
| 1:01.0 | pushing myself into the motherhood space was... |
| 1:03.0 | I know that there was a scandal at one point. |
| 1:07.0 | What happened? |
| 1:10.0 | ... What happened? Right, guys, we're running into a bit of an issue here where every episode, I want to say it's my favourite episode, and that's becoming a bit problematic because I can't actually say that. So |
| 1:28.2 | just to let you know that's the vibes for this episode, I had such a good time recording it. |
| 1:33.8 | It felt like just having a good chat, which is the best part of podcast recording. Like, |
| 1:38.9 | when you just talk about the things you want to talk about with good people, it honestly makes my day. And lucky for you, |
| 1:45.9 | it can make your day too, because I mean, you're is. So, hope you enjoy. Candice was amazing in |
| 1:52.2 | this. I think you're going to have the time of your life listening. |
| 1:58.2 | Candice Brathway is the Sunday Times bestselling author, presenter, journalist and founder of Make Motherhood Diverse, |
| 2:04.6 | an initiative fighting for equal representation for mothers and parents. |
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