Ep 40. Adwoa talks to Megan Barton-Hanson about reality TV, insecurities and lifting women up.

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Gurls Talk

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The maneater, the glamour model, the sexy one. Well, that’s the role the producers of Love Island put on Megan Barton-Hanson when she was in the villa in 2018. But as we all know, reality TV is a heavily edited version of what really happens, and Megan and I dive into this and how sudden fame affected her mental health. We talk about how women are still being judged against each other in the media and online, and how this toxic negativity needs to stop. Like, NOW. Megan tells us about her st...

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0:00.0	Girls Talk.
0:06.8	You're listening to the Girls Talk podcast, hosted by me, Adjoa-Boha and powered by our friends at Nike.
0:13.9	This is where girls come together to talk, share, listen and take control.
0:19.0	So listen to us every week for your source of fierce chat. And don't forget to subscribe.
0:31.5	Hi everyone. In today's episode we have a good friend of Girls talk on. In 2018, we hosted the panel featuring
0:38.8	this incredible woman who spoke honestly about her mental health, her experience on reality
0:44.5	TV and being thrown suddenly into the limelight. Megan Barton Hansen is best known for appearance
0:50.8	on the 2018 series of the hit reality TV show Love Island. Since leaving the villa,
0:57.4	Megan has been unapologetic and successful with her work towards helping women
1:01.5	liberate themselves through body positivity and a freedom of sexuality. She has worked with
1:07.0	glamour on their blend-out bullying and with Anne Summers as director of their
1:10.8	pleasure positivity project. Her courageous and candid approach regarding her own life
1:15.9	experiences has given young women an honest, supportive and safe space, as well as the confidence
1:21.4	to share and speak about their own stories regarding their sexuality, physical and mental
1:27.1	health issues.
1:28.2	Megan, welcome back to Girls Talk.
1:30.6	Thank you for having me.
1:31.9	Thank you so much for being on the Girls Talk podcast.
1:35.1	So first things first, I want to talk about Reality Devi, but I don't want to dwell
1:38.6	too much on Love Island because you're so much more than that.
1:43.0	And I feel like you really kind of, not that you necessarily had to, but you've definitely since you're kind of, since we were introduced to you on Love Island, you've shown yourself to be so much more than a reality TV style.
1:56.9	Yeah.
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