Ep 47. Adwoa speaks to activist, author, TV host and photographer iO Tillett Wright on the nuances of identity politics, challenging heteronormativity and navigating white allyship.

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4.8 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week, I’m honoured to introduced the Gurls Talk community to my dear friend, the talented iO Tillett Wright. This autumn, he releases a new book, Self Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America. It documents a 10-year journey across America where he has photographed thousands of people from every walk of life. Centred on the tenet that ‘familiarity is a gateway drug to empathy’ his pictures are a deeply powerful glimpse into the lives of people marginalised by oppressive systems....

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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.
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0:19.0	So listen to us every week for your source of fierce chat.
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0:31.3	Hi everyone.
0:32.5	I hope you're doing well.
0:34.3	Today I'd like to welcome one of my dear friends
0:37.3	and a very special guest to the
0:38.9	Girls Talk podcast, Iyo Till It Right. Iyo joined us at our Girls Talk Festival in New York in
0:45.7	2018, where he gave a mind-blowing speech on gender identity and acceptance. So we are thrilled
0:51.8	to have him back with us today on the podcast. Not to mention,
0:55.9	Iyo is a monumental piece to my puzzle and the journey of Girls Talk thus far.
1:03.9	Iyo is an artist, author, activist and storyteller. He is the creator and host of the hit podcast, The Ballad of
1:11.9	Billy Balls, and the author of Darling Days, a memoir, and a co-host of the MTV show Catfish.
1:19.2	His TED Talk, 50 Shades of Gay, is considered a cornerstone of the modern discussion about
1:25.0	sexuality and gender. And this fall, Iyo's groundbreaking new book, Self-evident Truths,
1:32.4	10,000 portraits of queer America will be released,
1:35.9	a body of work that looks at his 10-year journey across America,
1:40.1	where he has photographed thousands of people from every walk of life.
1:44.8	In today's episode, we will be discussing white allyship, activism, politics, and the importance of challenging heteronormativity.
1:54.8	Iyo, welcome to the Girls Talk podcast.
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