Ep 53. Adwoa talks to Rupi Kaur about the potential of the self, the power of community and sisterhood, and the importance of amplifying marginalised voices.

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Gurls Talk

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

4.8 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Fangirling Rupi is an easy thing to do. If not for her raw, intimate poetry, for the way she talks about the power of her friendships and platonic, familial love. It makes talking (and listening) to Rupi feel like you’ve been friends forever. As we ruminate life in lockdown – me in London, Rupi in Toronto – we talk about making sense of our identity in the stillness and being gentle with ourselves. In home body, Rupi’s recently released, brilliant third book of poetry, she dedicates a whole ...

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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.
0:22.9	And don't forget to subscribe.
0:31.5	Hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Girls Talk podcast. Today I'd like to welcome a very special human to the podcast, Rupee Call.
0:41.4	Rupi is a best-selling author, performer and illustrator, who at the young age of 21 self-published her first poetry
0:49.3	collection, Milk and Honey. And shortly after, it's artistic sibling, the sun and her flowers. She just
0:56.5	released her third book of poetry and illustrations called Homebody, which takes readers through
1:01.7	a reflective and intimate journey, visiting the past, the present, and the potential of self.
1:08.8	Rupi's incredible work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, depression, anxiety,
1:14.6	femininity and masculinity in migration.
1:17.9	Subjects we often discuss on the podcast.
1:20.6	Rupi is no stranger to bearing it all, and we are so thrilled to have her here with us today.
1:26.4	Today we will be discussing representation,
1:29.3	the power of amplifying marginalised voices and the importance of sisterhood. Rupi, welcome to
1:35.5	the Girls Talk podcast.
1:41.1	Thank you so much, Rupy, for taking the time in a pandemic.
1:48.8	I don't know how, where are you at the moment?
1:51.6	I'm in Toronto, so we're still in, we're in, it's the worst that's ever been here,
1:56.4	so we're in lockdown.
1:58.1	And it's winter and it's snowy and it's just the worst, but we're getting through it.
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