Hello and welcome to Let's Talk About It. This is your host Taylor and today I want to address

a few things before we get into the interview and the topic and the guests that we have today

who I'm really excited to share with y'all. She's an amazing, amazing woman. But first

before we get into the topic at hand for today, as most of you know, several weeks ago,

some of my tweets from when I was a teenager when I was still in undergrad came out and

caused a lot of pain to a lot of different people, all of which is so incredibly valid.

So first and foremost, I apologize. I am so sorry. I am completely aware of how hurtful

and problematic and incredibly intolerant all of what my words were then were. And I completely

own all of the hurt that I've caused others. I completely take responsibility for the fact

that those were my words then. Right now, I'm focusing on my own process and the lessons

and the whole experience as to how I even got to where I am today. However, I do understand

it's still important to acknowledge the pain and the frustration and confusion that my

actions from when I was 18 to 20 caused everyone coming out today. So I understand that

it can also look very hypocritical for me to be outspoken and an advocate and as vocal

as I am today for things like racial justice, for things like anti-fatness bias, for things,

I mean really for a lot of things. And so I just really hope that my past can kind of

give some insight and perspective that even if you haven't always thought one way, you

can still be an advocate for change when you do learn, when you do put in the work, when

you do become really committed and dedicated to this kind of change and to speak out in meaningful

ways about injustice, about bias and racism really in all areas. So I really hope that even

though yes, it might seem hypocritical, I hope that my past work over the last seven

to ten years since those tweets speak for themselves. And I also hope that in the future

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