IN CONVERSATION: AJ Clementine

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Haaaaappy Thursday friends! Today, we bring you the wonderful AJ Clementine. AJ is an influencer and content creator, well known for her LGBTQI advocacy, sense of style, and bright personality. AJ knew from the youngest of ages that she wasn’t born in the right body and began medically transitioning at the age of 18. Now 24, she is the first transgender person to model for a Bonds campaign, has walked the runway at VAMFF, and cemented herself as a leading voice for young Australians with over 100,000 followers on Instagram. In this chat, AJ talks candidly about her high school experience, as well as finding love when she least expected to. If you’d like more from AJ, follow her on Instagram @ajclementine_. Enjoyed this chat with AJ? We think you’ll also love our chats with fellow creatives Jules Von Hep and Courtney Act. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Andie Swim. For 20% off any full-priced item, use the code ‘SHAMELESS20’ at checkout until the end of November 2020. If this is your first time checking us out (hey, you), we are an independent media company that is dedicated to telling young women’s stories. The best way to support Shameless is to click ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app, and to tell your mates about us. We will reward such good behaviour with a puppy! Not everything in this paragraph is true! But wait! There’s more! Our back catalogue of In Conversation interviews. Follow Shameless on Instagram. Join our book club Facebook Group. Subscribe to the weekly Shameless recommendations newsletter. Grab a copy of our first book, The Space Between. We cherish your feedback on the show, and would bloody love to hear your wonderful voices. If you’d like to weigh in on an episode - whether it be a segment in a Monday episode, an In Conversation guest, or this month’s book club pick, we’d love for you to call our Shameless Hotline. You miiiiight just be featured on an episode. Thanks so much for lending us your ears for this episode! Have a great day! Stay hydrated! This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media.

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1:39.4	is an influencer and content creator well known for her LGBTIQ plus advocacy, sense of
1:46.6	style and bright personality.
1:48.7	A.J. knew from the youngest of ages she wasn't born in the right body and began transitioning at age 18. Now 24
1:55.8	she is the first transgender person to model for a Bond's campaign, has walked
2:00.3	the runway at Vamp and cemented herself as a leading voice for young Australians with over 100,000 followers on Instagram.
2:08.0	Oh, and she just launched her own eyeshadow palette too. We loved having this chat with A.J. She was kind, candid and so
2:15.8	generous and open with her experiences. We cannot wait for you to hear this chat.
2:20.3	Here's A.J. Clementine. Welcome to Shameless in conversation. We are huge
2:29.4	fans of you and we are very very excited that you're here to have a chat with us.
2:33.0	Thank you for having me I'm so excited to get into it.
2:36.0	A.J. as is customary in 2020 we feel like we should start by asking everybody how they are doing
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