IN CONVERSATION: Florence Given

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Happy Thursday everybody!!! Today, we bring you the enigmatic Florence Given. For the unacquainted, Florence is nothing short of a force to be reckoned with. The 21-year-old feminist illustrator, writer, and activist released her debut book, Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, in June this year, and has gone on to become a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Florence now has a social media following of more than half a million people, and has single-handedly carved out one of the most engaged spaces for the queer community online. In this chat, we go from Florence’s turbulent high school experience, to what she would change about social media if she was given a chance. For more from Florence, follow her on Instagram @florencegiven, and grab a copy of her incredible book, Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, right here. If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out our chats with Clementine Ford and Jameela Jamil. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, TBH Skincare. Use the code ‘SHAMELESS’ at checkout for 15% off anything on their website. 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 ‘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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0:00.0	This episode of Shameless is brought to you by TBH skin care, medically backed topical treatment for acne.
0:06.0	It's embarrassing to be seen as an empowered woman sometimes.
0:11.0	Like it feels embarrassing. It feels
0:12.6	cringing. And I was like, what's something so embarrassing
0:15.2	that I really just want to fucking do, but I feel too embarrassed to do.
0:19.0	And it was a sunny day I had my musical in my earphones
0:21.6	and I just laid in the middle of this field where the girls from my school were in the sun basking in it.
0:26.5	And I put my earphones into if they were saying anything I couldn't hear and I got through an entire album and I was like I can do anything after this moment I can
0:34.6	be fucking anything and so much courage was born in that moment. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, well.
0:45.0	Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Hello and welcome to this in conversation episode of Shameless with the
1:08.0	sunshiney Florence Given. For the unacquainted Florence is nothing short of a force to be reckoned with.
1:14.4	The 21-year-old feminist illustrator, writer and activist released her debut book,
1:19.4	Women Don't Ow You Pretty in June this year, and has gone on to become a number one Sunday Times bestseller.
1:26.3	Florence now has a social media following of more than half a million people and has
1:30.8	single-handedly carved out one of the most engaged spaces for the queer community online.
1:35.8	Florence was enigmatic and electric and we cannot wait for you to hear this episode because we left it feeling
1:41.2	like we could actually take on the world.
1:44.0	Just a heads up with this one guys towards the end of the interview,
1:47.0	you might get a glimpse of the busy London traffic as of course Floss was recording this in her London apartment.
1:53.4	Here's Florence.
1:55.0	Florence given welcome to shameless in conversation.
2:02.0	What a fucking delight. We have been waiting. I think we
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