IN CONVERSATION: Jennifer Atilemile

Shameless

Shameless Media

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Happy Thursday lovely people! Today on the show we have the formidable Jennifer Atilemile. Jennifer is an international model and writer who advocates for greater representation of racial and body diversity in the media, and who has very recently landed one of the biggest jobs of her career: A campaign with Victoria’s Secret. In this chat we cover everything from what she loves about the modelling industry, to why she feels every job she books is - in her own words - “a win for not just size diversity, but a win for the increase in racial and body diversity in advertising, too.” Jennifer is candid about the burnout that comes with being an activist in 2020, and how she feels about slacktivism online more than three months after the death of George Floyd made headlines across the world. You can find more from Jennifer on Instagram here, or you can check out her new pod! Just search ‘Here if You Need’ in your favourite pod app. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Dan Murphy’s and their new Seltzer range. Oh oh oh and in case you haven’t heard (lol) our book is FINALLY available and in all good bookstores! BUY THE SPACE BETWEEN HERE! If you liked this chat, you may well enjoy our interviews with Jameela Jamil and Kate Wasley. 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. 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.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We all know periods can be complicated ever changing and often misunderstood. I mean why doesn't anyone ever actually tell you how to first use a tampon properly or that getting an RUD would hurt this much?
0:10.0	I know that's why Libra is on a mission to bridge the gap between what you're told and what you actually experience.
0:15.8	Did you know 75% of girls start their first period with negative emotions?
0:20.3	And 59% of women wish they'd been taught more about periods throughout their lives.
0:25.0	Libra is here to help you navigate your menstrual journey with confidence and care from your first period to your last.
0:30.0	If you've ever felt dismissed with it's just a period and I'm sure we've all heard that before, Libra says it is never just a period. It is so much more.
0:39.0	Share your experiences at W.W.. Love Libra.com.
0:43.0	I truly believe that if you can't see it, you don't believe it.
0:48.0	And that's why I feel representation across all facets of life is so important.
0:53.4	And I think to the advertising industry is really where
0:56.4	your first views of society are formed.
0:59.4	So if you don't see yourself reflected in that society
1:02.8	question all the time, do I really belong here? 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, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Hello and welcome to this in conversationconversation episode of Shameless with the incredible Jennifer Atilenil.
1:36.0	Jennifer is an international model and writer who advocates for greater representation
1:41.0	of racial and body diversity in the media, and who has very recently landed
1:45.6	one of the biggest jobs of her career, a campaign with Victoria's secret.
1:50.4	In this chat we cover everything from what she loves about the modeling industry to why she feels like every job she books is in her own words a win for not just size diversity but a win for the increase in racial and body diversity in advertising too.
2:04.0	Jennifer is candid about the burnout that comes with being an activist in 2020
2:08.0	and how she feels about slactivism online more than three months after the death of George Floyd made headlines across the world.
2:15.0	We loved this chat. Jennifer is such a delight and such a force.
2:19.0	We cannot wait for you to hear all she has to say. Here's Jennifer.
2:26.0	Jennifer at Tillamil, welcome to Shameless in conversation. We are so excited to have you.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Shameless Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Shameless Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.