Inspired by my own journey with mental health, I founded Girls Talk, our own safe space where we share, listen and support each other.

So get cozy and join me. Adjua Burr for some much-needed girls' talk.

I'm beyond excited to welcome my friend Richie Shazam on the podcast today.

Richie is a queer model, artist and activist, who seeks to subvert the gender binary in everything

she does. With the holidays around the corner, we're talking about difficult familial relationships

and the beauty of found family. Now is Richie Shazam. So I know lots about you. We've

known each other for a very long time weirdly, but I would love for you to introduce yourself to my

wonderful girls talk community. Well, A, I just wanted to say thank you so much for having me.

I've been such a big fan of

your incredible platform, and it's really awesome to just speak more like introspectively and like

getting to like spread the word. I'm Ritchie. I'm born and raised New Yorker. I'm a model, photographer, artist all around, and constantly evolving, constantly changing,

constantly trying to make sense of the world we live in and how we fit or how we don't fit.

And always on the hustle and bustle in the grind,

making shit happen, making really fun things, and also just making peace with all of the

iterations of myself. You know, I think that so much of the strife that we go through as

individuals in this world is not feeling enough

or not feeling that we're being seen or being heard.

So I really have been understanding the power of my voice and the power of the things that

I create and the power of healing and connectivity.

And those are things that I don't treat lightly.

I think it's really important how we treat one another and how we educate people.

So talking of iterations of self and understanding of self and its whole complexity,

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