S15, Ep4 How To Fail: Florence Given on shame, sexuality and finding her voice

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

TW: eating disorders

Florence Given is the ultimate feminist multi-hyphenate: an artist, a bestselling author, a podcaster and a social activist with a huge online following, especially among the young women who see her as the wise big sister they always wanted.
She wrote and illustrated her debut book, Women Don't Owe You Pretty, which spent 12 weeks in the Sunday Times top 10, making her the youngest author ever to achieve this goal. Last year, she launched her own podcast, Exactly with Florence Given, and last month she published her first novel which shot to Number One in the bestseller lists.
She joins me to talk about rejection, boundaries, anxiety, friendships, her struggles with disordered eating as a teenager, sexual exploration and hilariously recounts her mortifying first ever date with a woman.

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If you would like to attend one of the first ever LIVE How To Fail recordings on 5th-8th October, you can book tickets here: https://www.fane.co.uk/how-to-fail

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Girl Crush by Florence Given is out now and available to order here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/girlcrush/florence-given/9781914240614

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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Day. To contact us, email [email protected]

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Social Media:

Elizabeth Day @elizabday

How To Fail @howtofailpod

Florence Given @florencegiven

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0:00.0	At Honda, we listen to drivers for inspiration, even when they say things we can't play on the radio.
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0:10.4	or when a * doesn't understand how a * roundabout works.
0:14.4	That's why we developed a collision sensor system, which detects risks and automatically breaks.
0:20.7	And to keep all family road trips, family friendly, it's included as standard with the Honda CRV hybrid.
0:27.7	Honda, the power of dreams.
0:30.4	Well, I've got some very exciting news. I mean, I guess it depends how you classify exciting,
0:35.7	but for me it's thrilling, which is that how to fail is going live.
0:40.0	For the first time ever, I am doing four consecutive nights of live recordings in front of an audience,
0:47.2	and you can be part of it. If you are free on the 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th of October,
0:52.8	and you can get to Shoreditch Town Hall in East London, then I would love to see you there.
0:59.3	You will be part of a very, very special evening. Not only do you get to see
1:05.2	how the podcast is made and you get to analyse my interviewing style up close,
1:10.7	but you also get a chance to ask your own questions of me and my very, very special guests.
1:16.1	Plus afterwards, there'll be books and merch on sale, and I just know from having done
1:22.0	how to fail events before the community this podcast creates is something so unbelievably warm
1:31.1	and full of solidarity forged through vulnerability, I personally would bloody love to see there.
1:38.3	So if you want to come, go to www.fane.co.uk forward slash how hyphen to hyphen fail.
1:48.8	And if you want to know who the guests are, on the 5th of October, I have an incredibly
2:03.2	beloved return guest, Mo Gaudat. On the 6th of October, I have legendary feminist icon,
2:09.3	Katna Moran. On the 7th of October, I have the disco dancing queen herself, Sophie Ellis Bexter,
2:15.5	and on the 8th of October, I have the king icon legend Craig David. Please come along,
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