Hello, I hope you are well. Welcome to another episode of Iway with Jermina Jamil. I am personally fine. I'm

Nothing much has changed in my life. It's about to though. So this is the last time you're gonna hear me calm and

Rested because I am getting my first ever

Puppy this week and it's very exciting

But I also know that apparently I'm not gonna sleep for about four weeks and it's gonna piss and shit all over me and everything that I love and own

So I might sound a little bit fragile and fraught from here on out and I apologize for that in advance

But I can't wait and I think it's just gonna be good for me

It's my manager has gotten me this puppy to keep me calm and

Help me emotionally during this time and also I think she's really doing it to keep me off Twitter

If I'm being honest, I think she's trying to keep me off social media by distracting me with a dog

Anyway, so I am so excited for you to hear today's episode because I'm such a huge fan of today's guest

I'm talking about Scarlett Curtis

She is such a great writer and such a great and inspiring

Activist and just human being everything she's survived is so

astounding and I think you will really be blown away listening to her story today

She has published books such as feminist don't wear pink and otherwise and it's not okay to feel blue and otherwise

Both have done very well and have meant so much to so many people around the world

She refers to herself as the Chris Jenner of activism which I love and to be fair

She is unbelievably effective and has already changed so many laws even at such a young age

She's someone who has personally helped me a lot in my own mental health recovery

And I am honored to say that I have fulfilled some sort of similar role in her life

I would like to give you a trigger warning that when we are discussing mental health

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