About processing trauma, fighting with her therapist, being present, empathy, healing, Meg-John Barker’s concept of Plural Selves, monsters at the end of books, and drawing bums.
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About mental illness activism, unlearning productivity, social media, being a human on the internet, fear, therapy, ignoring your body, and trying to help your past self.
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About body liberation, navigating the internet, politics, information, fear, the privilege of not paying attention, going through the foster system, being fat, queer and nonbinary, agoraphobia in the time of COVID-19, and the youth on TikTok.
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About writing, talking about gender on their terms, advocating for social change, In Their Shoes, TED X London, approaches to relationships, vulnerability, and getting angry at Love Island.
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About criminal psychology, Bad People, memory, reasonable doubt, certainty, nuance, bisexuality, evil, consciousness, science communication, and flirting.
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About writing fiction, screenplays and memoir, being a primary school teacher, emotional literacy, listening, learning, social media, “balance”, fan fiction, horror, the power of saying you’re wrong and her YA novels Meat Market, Clean and Wonderland.
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About Bake Off, writing, accountability culture, theatre, navigating the public eye, politics, sexuality, mental health, drag, reality TV, and kindness.
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About advocacy, identity, the media, perfection, being an “internet troll”, being seen as the face of body positivity, celebrity, iWeigh, EMDR therapy, cancelling, boundaries, Twitter, privilege, and fucking up.
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About escaping her child marriage, her sister’s “honour killing” murder, gender inequality, activism, patriarchy, therapy, justice, working with IKWRO, and doing the things she wasn’t allowed to do as a child.
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About her new book “The Insta-Food Diet”, her podcast “In Bad Taste”, social media, food, falling over, health, psychotherapy, social comparison orientation, nutrition, whiteness, and feeling your feelings.
About Charlottesville, complicity, activism, studying/tracking modern white supremacy based hate movements, privilege, standing up to bullies, transitioning, First Vigil, and having a live feed portrayed on American Horror Story.
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About Dietland, fat liberation, acting, activism, feminism, relationships, her greatest fear, Locked Up Abroad, vulnerability, and getting dogs to smile.
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About comedy, COVID 19, healing, energy, spirituality, jealousy, forgiveness, teenage clubbing, school, safe spaces, and doing a gig the day she broke up with her fiancé.
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About TED X London, navigating attitudes around fatness, psychology, friendship, wealth, living in lots of places, imposter syndrome, curation, creativity, and dealing with past baggage.
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About fitness stuff, therapy, finding groups difficult, navigating the comedy scene as a black woman in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, finding the words, being funny over Zoom, forgiving yourself, and the three questions white people should ask their parents.
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About the effect of the pandemic on the West End, Aladdin, Hamilton, cinematic video games, asking for help, the echoes of his parents, representation, protest, change, recording on cassettes, time travel, and his recent Neighborhood Goliath EP.
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About trying to change people’s minds, talking to your family about bigotry, representation in comedy, calling in, fan expectations, and All Killa No Filla.
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About coping with lockdown, class, making a comedy show about emotional abuse, podcasting about true crime and skincare as selfcare
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About whiteness. It’s an uncomfortable and flawed conversation because it’s two white people talking about whiteness but, in the face of global systemic white supremacy and police violence, it seems an important conversation to have.
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About whiteness. It’s an uncomfortable and flawed conversation because it’s two white people talking about whiteness but, in the face of global systemic white supremacy and police violence, it seems an important conversation to have.
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