Don't f**king tell me what to wear or how to run my business - a brand new podcast coming soon!

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>> Wo0: Hi.

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Hi. I'm

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Wendy. Welcome to my podcast, which

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is not just another podcast. Pretty much

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like, my work is not just being another

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photographer. this is something much, much

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bigger.

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My first series of the woo pod. It's

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called don't f**king tell me what to wear or how to run my

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business. It's part of a project

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which started life as a LinkedIn post.

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Basically, there was a guy on

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LinkedIn with thousands of followers that thought it

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was appropriate to say that women in

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business can only be successful if they

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are wearing tops up to their neck

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suits, looking classy, not

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getting any skin out. What a

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pr*ck. So it's

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gonna be fine, right?

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Initially, I was just gonna meet a few people.

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Then I had a studio shoot in London. Then I opened

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a studio shoot in Manchester. Then we're gonna put

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it in a book, a, coffee table book,

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which has been on my bucket list

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for 20 years. And I never thought it would happen.

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But, hey, thanks to men,

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thanks to d*ckheads, then we're having

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an exhibition. So I don't even want to mention this guy's

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name because, a, I can't remember it,

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and b, I don't want him getting any,

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like, comeback off it or any

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attention. Basically, he doesn't need that.

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So what can you expect from the wo0 pod and from

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me? Well, it's called, as I

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said, the don't f**king tell me what to wear or how to run my business

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podcast, because it's a

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celebration of women taking a stand against the

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patriarchy in a world of work and beyond.

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We're raising the voices of women running their businesses and living

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their lives on their own terms and wearing whatever

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the f*ck they want while they do it.

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Expect bold, unapologetic, f*ck

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the patriarchy vibes. Although I would like to

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add here, that I f**king love men. I love

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men. We love men. We just don't like

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d*ckheads, okay? Like, the support that we've got

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from men is wonderful. I appreciate you. I

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love you. You're sexy. But

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we're

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alongside some very important conversations and stories that

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need to be told. We don't talk about it enough. There's

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lots of sh*t We go through lots of sh*t

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So you're gonna f**king listen to it whether you like it

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or not. And what about me?

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Well, I'm Wendy Gannon, but most people call me

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woo. I'm a professional photographer with

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nearly 20 years of experience. My whole

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bag is empowering women, giving them confidence

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and making them feel amazing in a world that seems

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determined to do the opposite.

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So I am your host, I'm bringing you the

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conversations with women who've overcome toxic

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patriarchal bullsh*t to get

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to where they are today. I'm loud. I've

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got ADHd. My brain has no filter

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and I am a hero.

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Many of the guests that we're going to be speaking to

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have survived male to female abuse, even in their

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personal relationships, their careers, their

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workplaces. Be family, boyfriend,

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anything. This is a story that's close to my

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own heart, too. You'll get to know me very well in this

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podcast. As I said before, I have no philtre.

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I'm an oversharer. sorry, not sorry.

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I hope you'll join me by hitting subscribe or follow on this

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podcast, like, immediately. I'm just going to give you a couple of seconds to do

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that

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one. Okay, thank you very much. So that

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when we publish the very first episodes, you can

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pounce on them immediately. They're not gonna be sh*t

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They're gonna be amazing. They're gonna make you laugh.

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They might make you cry, but ultimately, they're gonna empower

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the f*ck out of you. sorry, I just

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went down there.

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You can pounce on them immediately. Help us spread the word

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and keep growing this community of women. But also, what

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I wanna do is show women and girls what

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abuse is. That any level of abuse is not

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okay, that they can get out of it

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and be successful and happy afterwards.

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This project is super personal to me. I've been

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there. I know what it's like to suffer abuse from men.

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I've had domestic sexual

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violence, mental. It's never

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ending, really. I've had general misogyny. And this

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has happened in my private life, in my workplace,

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in the street. And by speaking openly about my

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experiences. I've met so many f**king

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incredible women who face similar challenges.

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I haven't met a woman yet that hasn't. And

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they've all come out of the other side stronger,

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smarter, more hilarious, because trauma makes us

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funny and more determined than ever. And our

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stories f**king deserve to be told.

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This podcast is about giving a voice to women who have been

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silenced, celebrating our resilience, and

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creating a, legacy that inspire and empower others

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for years to come. So please, get involved, hit,

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subscribe on this podcast, and join me and all the

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f**king incredible women I've gathered to tell their stories. As we

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flip collective fees to the patriarchy.

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It's time to tell the world. We won't be f**king

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controlled. We will wear what the f*ck we want, we'll say what the

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f*ck we want, and we'll run our f**king businesses the way we f**king

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want.