I was interested in that journey from being somebody who is, you know, feels very oppositional to the mainstream and has to fight to be a voice in society. So Anna hasn't really been doing that. She's been creating this kind of sort of very marginalised theatre for something like 40 years,. whereas I have slowly worked my way into what would be seen as mainstream positions. Even though I'm in these institutions, I am still advocating for inclusion because that's so important to me. And also setting up various diversity initiatives to open the doors for other people. But if you look at what I do within those institutions, then actually I'm sort of dismantling the status quo from within.
International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. On this episode we’re hearing a compilation from our award-winning podcast series How I Found My Voice which explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. Our host for the series, BBC journalist Samira Ahmed, revisits conversations with writers Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo and Elif Shafak, actors Kate Winslet, Rose McGowan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, singer Paloma Faith, Labour politician and Member of Parliament Jess Phillips, businesswoman Gina Miller, and comedian Katharine Ryan.
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