Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – everything she writes speaks to me. Her Ted talk, We Should All Be Feminists, inspired everything I do with Gurls Talk.
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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My mother, Mary Davidson, for having me at 16 – a child herself – and raising me with very little.
Filippo Grandi, United Nations Refugee Agency high commissioner.
Jennifer Hudson
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Aretha Franklin. I mean, she’s Aretha! That says it all.
Julie Hesmondhalgh – she’s the kindest, brightest, most truthful woman. She’s so talented, works hard, cares about the right things, puts her energy in the right places. I adore her.
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I wanted to be a cooker. Not a cook: I wanted to actually be the stove.
For persevering, and being a good role model.
On a walking safari in the middle of the Kenyan bush. I had no phone, no mirror, nothing, and I was really happy because I had no distractions.
The whole of The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.
They are already things I work on: routine and less sugar.
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