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Dec 2020
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Seyi Akiwowo

Earwolf & Jameela Jamil
About this episode

Seyi Akiwowo, Founder and Executive Director of Glitch, joins Jameela this week to discuss what it means to be a "digital citizen," being trauma-informed not trauma-led, self-care for black women, the way's both Seyi and Jameela have learned from their own internet mistakes, and the Glitch's work in training women how to be safe online as well as challenging giant social media corporations to take more ownership of what happens on their sites.

If you have a Wrong Turn of your own to share with Jameela, email a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com, and we may include it in a future episode!

Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.

You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf website

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Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.

Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.

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