Deja Foxx
👤 Speaker
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
And now more than ever, people need a sense of possibility.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
And so being able to share them, that's what matters.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
Great.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
Like I said, I got my start doing this when I was 15.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
My life went from private to public.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
People had eyes on me as I came of age.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
And I had a mentor.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
Oh, I'll cry.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
One of my mentors, Cecile Richards.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
Oh.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
Yeah.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
Who passed away this year.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
Yeah, I'm a Texan.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
I know her, yeah.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
She once told me, Deja, you don't have to be so goddamn perfect.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
And...
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
That was really hard to hear when I was 16 and in this public eye and I wanted people to take me seriously so bad and I was fighting an uphill battle on it.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
And still am.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
But I refuse to hold the pressure of perfect.
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Beyond the Talk: Deja Foxx on finding alternative online spaces
Yeah.