Katriona O'Sullivan
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in the mornings.
My mum was prostituting herself and putting needles in her arms.
But also, there was a lot of trauma in our house.
And I think we need to understand when we judge people and we talk about who escapes and who doesn't, I think we need to understand that some people are really on the margins.
And as a little girl, I was not only... We not only had no money, but I had no food.
Like, I'd go to school with an empty belly and be expected to learn like everybody else, Brendan.
And the loudest noise I heard in my head was actually the empty belly that I had.
It wasn't...
The quadratic equations that Mr. Singh was trying to teach us.
It was my stomach telling me, please feed me.
Yeah, so I don't remember even being a girl.
I wasn't even aware of my gender.
I just knew I was deadly as a little kid.
I was deadly.
I had three brothers.
I was like, I'm as good as you.
I can fight like you.
I'll go in on a tackle like you.
I could run, cartwheel.
I had no shame in my body.