HARRI JAMES: From Survival Mode to Changing the Law
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What are the initial themes of advocacy and personal journey?
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Everyone, we're here with one of my favourite humans, Harry James. How are you going?
I'm very well, thanks. How are you?
I'm good. I'm so happy for you. I'm so proud of you. Thank you so much. For those of you who don't know, Harry has been... I mean, you were on the podcast in 2024 and you were in the middle of your journey of advocacy and activism in trying to get rid of character references in sexual assault cases. And since then, you've had so much success with it. You've gotten engaged to a beautiful angel. Yes. That beautiful angel, Bella, has been on the podcast and is now pregnant.
Yes, that's true.
So, so much has happened. We had a fun night out in London. Yes, we did. I mean, so much has happened. Give me a rundown in your own words of what the past year and a half has been like for you.
Well, it's been a whirlwind, I think, is to say. That's the least I can say. But I think- Yeah, we've seen the provision of good character references for convicted sex offenders, so all sexual violence cases, be abolished in New South Wales, the ACT. Victoria is set to pass in the middle of this year and Tasmania at the same point. So we've seen a lot of change systemically come to fruition after our last chat, which is exciting. And as you mentioned, I've gotten engaged to the absolute love of my life and we're bringing a little baby girl into the world later this year too, which unfortunately I announced on live TV.
Because you were going to keep the gender a secret.
Yeah, it was meant to be a surprise and I did a breakfast, ABC News breakfast interview on the telly and I panicked like mid-answer and I said, yep, we're bringing a little baby girl into the world this year and then that just happened to be the gender reveal.
Oh, it is. I cried when I saw your post announcing and I sent you both a voice note being like, I'm so happy you two are going to be the best, best parents. I'm so proud of you both. So congratulations. Thank you so much. So proud of you for fucking. I know. So proud of you both. Really well done. Like, what the hell was that? What am I talking about?
Oh, my God. No, I appreciate it. Thank you so much. It's really exciting. And, you know, as we spoke about in the last episode we did together, Where I detailed what I've been through in my story and stuff like that. And obviously my eldest daughter being brought into the world as a consequence of that abuse, it really does feel like a second chance at fatherhood now. Yeah. And it's really beautiful and exciting.
I want to talk to you about that. Can you give everyone a rundown? I mean, we do have a whole episode. We'll link it in the show notes of your entire story. But just for context.
Yeah, for sure.
Can you explain to our listeners, I guess, a baseline of what happened to you?
So I was raised in a household of domestic violence where my father was quite physically abusive. And I experienced that throughout my entire childhood. That was my baseline. I thought it was normal. And then when my parents divorced when I was 10 years old, I didn't see my father for three years until I was 13. And when I was 13, I was in the eighth grade. I was this kid entering high school. I didn't have a father figure around me or like a male figure around me. And my father really was my only option. So even after all those years of abuse, physical abuse, I reached out to him because I thought maybe he's changed. And then that's when I moved in with him and that's when I was introduced to my stepmother.
who sexually abused me for three years after that, so from the ages of 13 to 16. And that happened every day before and after school. And then when I was 15 years old, my stepmother fell pregnant to my daughter, who I had to pretend was my sister to avoid, yeah, any further abuse, being subjected to any further harm as well.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are the initial themes of advocacy and personal journey?
0:00–4:50
2
How did Harri James achieve legislative change?
4:50–11:55
3
What challenges did Harri face transitioning to advocacy?
11:55–18:47
4
What does Harri's book 'Transform Your Pain Into Purpose' cover?
18:47–26:02
5
How does Harri manage burnout in his advocacy work?
26:02–32:57
6
What role does social media play in advocacy according to Harri?
32:57–40:23
7
How does Harri define success and purpose in his life?
40:23–42:04
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