The Most Important Relationship is With Yourself: with ALOK

PRETTYSMART

Internationally acclaimed artist, poet, author, comedian, and speaker, Alok Vaid Menon joins PRETTYSMART! They share:

• What it was like being bullied as a child and how it impacted them.
• Their daily relationship with self acceptance and self hatred.
• How transitioning is not about gender for them.
• Why they feel the most beautiful when they are telling the truth.
• How we are politicizing just being and the impact of that.
• Why they think so many people are triggered by the concept of transgender rights.
• Their thoughts on color!
• Why we all need to be more curious and have more fun.
• What dopamine dressing is and how it’s beneficial for all of us!
• Gendering in fashion and why we should degender it.
• How we are all just souls playing dress up.
• Questions to ask yourself every day to lead to a happier and more fun filled life.
• Why we have to announce progress and look at small changes as big triumphs.
• Why self forgiveness has been the hardest lesson for them.
• Why they say their earnestness is their most controversial identity.

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