266: Modelling, monogamy and making sh*t happen with Shareefa J

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Our guest for this episode is the amazing Shareefa J - model, diversity activist, fitness champion, and all round bloody brilliant woman.

She tells us what it's like to watch a photographer lighten your skin tone, and to be told you're too fat when you're a size 10. We discuss how far the modelling industry still has to go when it comes to encouraging inclusivity and stamping out racism.

We get a bit personal as Shareefa and Helen discuss their experiences of being cheated on. If you're the victim of multiple infidelities, is it helpful or hurtful to know how many other people are involved? And how has Shareefa's experience changed how she feels about monogamy?

Then of course it's time to lighten the mood with the Scummy Mummy Confessions. Tune in to find out which one of us once shat on our sister's back.

For more from the fantastic Shareefa, follow her on all the things via her linktree.

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0:00.0	Hello scumbags, this is the scummy mammy's podcast with your hosts, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorne.
0:16.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast, I'm Ellie Gibson and I'm Helen Dorne, it's the scummy mammy's
0:21.2	podcast and we don't know that they've really had the fame music and everything. Oh no but it just
0:26.4	felt like it was weird that we didn't say it. Oh okay, it's the scummy mammy's podcast.
0:32.4	So you know I'm Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorne. A podcast is a bit like a radio show, is that
0:38.6	what was it okay for? Yeah, it's in your phone, it's like radio in your phone mum.
0:44.4	And now it's now it's now we fucked up the intro. Yes. Who are you guest? Oh gosh, I didn't know if
0:51.2	I was supposed to talk, but I really enjoyed all of that. Hello guest, I'm Sharifah. Hello Sharifah,
0:58.5	I love it, we're just going with Sharifah, it's like Sharifah. Yeah, I'm not just Sharifah,
1:02.6	just Sharifah. You're strong like Beyonce, Sharifah. And why don't you, how would you describe
1:08.8	yourself for the listener? How would I describe myself, I hate this question, it's the worst question
1:13.2	with someone's that, what's favorite song? I don't know, all of them. How would I describe myself?
1:19.6	I don't know, can you describe me? Well, it makes my life much easier. You are an internationally
1:24.1	renowned model. Oh, I did do that. Supermodel. Supermodel. 10 years. Okay, I do do that.
1:30.0	International model, you're a fitness influencer, you're a champion for diversity.
1:35.6	You live in London. I live in London. And you're the face of Fitbit Sharifah. Oh, I am at the moment.
1:41.6	Absolutely. Because one of my favorite things is like going down the tube and you know when you have
1:45.6	to get, and there's one of those tube stations where there's you have to go on a sort of
1:48.0	travelator to get from one bit to the other. And we're just on the travelator and there's your
1:52.4	face, Sharifah, bigger than my house. Just your face and I always say to my kids,
1:57.4	like, I know that lady, that's my friend, and they go, and don't care about it. She looks fine,
2:03.5	but she's, you know, they don't say she's not feeling the same, but I say she's like they aren't
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