Luvvie Ajayi Jones On Being “Too Political”

All The Small Things

Venetia La Manna

Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Luvvie Ajayi Jones (she/her) is an award-winning author, speaker and ‘professional troublemaker’. Luvvie thrives at the intersection of comedy, media and justice. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller “I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual” and she is the co- founder of the global movement #SharetheMicNow. Her TED Talk ‘Get comfortable with being uncomfortable’ has had over 5 million views.

Her new book “The Fear-Fighter Manual, Lessons from a Professional Troublemaker” is a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear and step into lives, careers and legacies that go beyond even our wildest dreams.

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All The Small Things is co-produced by Holly Falconer, edited by Venetia La Manna, with music composed by William Haxworth and artwork designed by Alex Sedano.

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0:00.0	Let's be clear, there is no such thing as being too political.
0:07.7	Because the political is personal, the things that happen in policy affect our day-to-day
0:12.2	lives.
0:13.2	When people say, oh, you're being too political, I think it's actually wrong and I think
0:16.6	it's gaslighting.
0:22.2	Welcome back to all the small things.
0:24.3	This week, I'm chatting to award-winning author, speaker and professional troublemaker
0:30.0	Lovey Ajay Jones.
0:32.4	Lovey thrives at the intersection of comedy, media and justice.
0:37.2	She is the author of The New York Times Best Seller.
0:40.4	I'm judging you, the do-better manual, and she's the co-founder of the global movement
0:46.2	hashtag ShareTheMikeNow.
0:49.0	Her TED talk, Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable, has had over 5 million views.
0:55.2	Lovey's new book, The Fear Fighter Manual, Lessons from a Professional troublemaker, is a
0:59.9	hilarious and transformational read about how to tackle fear and step into our lives, careers
1:06.0	and legacies that go beyond even our wildest dreams.
1:09.7	I feel so honored to have spent some time with Lovey and I really hope you enjoyed this
1:14.5	episode.
1:15.5	So here is Lovey Ajay Jones on all the small things.
1:22.5	Okay, so let us start as we always do on this show.
1:27.7	I would love to hear about the first thing that you do when you wake up in the morning
1:33.2	because Lovey, I want to get an idea of your kind of morning, someone as productive and
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