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Today’s conversation is with Rabya Lomas, a British Pakistani content creator, consultant and self-coined ’desi disrupter’ 

September 20th is a big day for Rabya, as her Ethnicity Pay Gap petition will finally be debated in parliament. 

She’s calling the government to make it mandatory for large companies to publish their ethnicity pay gaps, to shine a light on race-based inequality in the workplace. 

In this episode, we discuss whether social media activism is a real thing, the importance of advocating for yourself, and how this Desi Disrupter finally found her voice.

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Many are aware that fashion has a serious waste problem, and let’s face it, when it comes to over-consumption & fast fashion, a lot of us are part of the problem. However, the waste less, wear more movement is growing.

This week’s conversation is with Eshita Kabra, the Founder & CEO of By Rotation — the UK’s first social fashion rental app — where you can rent and lend designer fashion.

Having travelled to her motherland Rajasthan, India, for her honeymoon, she had witnessed the first-hand effects of textile waste and felt compelled to change, and bring about change.

Since launching in 2019, By Rotation has become the UK's largest fashion rental platform and a favourite of fashion A-listers, celebrities, royals, and more.

In this episode, we discuss why when it comes to designer clothes, it’s far cooler to borrow than buy.

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Hello and welcome back to The Edit Podcast, with me L’Oréal Blackett, and I’m continuing on my search of positive influencers by speaking to creators, entrepreneurs and activists who use their platforms for social change, real talk and are just, good eggs.

Kicking off a new season is my conversation with Chanelle Mauricette.

She’s a body positivity influencer, business psychologist and charity and agency owner who I’ve followed online for a while.

While she has more than 400,000 followers, she didn’t mean to be an influencer… it just happened.

And behind her glamorous photos, she gets a lot of hate. Still, she hasn’t shied away from calling out fatphobia, misogyny, harassment, racism and even worse, death threats.

As she tells me “God didn’t just give me a platform to show people that I’m sexy.”

In this episode, she shares the hard truths about one of the most sought-after lifestyles.

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Asma Hussein is the founder of Soul Sisters and Empowering People.

After escaping an abusive marriage, she now helps victims and families of domestic abuse develop life-changing coping strategies. 

We spoke after the first lockdown in March, which was an extremely tough period for those dealing with domestic abuse. It was reported that Domestic violence 'increased globally during lockdown'.

Through telling her own story, Asma is empowering others to find the confidence to choose safety and thrive.

We spoke about self-belief and the power of speaking out.

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Today’s podcast was recorded after the lockdown in March and a few months before the UK’s pending lockdown in November. Sigh.

Who could forget the home-workouts and IG training that kept us going over the past few months? It’s time to do it all over again.

Personal trainer Cecilia Harris is no stranger to at-home training. She’s the co-founder of nutrition and mindset app Results Wellness Lifestyle (RWL), alongside former TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh.

More than 500,000 people follow Cecilia's energetic and empowering routines. She found fitness in her mid-thirties after suffering from post-natal depression. Now she helps people find their natural high and happy place. We talk about mental health, rejecting diet culture. why you shouldn’t compare yourself to JLo.

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