Who Hurt You?

Burlesque Performer Smashlyn Monroe - Sideshow, tattoos and piercings and 'muggle jobs'

Sofie talks to Smashlyn Monroe about performing sideshow, childhood trauma, how she got her name, tattoos, piercings, imposter syndrome, being queer, growing up in Foster care, how muggle jobs react to her look and believing Freddy Mercury was her dad. Trigger warning – ableism, “freak” show, bereavement, death, sexuality, therapy, trauma, abuse, fatphobia, depression, violence Artwork by Linda BrinkhausJingle by Harriet BraineProduced by Dave Pickering Made of Human Podcast online:Twitter: @podmohFacebook: facebook.com/madeofhumanpodcastWeb: madeofhumanpodcast.comPatreon: patreon.com/mohpod Sofie Hagen online:Twitter: @SofieHagenFacebook: facebook.com/sofiehagen.komikerWeb: sofiehagen.comInstagram: @sofiehagendk  See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.<a href="http://www.patreon.com/sofiehagen" rel="payment">Support the show</a> (http://www.patreon.com/sofiehagen)

An interview podcast about why we are the way we are by comedian, author and campaigner Sofie Hagen, co-host of Bad People on BBC Sounds and Secret Dinosaur Cult and author of 'Happy Fat'.