Carry on.

[laughs] But, um, we snuck over there and were able to get to 23 or 24-ish yards, and we were just hiding behind a bush kind of waiting for him to stand up, 'cause he had bedded there.

And it was getting really cold.

The wind was blowing hard, and so we were like, "I don't even know if this is gonna be a good shot," 'cause of the wind, and, you know, I got stiff 'cause of the cold.

And so I just, just didn't know, but [laughs] we ended up sending my dad over to try and get him to stand up.

[laughs]

What difference did that make?

Oh, it made a huge difference.

What is the model, first of all, I guess, is the thing, and, and why is it flawed?

Yeah.

The Nordic model, or, um, is sometimes called the on-demand model or the Swedish model, is a system that primarily focuses on criminalizing the buyer of sex work, but also both directly and indirectly criminalizes the sex worker too.

So within Nordic model countries, it is still illegal for two or more sex workers to work together for safety.Uh, just as it is in our system of partial criminalization.

But also under the Nordic model, the increase of police powers to catch these clients also then directly impact the sex worker in many, many ways.

So not only under the Nordic model are sex workers put in more danger because obviously their clients are the ones who are being targeted primarily by the police.

So clients may not be willing to give over kind of a name or a phone number to a sex worker, so that sex worker has no opportunity to kind of trace them, or if something does happen to that sex worker, no evidence to point to who may have hurt them.

And finally, is there kind of the biggest misconception that you'd wish to bust or that people think about sex work that you just think, "I really want people to know that"?

Mm

... um, that I didn't know about sound and the science behind it.

But she basically hears about this whale who is singing a song that nobody has ever heard before.

The scientists can't figure out why, um, it's, it's singing at the, the level of hertz that it's singing at, and, um, it s- it swims away from its pod, and it's sort of a loner, and they can't really pick up on the pathway that it's, it's traveling.

Um, and so she decides to take it upon herself to write a song for this whale so that this whale will know it's not alone and so that it can hear something in its own language.

And so she's, like, measuring the hertz from what the sciences have, or what the scientists have discovered and creating this song, and it was just really beautiful, like the way that, um, her just-

[laughs]

Oh, yeah.

Heard, have you heard that? Audrey, no? Yeah?

Yeah.

Or is it creating a belief?

Yeah, I mean, it's probably a belief, and it's probably rooted in, like, the, the shame.

I carry so much shame, and the feeling of, like, not am I not worthy of, like, experiencing a s- full and present life, but maybe, maybe there is a bit of that.

But I, I think, I think it's, like, also a lot of fear of going through life without, without a numbing agent.

Yeah, I mean, it's the only, it's the only tool, like, shitty, shitty tool where I've been able to, like, effectively numb the pain of the shame, you know? And I've done, I've done loads of therapy, like, including, uh, DBT.

I've done, like, Kristen Neff's self...

What's it called? Sorry.

Does that come up a lot?

That nervous again

...

I must have been six.

Uh, uh, the f- the first part where it's just completely straight.

Um, I don't know.

I was very young.

But that's, that was my introduction to the movie, and then I, you know, I, I'd kind of seen pictures of this beautiful ballgown from all the cosplayers that I follow on Instagram, and it's like, "Oh, I finally did the 'Labyrinth' ballgown." And I was like, "Wow, this must be a really important part of the movie 'cause it's such a nice dress." Um, [lip smack] uh, I-

And it was-

Yeah, it's a normal thing.

It's a normal thing, and so it's, it's not something that I can easily break down, especially when I have certain expectations.

Even though you're in my circle of influence, it's still really difficult to get out of the headspace of, like, this is how I need to be presenting myself, right? And so I wanted to create something, like, really on the nose for me that would portray how I feel being autistic, right? Which is, like, I'm seen as, like, something very normal, like someone who is, like, blind.

That's, like, a normal thing you see on the street sometimes.

Sometimes, like, you just, you find someone on TikTok who talks about their experience being blind, and it's just like being blind is a normal thing, right? And so is being autistic.

I mean, you walk down the street, and you can't see it because we don't have a stick trying to find our way down the road, but, like, we're right there.

You know? It's very normal, but it's just not as obvious.

And it's, I think, you know, if you, Audrey, all of a sudden you didn't have your autism anymore, right, like, you would feel wrong.

Firefighter.

Okay.

I have so many more, y'all.

It goes crazy.

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"My heating system and cooling system just got messed up last year, and I put out a ton of money." So I was just complaining, and he [laughs] like, like, the first sentence out of his mouth was, "Well, why, why don't we just buy a property together?"

Yes.

Okay? No vacations just yet.

Like, I think, James, you're a great guy.

I, I have to be honest, I've been dating quite a lot, [laughs] more than I'd like to right now, and most guys are, are not admitting their flaws and faults.

So in a way, I like that you overshare and you're honest about who you are.

'I cannot tell a lie.'" [laughs]

[laughs] I just love that story.

I don't remember this exact day, but I can just picture little Drew being so proud of himself for telling the truth in that moment.

[laughs] Um, but I think it's such a good illustration of how stories can really impact us, and hopefully not always to make the same mistakes as the characters that we're reading about, and hack down our mother's tea roses, but really to walk a mile in another's shoes.

And not only that, but even more to see what it's like to be heroic, to be courageous and brave, even in the face of fear.

Um, I think there's a couple things that happen here.

Of course, there's the example to imitate, but also there's a companionship in courage.

Yeah

Bienvenue dans Passage.

J'ai seize ans et mes parents me disent que des gens de la famille éloignée organisent un rallye.

Et peut-être par curiosité, peut-être, je sais pas, par loyauté familiale, je décide d'y aller.

Je rentre dans cet endroit avec un grand buffet, avec plein de choses à manger, à boire.

Je suis pas très à l'aise.

Bon ben, je me dis que je profite de la soirée, je me mets à manger, à boire du champagne.

Il y a de la musique, on se met à danser.

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