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Oct 2, 2026

speaker_8NARRATOR
34:43
Like, what does that even mean? Are you a robot? You're basically admitting you just turned off your brain and your empathy to see if you could steal a phrase from everyone else.
speaker_8NARRATOR
34:53
Then she says she's officially dropping the trademark, but right after that, she pulls a massive pivot and says she's still going to sell the sweaters, but all the money is going to charities like Room to Read and Read to Feed.
Allie MitrovichSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
35:05
Um, as for the Hot Girls Read apparel that I have on the shelves, it is currently up on my site with all profits being donated to two different charities, Room to Read and Read and Feed, which I also have linked in my bio.
speaker_8NARRATOR
35:16
Seriously, the charity pivot is the oldest trick in the book.
speaker_8NARRATOR
35:18
You get caught doing something terrible, you realize you're about to get sued, so you immediately say, "Look, I'm donating the money.
Melquea SmithGUEST
39:27
So I worked on three children's books.
Melquea SmithGUEST
39:29
One was with a nonprofit organization called Room to Read.
Melquea SmithGUEST
39:33
Another one was with a small publisher with,
Pat FlynnHOST
39:35
ah, what's their name?
Raji AmbikairajahGUEST
6:29
So it's his story and his journey.
Raji AmbikairajahGUEST
6:31
It's his story from literally how he left Microsoft to set up Room to Read.
Raji AmbikairajahGUEST
6:36
And so having read that book, there was an email address at the back that said, you know, if you want to join Room to Read or be part of the movement, you know, reach out.
Raji AmbikairajahGUEST
6:44
And I did.
Raji AmbikairajahGUEST
6:46
And they wrote back to me to say there's nothing in Sydney like that we're doing.
Raji AmbikairajahGUEST
7:45
And I loved that how he thought about it and the people at Runtory thought about it as a business.
Raji AmbikairajahGUEST
7:49
It wasn't just a passion it was very much so we need to make this work and so that really resonated with me.
Raji AmbikairajahGUEST
7:57
So you worked with them for a long for them and led them for a long time? For eight years of my my life was was part of Room to Read in Sydney it was right right up until a point when I thought okay I can move on to the next thing but it was yeah very much so from that book led to the next eight years

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