Reformulating Rushing Women Syndrome
Liv Little, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff |
TEDxUCLWomen
• November 2017
Being overly busy seems to be a celebrated trait in today’s world, but it’s not always healthy. In this funny and personal talk, Liv Little and Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff share the ways that women of colour in particular can overwork themselves, and the ways it affects them.
Liv Little is a curator, filmmaker and the editor-in-chief of gal-dem, a fledgling media empire run exclusively by women of colour. Little has written for the Guardian, Wonderland Magazine and gal-dem on a range of topics. Liv Little founded gal-dem, which operates as an online and print magazine as well as putting on talks, events and workshops, in 2015. It aims to empower and support the creative work of young women of colour through breaking down tired stereotypes.
Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff is a news and features writer, editor and creative with focuses on race, feminism, media, youth culture and social politics. The print editor at gal-dem, weekend editor at Dazed and a Guardian freelancer, she won the 2017 Georgina Henry Award for Innovation in Journalism at the British Press Awards.