Use Your Voice with Sophia and Ella

We are so happy to be back into some, ‘normality’. Take care and don’t be hard on yourself while easing back into it. This week’s episode features Sophia Harrison and Ella Lamont. These two students at Victoria University in Wellington created an online tool to try to gauge the extent of the dangers that young women face. They have always been passionate about real-life important issues we face as a society and decided to take a stand and make a change. Their survey results came back with some statistics such as 79 percent of respondents had been sexually assaulted. This issue of harassment affects all genders especially young people. We loved discussing sexual violence, mental health, why it’s important to speak out about your opinions and advice for high schoolers with them. These two laid it out with no sugar coating on why these issues aren’t talked about enough and why they should be. 

Their favourite quote is, “Life is f**king absurd, so just be what you want to be, and be it unapologetically”. This quotes sums perfectly their non-sugar-coated answers to our questions and we think this is more of what we need in life, especially in regards to the stigma around mental health. 

TW:// this episode mentions the topics of sexual violence and mental health issues