Leomie Anderson | 5 Feminist Commandments

My mum's ultimate advice that she gave me

when I was just 14 years old and got signed,

These people are not your friends.

Hi Glamour, it's Leomie Anderson here

and I'm here with my five feminist commandments.

Number one definitely has to be,

don't let anybody dictate what you wear.

I think that what you wear is an expression

of yourself and no one should shame you

or make you feel any type of way about how you choose

to present yourself in the world.

Number two, of course, trans lives matter, the dolls matter

and what's going on right now with the legislation

is so aggressive, so of course we have to support

all of our trans brothers and sisters.

Number three, be unapologetically yourself

because, at the end of the day, the only person

who goes home and sits down and thinks to themselves,

I should have been a little bit louder,

I should have been a bit more this,

I should have been a bit more that, is you.

So make sure that every time that you enter

a room that you take up space and you're just

the biggest, boldest version of yourself.

Number four definitely has to be know your finances, ladies.

Don't be one of those people who just relies on their man,

thinks that they know what's going on.

Oh, I don't even know what this bill is, he, he, he.

That's how you end up in jail when he bloody does

some sort of scam and your signature's all over the papers

because you weren't paying attention to be clued up.

And number five has to be my mum's ultimate advice

that she gave me when I was just 14 years old

and got signed, which is,

These people are not your friends.

When you're working with people,

especially in an industry such as fashion,

you are ultimately seen as a commodity,

and you have to be very careful as to

who you consider to be a friend, and who you can trust.

And learn the difference between constructive criticism

and someone who just is trying to get you down.

I hope that these five rules will take you through life.

And yes, shout to the feminists, yes.

[light chuckling]