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The Only One in the Room
There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from constantly entering rooms where nobody reflects you back to yourself.Not simply loneliness in the social sense, but the quieter exhaustion of never quite knowing whether you belong before you have even opened your mouth. Some people move through the world without ever needing to think about that. Others measure every room instinctively. Who is here? Who is missing? How much of myself is safe to bring into this space?In my conversation with Brenda Denbesten, that tension sat underneath almost everything we discussed. Not loudly. Not angrily. Just steadily present. Years spent working in mining, manufacturing, and construction while being the only woman — and often the only Black woman — in the room. Years of trying to understand whether difference would be treated as value or inconvenience.
Categories: Podcasts
Director: Andrea Putting
Starring: Brenda Denbesten
Country: Australia
