Megartron Speaks

This week is the final episode of this season on ‘Really Good Exposure' (Boo! But don't worry, we will be back!). To end it with a bang we have the incredibly talented Kaya Scodelario! Plus a VERY special announcement from Meg! - Stay tuned at the end of the episode to hear what she's been waiting patiently to announce for WEEKS!

The Really Good Exposure podcast will be taking a quick break, so that Meg can catch up with life admin, take a birthday break (4th June FYI) and so that she can prep for the final episode of the podcast which will be coming out on the 17th June, featuring a very special guest! Thank you so much to everyone who has tuned in every week so far - make sure you've subscribed so that you don't miss the extra special season finale on 17th June!

This week on Really Good Exposure we have the phenomenal Holly Adomah! Holly is an OFFIE award winning freelance arts marketer, and was the first and last marketing manager at The Bunker theatre (RIP!). Holly is also the founder of Holly's Angels; a team of volunteers who have turned theatre spaces into food distribution hubs since December 2020 to help support local artists and community members who are experiencing hardships. Holly and Meg get into why access to theatre and other arts spaces need to be a right for everyone, not just a luxury the privileged few. We discuss the way theatre has the power to impact social change and why its so important that we aren't just screaming into an echo chamber with audiences. We get into performative activism in the arts, arts nepotism, and how everyone deserves the same basic worker rights/protections, regardless of how much they enjoy their job. Holly talks about how to get the work life balance right as a freelancer (spoiler: its difficult!), the problem with hustle culture and the #TeamNoDaysOff mentality and how she makes working in the arts financially viable despite the unpredictable nature of the industry. We talk about the disappointing backlash theatres faced with Black Out Nights and why these performances are so important, what happened when someone came into a theatre Holly worked at wearing an 'All Lives Matter T-shirt' and why there's still so much work to do to make theatre the inclusive space that it should be. Full disclosure: Holly and Meg both have ADHD and hadn't seen each other in a while when this was recorded, so expect wild tangents, excited interjections, and losing track of time! Holly is on twitter here: https://x.com/adomahholly?lang=en And you can find out more about her work here: https://hollyadomahmarketing.carrd.co Learn more about Holly's Angels here: https://brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/hollys-angels-festive-market As always, you can find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Megartron BlueSky: https://bsky.app/megartron.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/meg_prescott YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MegPrescott/videos Spicy page: @Megartron A lot of the topics that we talk about on really good exposure relate to women's rights, worker rights, and the sorry state that both of those are in right now. We believe that women have the right to choose what they do with their bodies and how they make their money, and we also believe that how we choose to use our bodies should never, ever alleviate perpetrators of violence from accountability. We believe that all workers deserve basic human rights and protections, and we believe that predators are always responsible for violence, not victims. If you agree, please consider donating to national ugly mugs. National ugly mugs is a pioneering national organisation that provides greater access to justice and protection for sex workers. You can donate here: https://nationaluglymugs.org/donate you can also follow N.U.M. on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/nationaluglymugs Sex workers are often targeted by dangerous individuals and face obstacles to reporting access to services and police protection. Those who harm sex workers offend against all of us.

Today, we're giving some excellent exposure to Cass Traitor! Cass is a writer, an artist, and a Dominatrix. They are also a freelance feminist journalist who works as an editor for Red Insight (a digital platform for sex workers). Cass also makes live art and short films about mental health, disability, BDSM, sexuality and gender and has been co-devising and performing with the Sex Workers opera (https://sexworkersopera.com/) for 10 years. Meg and Cass talk about the difficulty of breaking into any kind of creative freelance field with no financial support, and how being autistic helped Cass to discover they were an excellent Dominatrix! They also talk about the duality of doing sex work to support their ‘mainstream' creative work, just how much money Meg spent on her Edinburgh show, and why creative work and other non-traditional forms of labour absolutely need to start being respected as legitimate - and vital - forms of work. Find more about Cass's work here: https://casstraitor.wixstudio.com/more Follow Cass on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/casstraitor/ And find out more about Red Insight Media (the independent media platform created by and for sex workers that Cass works for) here: - https://www.instagram.com/redinsightmedia - https://redinsight.org/ As always, you can find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Megartron BlueSky: https://bsky.app/megartron.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/meg_prescott YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MegPrescott/videos Spicy page: @Megartron A lot of the topics that we talk about on really good exposure relate to women's rights, worker rights, and the sorry state that both of those are in right now. We believe that women have the right to choose what they do with their bodies and how they make their money, and we also believe that how we choose to use our bodies should never, ever alleviate perpetrators of violence from accountability. We believe that all workers deserve basic human rights and protections, and we believe that predators are always responsible for violence, not victims. If you agree, please consider donating to national ugly mugs. National ugly mugs is a pioneering national organization that provides greater access to justice and protection for sex workers. You can donate here: https://nationaluglymugs.org/donate you can also follow N.U.M. on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/nationaluglymugs Sex workers are often targeted by dangerous individuals and face obstacles to reporting access to services and police protection. Those who harm sex workers offend against all of us.

Do you have questions about how sex work is criminalised in the UK? Are you confused between the difference between ‘Decriminalisation'' (whoo) and ‘Legalisation' (boo)? Do you want to know why sex workers and human rights organisations are against the ‘Nordic Model' of sex work criminalisation, even though it claims to decriminalise the sex worker? THEN YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE BEFORE THE 13th MAY! Hello and welcome to this very important EMERGENCY episode of Really Good Exposure. As you may or may not know, there is currently a government consultation on the UK Police and Crime Bill. Some of the proposed amendments to this bill would mean the introduction of something called the ‘Nordic Model' of criminalising sex work. On the surface this model (sometimes called the ‘End Demand' model) is pitched as a ‘feminist' way to criminalise sex work, because it claims to decriminalise the sex seller and criminalise the sex buyers. However, the Nordic Model has been proven to increase violence against workers every where it has been introduced. This law being implemented in the UK would be incredibly dangerous for sex workers, and would make it easier for perpetrators of violence to harm this already-marginalised group of workers. I invited writer, performer, activist and ex-stripper Stacey Clare to do this emergency episode of RGE so that listeners could not only learn about the Nordic Model, and why it is so dangerous, but also so that they could find information on how to write to the government opposing these proposed amendments to the Police and Crime Bill before the deadline of the 13th May. If you are a feminist, you will inherently believe that women have a right to bodily autonomy, safety at work, and the same human rights as anyone else. Please make your voices heard before 13th May! Find out how to oppose the Nordic model here: https://www.nationaluglymugs.org/safety_content/how-to-respond-to-the-uk-police-and-crime-bill Read why the Nordic Model is so harmful here: https://decrimnow.org.uk/open-letter-on-the-nordic-model Read example written evidence from a national sex worker safety charity on why they oppose the introduction of the Nordic Model here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmpublic/CrimePolicing/memo/CPB05.htm More about Stacey: Stacey Clare is a British writer, activist, and former stripper. She is the co-founder of the East London Strippers Collective (ELSC) to advocate for labor rights, fair treatment, and the destigmatisation of sex work. Stacey is the author of the book ‘The Ethical Stripper: Sex, Work and Labour Rights in the Night-time Economy', which examines the the sex industry. Stacey has also performed at events like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and given a TEDx talk challenging societal perceptions of sex workers. Stacey runs creative projects like life-drawing classes with strippers as models and is currently preparing to take her show ‘Ask a Stripper' to Brighton Fringe Festival this month (get tickets here: https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/ask-a-stripper-pulling-back-the-g-string ) and back to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August (tickets here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/ask-a-stripper-pulling-back-the-g-string ) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethicalstripper

Welcome back for a fourth episode of the official ‘Really Good Exposure' podcast! Getting all the exposure today is the wonderful Lily O'Farrell, aka Vulgar Drawings. Lily is a feminist writer, cartoonist and podcast host. She's been publishing cartoons about the trials and tribulations of womanhood for the past seven years, and her work covers issues like everyday sexism, domestic violence, online misogyny, and internet culture. In 2018, Lily started drawing on the back of receipts, and since then she's published a book of cartoons called 'Kyle Theory' and her documentary podcast series called 'No Worries If Not' about women and internet culture. Her funny, educational cartoons have been translated into Turkish, Portuguese, Vietnamese and Italian and used in schools and universities. You can find Lily's work @vulgadrawings on every platform, or at: https://www.vulgadrawings.com/ You can also listen to ‘No Worries If Not' here: https://open.spotify.com/show/499inG3v6XcRlUev0qQ3X5

Today we're giving Cassiah Joski-Jethi some Really Good Exposure! Cassiah is an award-winning mixed-race writer/director represented by Independent, who began her career working for writer/director Gurinder Chadha OBE after a chance meeting on a train. Meg talks to Cassiah about how the hell you get into directing without going to film school, how Cassiah supports herself as a creative freelancer while also making a pretty daunting industry more accessible to people who can't afford to go to film school, and why it is so important to find joy in creativity that isn't about work. Cassiah shares her tips for breaking into writing/directing, her methods of connecting with other creatives who she learnt from at the beginning of her career, and how to keep yourself sane in an industry that can feel somewhat bleak at times! Cassiah has directed five short films including her recent award-winning BFI Network film 'Catch A Butcher' which screened at multiple BAFTA/BIFA festivals, and was acquired by ALTER and BFI Player. Most recently, Cassiah directed the BBC Studios short award-winning thriller 'The Pink Pill'. She was also recently a Trainee Director on Apple TV's ‘Hijack' mentored by director/showrunner Jim Field Smith, and has also been mentored by director Claire McCarthy. Cassiah is now working on her debut feature projects, including one in development with the BFI. In 2024, Cassiah was selected for the prestigious BRIT List, as well as selected for BFI Network@LFF 2024, and this year, she has been selected for BFI Midlands Directors Lab 2025. You can find Cassiah on her socials here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassiahjj/ Twitter: https://x.com/cassiahjj Learn more about Cassiah's filmmaking workshops here: https://www.cassiahj-j.com/workshops Watch her BFI short 'Catch a Butcher' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxDZVC36wg and listen to her podcast 'One of us is a Filmmaker' here: https://oneofusisafilmmaker.podbean.com/

This week, we have some very special guests who we've managed to coax out of the attic: Buffy and Heaven, co-hosts of the ‘Strippers in the Attic' podcast! Buffy and Heaven are two veteran strippers, who have stripped everywhere from Las Vegas, to Heaven's friend's dad's basement club. Heaven and Meg have been friends for going on two decades and they know all of each others dirty secrets (and we mean dirty in the most literal sense…

Welcome to the first fully fledged episode of Really Good Exposure! It took a MINUTE, but we're here! And to start us of with a bang we're got an incredible first guest. Joining us on the podcast today is Bree Essrig! Bree is a writer, actor, director, comedian, and fellow Only Fans creator who has just released her debut film - ‘Sugar Baby' (which is brilliant!). Like Meg, Bree was in the spotlight from a young age and was in the public eye during the 2010s - where body shaming, misogyny and general f**kery was rife and the me too movement was almost a decade away from materialising. Bree and Meg talk about everything from fame, foot fetishes and finding your feet as a freelancer to the perils of auditioning, the parallels in sex work and the acting industry and the worst jobs they've ever had. You can find Bree on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breeessrig Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breeviewsforyou YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BREEessrig You can watch Bree's Debut film 'Sugar Baby' on Apple TV, and you can find all of Bree's exclusive content by searching for @lilsummerhoe on that spicy platform

Hello hello hello! Welcome to our very special Christmas episode of Really Good Exposure! We're joined by the absolute badass that is Kaytlin Bailey. Kaytlin is a writer, a comedian, host of 'The Oldest Profession' podcast and founder and CEO of 'Old Pros' - a non profit media organisation that uses storytelling to advocate for sex workers' rights. Kaytlin's phenomenal solo show 'Whore's Eye View' will be on in London from 3rd-7th December and I must insist that everyone reading this get tickets immediately here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whores-eye-view-kaytlin-bailey-tickets-1034970433427 Kaytlin and I get into how we both found our Edinburgh fringe experiences, how we're going to be spending the holidays and we break down the naked, drunken origins of some of our favourite modern day Christmas traditions... We also talk about our best and worst Christmas jobs, why Santa was coined the 'Patron Saint of Sex Workers' and why the strip club is the jolliest place to be on Christmas Eve. Find out more about the Old Pros organisation via their website: https://oldprosonline.org/ Sign up to the Old pros mailing list here: https://oldpros.respond.ontraport.net/ Listen to 'The Oldest Profession' podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oldest-profession-podcast/id1296601569 Old Pro's instagram: @OldProsOnline Kaytlin's Instagram: @KaytlinBailey A lot of the topics we talk about on Really Good Exposure relate to women's  rights, worker rights and the sorry state both of these are in right now. I believe that women have the right to choose what they do with their bodies and how they make their money, and I believe that how we choose to use our bodies should never, ever alleviate perpetrators of violence from accountability. I believe all workers deserve basic human rights and protections. And I believe that predators are always responsible for violence, not victims. If you agree, please consider donating to National Ugly Mugs. National Ugly Mugs (NUM) is a pioneering, national organisation that provides greater access to justice and protection for sex workers. Sex workers are targeted by dangerous individuals and face obstacles to reporting, access to services and police protection. Those who harm sex workers offend against all of us! You can donate to National Ugly Mugs here: https://nationaluglymugs.org/donate/ and you can follow National Ugly Mugs on instagram at @NationalUglyMugs Thank you!

Welcome back! The podcast has had a much needed upgrade! I am pleased to present the pilot episode of my podcast 'Really Good Exposure: The life lessons I learned the hard way, so you don't have to' On this episode, I speak with one of my closest friends, Skins cast mate, and roommate - Lily Loveless! Lily played Naomi in the UK teen drama Skins almost 15 years ago alongside me. Lily and I get into the nitty gritty about what's been going on since our time on Skins, our friendship, what life as neurodivergent creative freelancers is really like and what's in store for us in the future. We also reminisce on our time filming Skins together, and answer some listener questions. This episode was produced by the amazing Alice McDermott! Please comment, like, share on socials and tell your friends about the episode! The better the response to this pilot episode the better the chance that this gets turned into a fully fledged podcast series :) Much love! x

Another stream of consciousness from yours truly, only this time she's been locked inside a house for the past year! Meg gives her opinions (which were never asked for) on a variety of topics, including how to ease lockdown slumps (maybe?), her progress on getting an ADHD diagnosis, and her take on Only Fans (its great). Remember: no one's forcing you to listen.

Meg discusses (/rants) about the recent opinion of the all-knowing-fountain-of-knowledge that is Russel Brand, Bella Thorne's recent highjacking of a certain online platform and the (questionable) reasoning behind it, as well as the narratives around women taking the pill/natural birth... Mentioned in the episode: - Cybertease tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cybertease-100-reunited-a-virtual-strip-club-by-unionised-workers-tickets-118145709999 - SWARM donation page: https://www.swarmcollective.org/donate - Grace on Patreon: https://patreon.com/graceyswer?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=creatorshare (@Graceyswer on Twitter) - Lydia Caradonna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LydiaCaradonna Also check out: - ECP website: https://prostitutescollective.net/about-us/ (@Prostitutescoll on Twitter) - Decrim Now website: https://decrimnow.org.uk/ (@ukdecrimnow on Twitter) - Book: 'Revolting Prostitutes' by Juno Mac and Molly Smith Amazon link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revolting-Prostitutes-Fight-Workers-Rights/dp/1786633604/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?cv_ct_cx=revolting+prostitutes&dchild=1&keywords=revolting+prostitutes&pd_rd_i=1786633604&pd_rd_r=ac87b076-dbca-44d2-9742-9b34506c713a&pd_rd_w=rgXrv&pd_rd_wg=SVUIZ&pf_rd_p=49535b66-f5c7-451e-8137-28786d545ec4&pf_rd_r=RWTMDT8BGWHZZ2FXS1XB&psc=1&qid=1598894936&sr=1-1-fdbae751-0fa5-4c0f-900b-865654896618

Its taken four years, but I am finally at a place where talking about this won't leave me an angry, revenge-seeking mess. The Dumbbells and Donuts documentary was my baby. I spent the entirety of what little money I had on getting it made, and I quite literally put sweat blood and tears into competing, and it is yet to see the light of day. This podcast is not as fun as the others but serves as more as something I can refer people to when they ask 'What happened to the Dumbbells and Donuts Documentary?' so that I don't have to go over it again, because I am still just as upset about it as I was four years ago and going over it and explaining it is really exhausting. I promise the next episode we will be back to our regular scheduled programming! x

On this wonderful day designed to make people feel shitty if they aren't in a loveless relationship, Meg discusses her ideas on what the ideal relationship is which is once again NOT A CULT. If you're feeling crap being single on Valentines day, this is the episode for you!

Meg is going back to LA for a few days, but in the mean time, life as a temp is T E S T I N G. Passive aggressive cup aggression has ensued.

Meg unloads a stream of consciousness on unsuspecting listeners. She discusses her theories on life lived through Sims theory... (its a thing).

Meg is done. London weather is breaking everyone.

Anyone ever experience the difficulty of deciphering which exact pool the kids were dropped off at? MEG DOES.

Meg has joined two dating apps and ventured into the enigma that is the office Xmas party...

Meg discusses how to get into acting, not loosing your mind with the sporadic and unpredictability of the industry, dealing with rejection again and again and again and still knowing you're a badass and most importantly, how to 'ignore the naysayers'.

Megan has lost all trust in nuts. Life will never be the same.

Ben Prescott joins us on the podcast today to talk all things sex, animals, evolution and being hairy as fuck.

Discussing the absolute state of wank you need to be in to lease a sports car...

Lengthy rant on Public transport - namely, people on the tube and discovery of the 'Second wave rush hour'. Listen for enlightenment...

Discussing trying to not be the angry bird meme, pursuing a career in a difficult field, getting expelled from school at age 10 and selfcare. Happy Saturday guys! Artwork coming soon!

Meg discusses a curb crawling incident that happened JUST HOURS AGO and the consequences of it for the assailant. We also discuss the drinking culture in the UK compared to LA and of course, the EVILS of social media (naaat).

Megan rants for 40 minutes on topics close to her heart. Enjoy. Or don't. But please share.

Today on Megartron Speaks, we are joined by Tasie Lawrence and Allie Stamler. Both fantastic actresses, both professional, both respectful, and both who have experienced some form of sexual harassment in life AND in the workplace. In light of recent events exposing some horrendous incidents of sexual harassment and assault in the television industry, Tasie has made the brave decision to share a very personal story of hers: Her experience of being sexually assaulted years ago by a cast mate. Tasie goes on to explain how horrendously production handled the entire situation... prepare to be appalled.

Meg discusses her online diet and exercise plan platform, how health and fitness can be INCORPORATED into your life rather than overtaking it, and why having a healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body.