Poet and novelist Olivia Gatwood joins Sparkle On to trace her journey from writing spy stories as a kid to becoming an internationally recognized voice on girlhood, queerness, and the complexities of women friendships. Olivia reveals how she transformed rage into advocacy, and eventually into stories that center joy, vulnerability, and the messy humanity of women's relationships with each other. She unpacks the creation of her debut novel, Whoever You Are, Honey, a fembot story set in Santa Cruz that interrogates internalized misogyny, the fear of intimacy between women, and what it means to be created from the male gaze. Olivia walks us through her writing process, the danger of trauma bonding, and why she believes resilience isn't about staying in pain but about returning to difficult subjects from a place of strength. Stay on the lookout for the upcoming film adaptation of Olivia’s novel with Margot Robbie's Lucky Chap, and be sure to order a copy of her book! Read Whoever You Are, Honey: Available now wherever books are sold Follow Olivia Gatwood: https://www.instagram.com/oliviagatwood Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:01:30 The Writer Origin Story: From Journals to Performance Poetry 00:05:42 Speak Like a Girl: The Performance That Changed Everything 00:08:41 From Athlete to Advocate: Choosing Poetry Over Soccer 00:11:31 The First Poem: Catcalling, Rage, and Riling Up the Boys 00:14:23 Navigating Perception: Self-Care as a Young Woman on Stage 00:17:00 The Doxxing Incident: When Rage Shifted to Love 00:18:28 Life of the Party and New American Best Friend: Poetry Collections on Girlhood 00:19:46 Writing as Processing: You Don't Need Pain to Create 00:21:45 Prompts for Processing: Letters, Odes, and Writing to Shame 00:23:52 Breaking Out of the Box: Exploring Different Writing Mediums 00:27:52 The Birth of Whoever You Are, Honey: Fembots and Female Friendships 00:29:41 Santa Cruz as Character: Tech, Gentrification, and Playing God 00:32:42 The Pick Me Girl: Understanding Fear and Intimacy Between Women 00:36:17 Developing Complex Characters: The Lifeguard Analogy 00:38:08 Writing Into Fear and Obsession: What Are You Not Saying? 00:44:40 Title IX Education: Trauma Bonding and Campus Culture 00:46:09 Creative Education Under Restriction: Teaching Consent Without Talking About Sex 00:48:32 The Army Base Workshop: Teaching Empathy to Those Trained to Kill 00:50:28 Writing From Joy: Celebrating Survival and Self-Compassion 00:52:26 Reading From the Novel: Lena and Sebastian's First Meeting 00:57:41 The Movie Adaptation: Working With Lucky Chap and Margot Robbie 00:58:56 Small Wins: Making Friends in Adulthood
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