Finding My Voice: A Journey into Political Activism

🎥 Woke-ish Wednesday | The Fear of Silence & My Activist Awakening

What terrifies me more than any policy or politician? The silence. The self-censorship. The influencers disappearing to protect their families. That’s where Sassy Politics begins—at the intersection of fear and conviction.

This episode is deeply personal. It’s the story of my awakening. I grew up in America assuming freedom was a given. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. But once your eyes are opened, staying silent isn’t an option anymore.

I’m not here because I’ve always been woke—I’m here because I chose to stay awake. And even though I’m timing my louder activism around my son’s graduation next year, I refuse to sit this out in silence.

💬 In This Episode:

• The moment that shifted my silence into strategy
• Grappling with privilege, fear, and responsibility
• Why “feeling deeply” is my activism compass
• What Sassy Politics really means—and why it starts right now

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Chapters

• 0:00 Fears of Influencer Silencing
• 0:37 Introduction to Sassy Politics
• 0:53 Finding My Purpose
• 1:28 Privilege and Political Awakening
• 3:16 Commitment to Activism
• 5:16 Call for Community Support

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

I have to tell you, I saw that an influencer went silent like went off social media because they wanted to protect their family. It tripped me out a little bit. It tripped me out and I'm always looking over my shoulder like well, I'm always waiting and watching the other influencers to see if they're being silenced, if they're scared, if they're stopping. You know, I'm terrified. I'm terrified because I'm seeing people be impacted and that is what this show is all about. I'm Christy Chanel and this is Sassy Politics. I've been slowly walking into my path. I've been trying to figure out who I am, what I am, why I'm here, what it's all about. You know what I mean. I'm trying to figure out my purpose. I think everybody tries to figure out their purpose. Some take longer than others. I feel like I've slowly been walking mine this whole time and every day I get a little bit closer to who I'm supposed to be in the world, and that is a powerful thing. That is a powerful thing. There's so much injustice in the world already. I just I never thought it would hit me. I never thought it would hit America. It just it seemed like that was something for other countries and I was so grateful and so proud to be here. Thank god I'm here, thank god I have my kids here and living a life under a dictator, I felt very lucky. I never took that for granted. That's a lie. That's a fucking lie. I think I did take it for granted. I mean growing up that way. You don't know anything else. How else are you going to be? You don't know. And maybe that's why I didn't pay attention to politics, because I wasn't directly affected and that makes me privileged. Of course I didn't know I was privileged, I thought I was just living my life. I thought I was just living my life and everybody had the same type of life. I mean, I knew the circumstances were different. I didn't know what I didn't know and call me woke. But I'm starting to figure that out. I've seen people accused, including myself, of where you guys been. Oh, now you want to come out. Why now? Because you're affected. Of where you guys been oh, now you want to come out. Why, now you know, because you're affected.

Speaker 1: 2:51

And I can't answer that, obviously. I mean, everybody reacts differently to their own circumstance, right, and if you don't know, you're living in a fucking padded bubble. You don't know, it's the people that figure it out and still do nothing. That's a problem. I've figured it out and I don't plan to be silent. I hear it, I get it, it's my turn. And yeah, I'm nervous and yeah, I'm scared. But I'm the most scared by the silence. It's not Trump, it's the silencing of the people that makes me the most scared, because I don't know how to keep my mouth shut.

Speaker 1: 3:31

I don't know how to be silent. What does that mean for me? If I see injustice, I want to talk about it. I am very empathetic, I feel energy, I am emotional. I have every day. I watch the news or the world okay, through a podcast, through TikTok, through social media. I watch and I feel the emotions of the people that are going through these things and I have to stop myself from crying almost every single time. That tells me this is exactly where I'm supposed to be. I know that. I know that.

Speaker 1: 4:16

I know that I've been preparing my whole life for this. I have, and I happened to hit it right when my son's about to graduate next year, so that my decisions to be an activist will not affect him. Now I'm trying to stay as neutral as I can, as pushed back in the scene as I can. I don't know how to do that very well, but I don't want to do anything that will disturb him. So I have to be smart. Just use my voice on here and, hey, if Trump is correct and not lying to us and MAGA is correct and not lying to us, I should be able to say whatever the fuck I want right and it shouldn't be a crime. So I'm going to use that thought process and stay well within my rights to communicate to you and to the people that may want to start using their voice. There's power in numbers, always, and this is step one and day one of being an activist, and I hope to have many activists on my show.

Speaker 1: 5:33

I really do, and if you have a story or you want to be a part of this movement, please reach out to me. I need you. I really really do. I need to feel like I am not alone. I will do it alone, but I would feel safer with somebody to stand next to. So my email is on the screen if you're watching this on YouTube, and I've also put it in the show notes. So please don't be afraid to reach out to me. I would love to hear from you and if you have ideas that we should do to move this, propel this movement forward, I want to hear from you. I'm in the beginning stages and I'm very excited to what tomorrow will bring. I really am. I felt it was important to tell you how I got here and why I'm here to stay. We'll see you next time.