Liv Little, founder of Gal-Dim, moved from gender politics into media to plug the gap for marginalized creators. Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs, she says, and the key is building inclusive spaces yourself rather than waiting for others to do it.
It's just about going out there and doing it, taking the first steps, putting the pen to paper. I'm Liv Little. I'm a writer, producer, author, and the founder and CEO of Gal-Dim. I wanted to go into gender politics. And then, like, the media got me. Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs. I feel as a kind of demographic of people, we've always had to be very resourceful and plug the gap. I'm really enjoying running a business, being a business owner. I've definitely learnt that it's much better to go with your gut and with your intuition. But I don't always get it right. It's not like I'm super chill all the time. I can see the results of the work that I'm doing. There's like solidarity within our community groups who are reimagining what the world could and should look like. There are certain expectations or stereotypes or ways that people expect you to behave or to be or to show up. When society has placed those pressures upon you, it's easy to internalize them and feel as though you have to work yourself into the ground to be seen as worthy or in the same light as other people. And it's definitely I think it's so important to have days off. When you love something and you grow something and you feel something, it's very easy for it to become all-consuming. It can be stressful. It's good to have your people that you love and that you trust and that support you and that you support to kind of check in with. And nothing can happen in isolation, you know. We're all a product of our environment and our people and our family and our friends. I think it's really important to have days off. I've been someone that always enjoys, like, the company of other people. You know, when you have friends to go along the journey with you, I think it's so precious. More valuable than money, just your friends. This is when you borrowed my top and cut it up. No, do you know what? It wasn't even mine. It was my mum's top. I lent it to her. Lynn! Lynn! She cut it up and drew all over it. I think I find peace largely through cooking. It's how I relax after a long day. Um, it's how I show my mum that I love her, or my girlfriend that I love her. For me, often when I'm scared of something, it probably means that I should give it a go. Um, and I think it's sometimes good to make yourself— put yourself in uncomfortable situations. You just have to jump in. You say yes, and once you've said yes, you're locked in. I'm literally surrounded by all of these amazing women of colour, non-binary people of colour, just like, who are killing it and taking up space, and I think that's a very powerful feeling. These things weren't here before, but if they're not here, we can't wait for someone else to create them.
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