Julie Langdale is going on to the plinth because she thinks that it is fantastic that something like this is able to happen, which would not be the case in every country. She is using her time on the plinth to raise awareness of asperges. She talks of her experience of asperges and living undiagnosed and how being diagnosed has helped her. She talks of coping skills she developed over the years but now she is able to understand more easily some of the ways she lives and acts. He is also raising awareness of Gary McKinnen, who is being charged for hacking into American Government computers to find out about UFOs. He suffers with asperges and there is a campaign to keep him in the UK to ensure that he gets the care he needs if convicted and imprisoned. Julie has a strong history of protesting and supporting human rights. She was attacked four years ago, twice in one week, which caused her to develop agrophobia and heightened her asperges so she has only been back to work in the last four years. She travelled a lot as a child since her dad was in the army and since settling in Scotland at 13 has experienced many different jobs. She is passionate about discovering new music and writing, she is currently working on a project writing about the mothers of the stolen generation in Argentina. She talks about her relationships, particularly with her mother and boyfriend.