Alison Lapper, HRT Shortage & Women in Space
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The artist Alison Lapper talks about her latest exhibition featuring a painting of her son Parys who died this summer aged just 19.
Why is there a shortage of HRT in the UK? The investigative journalist Emma Hartley who writes for the online magazine Tortoise told us what she has discovered.
The first British astronaut Helen Sharman, Dr Varsha Jain, a gynaecological researcher interested in the impact of spaceflight and zero gravity on the human body, and Liz Seward, a senior space strategist at Airbus, discuss the future of women in space.
We hear about the case involving Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been defending her country against allegations of genocide at the UN International Court of Justice in the Hague. Our correspondent in The Hague Anna Holligan tells us the latest.
How should parents talk to teenagers about losing their virginity? Flo Perry the author of How to have Feminist Sex and Rachel Fitzsimmons, the sex educator and lecturer in sexual health at the University of Lancashire discuss.
Three students Bukunmi, Osose and Hannah discuss the impact of ‘racist’ hair regulations at their school Townley Grammer in London. Their English Teacher Lauren Binks talks about how she worked with students to get rid of the hair regulations and Emma Dabiri the author of ‘Don’t Touch My Hair’ talks the history and politics around black hair.
Presented by: Jane Garvey Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Beverley Purcell
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | Hi, good afternoon. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour. |
| 0:09.0 | This week, the future of women in space, |
| 0:12.0 | how to talk to teenagers about losing virginity, |
| 0:15.0 | and the artist, Alison Lapper, reflecting on life with her son, Paris, |
| 0:20.0 | who died this year. |
| 0:21.0 | Now, remember, Paris, she said to me, |
| 0:23.0 | Mommy, why are people staring? |
| 0:24.0 | And I'm really like, because you're beautiful. |
| 0:26.0 | And then I don't know. |
| 0:27.0 | I've got to actually tell you the truth here. |
| 0:29.0 | It's because, you know, Mommy's different, and, you know, |
| 0:33.0 | you're on my lap and things like that. |
| 0:35.0 | So, our dynamic was very different, maybe, to other people's, |
| 0:40.0 | because I couldn't put my arms around him. |
| 0:42.0 | He had to come to me if he fell over. |
| 0:44.0 | The artist, Alison Lapper, |
| 0:47.0 | and Black Girls from a school in London, |
| 0:50.0 | on the effects of hair regulation policies. |
| 0:53.0 | Sometimes we'll be given detentions for having the colours in our hair, |
| 0:57.0 | if they weren't natural, or we would be told to take them out, |
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