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🗓️ 9 February 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
0:05.2 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
0:10.6 | Good morning. |
0:12.0 | Once again, I'm caught in the glare of ageism and misogyny that permeates the world we live |
0:17.1 | in, a world that refuses to celebrate women past the age of 45 and feels the need to punish |
0:23.0 | her as she continues to be strong-willed, hard-working and adventurous. |
0:28.3 | Not my words, as many people who follow me on Instagram thought, including my dad, these |
0:32.5 | are the words of Madonna after the Grammys. |
0:35.6 | Once again, the conversation turned to the way she looks and what she may or may not have |
0:39.5 | had done to her face. |
0:41.5 | So this morning I want your thoughts about this. |
0:43.8 | Have your experiences of getting older, maybe getting older, what have they been like? |
0:48.3 | Do you find that you have to fight harder to be noticed? |
0:51.0 | Stay relevant, feel beautiful, whatever it might be, and why is that? |
0:55.4 | How do you feel about the way you look, the older you get? |
0:58.4 | I want your real world experiences of sexism and misogyny in judgment, the older you've |
1:03.1 | got or maybe you haven't. |
1:04.4 | Be honest with me this morning, when you first noticed those laughter lines, did your |
1:08.4 | heart sink? |
1:09.4 | Or are you embracing each wrinkle with a sense of pride? |
1:12.9 | And like Madonna, again, not my words, but I'm in full support. |
1:16.8 | Do you look forward to many years of subversive behaviour, pushing boundaries, standing up to |
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