Beth Mead, Women and choral music, Eating disorders
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Over half of female footballers book pitches, only to find they’ve been reallocated to men. With twice as many women as men considering quitting the sport because of this, Arsenal forward and England Lioness Beth Mead tells Nuala McGovern about her concerns.
A BBC investigation published today has highlighted the concerns of parents of vulnerable children sent hours away from home for urgent eating disorder treatment. They say there isn’t enough specialist mental health hospital care available locally on the NHS and they want an end to the postcode lottery. We hear from Donna whose daughter Annie had to be based far from her family and BBC Yorkshire investigations journalist Louise Fewster also joins Nuala.
Mexican author and academic Cristina Rivera Garza has just won a Pulitzer Prize for her book about her sister, who was murdered in 1990. It’s called Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice. Cristina joins Nuala to explain why she feels she wrote it with, not about, her sister, whose name and image are now carried at demonstrations against gender violence.
How has the role of women in choral music changed? With girls as well as boys now singing in cathedral choirs and more music by female composers being commissioned and performed, women’s voices are becoming increasingly prominent. Composer Cecilia McDowell and singer Carris Jones talk about championing and celebrating women in this traditionally male world.
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| 0:00.0 | Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to introduce myself. My name's |
| 0:04.0 | Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport |
| 0:07.5 | podcasts. I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with leading |
| 0:11.1 | journalists, experienced pundits and the biggest |
| 0:13.3 | sports stars. Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights |
| 0:17.4 | straight from the player's mouth. But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is |
| 0:22.0 | our unique access to the sporting world. |
| 0:25.0 | What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to |
| 0:28.9 | dedicated sports fans across the UK. |
| 0:31.5 | So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more. |
| 0:37.0 | BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello, this is Nula McGovron and you're listening to the Women's Hour podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | Hello and welcome to Women's Hour. |
| 0:48.0 | Well, some terrific guests coming up. |
| 0:50.0 | We have England Lioness, Beth Mead with us today. |
| 0:53.1 | The Arsenal Forward wants to change the current state of play |
| 0:56.2 | where women can be kicked off football pitches |
| 0:59.1 | to make way for men's teams. |
| 1:01.2 | Also, the first full-time female chorister at St Paul's Cathedral, the first |
| 1:05.6 | in its thousand year history we're going to be speaking with Karas Jones about the rise of |
| 1:11.0 | women and girls inquires. |
| 1:13.0 | Plus the author Christina Rivera Garza, |
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