Binner or Flusher, Ms Marvel, Feral Girl Summer

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Are you a 'flusher' or a ‘binner’? We’re talking about getting rid of tampons and towels. What makes you decide whether to flip that bin lid, or just drop and flush? New research is out which says 2.4 million tampons are flushed down UK toilets every day leading to sewer blockages and pollution. We talk to Martha Silcott who's developed a simple product to encourage you to bin and Daisy Buchanan who says more needs to be done to make a product which flushes without causing environmental harm. She's finally arrived! Ms Marvel the latest character from the Marvel universe. What's special about her? Marvel’s first Muslim superhero. Newcomer Iman Vellani, stars as Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel. We speak to Hafsa Lodi, a Pakistani-American journalist and author all about the series. Nellie Bly was the most famous American woman reporter of the 19th century. Her investigation of what was called back then an "insane asylum" sparked outrage, legal action, and improvements in the way that patients were treated. Louisa Treger’s new book ‘Madwoman’ is a fictional reimagining of Nellie's early life and her time at the asylum. We also have Martine Croxall, BBC news presenter who was chose Nellie Bly as her specialist subject on Celebrity Mastermind. Last year we talked about "Hot Girl Summer". This year we're talking about "Feral Girl Summer". On TikTok, the hashtag alone has already been viewed more than seven million times. But what's this trend all about, and should we celebrate it? Olivia Petter, relationships writer at The Independent and Lydia Venn, Features Editor at The Tab discuss.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.1	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.5	Good morning, we begin the show with music today, music to make you feel powerful, music fit for a superhero.
0:34.8	Now, if you're not one yourself, you will almost definitely know one. I'm talking about Marvel
0:41.1	Super fans. We are fully nerding out today on Woman's Hour in celebration of a brand new superhero
0:47.2	to enter the Marvel Universe. Her name is Kamlakan aka Ms Marvel, the first ever female Muslim superhero.
0:56.9	Traversing between her average teenage life and saving the planet, not just an amazing new character
1:06.7	to join the Marvel gang, but also a historic cultural moment, destroying not only her enemies,
1:12.5	but lazy cultural stereotypes while she's at it, my kind of girl, and that music is from the excellent
1:18.3	soundtrack to the show as well. Spoiler alert, if you haven't seen it, it's brilliant.
1:25.7	Then, this morning, I've got a very simple question for half the population today.
1:30.2	Are you a binner or a flusher? I'm talking about sanitary products. 2.4 million tampons
1:38.1	are being flushed down UK toilets every day, causing a lot of blockages and expensive damage
1:44.4	to pipes and the environment. So, I want you to be honest today, is it you? But let me make it clear,
1:50.4	we're not here to shame anyone today. What I think we should talk about is why we are still flushing
1:56.0	sanitary products down the loo. Could it be to do with cultural attitudes that mean we still think
2:01.0	it's something that something as normal as a period is dirty and shameful, or is it simply lack
2:07.2	of provision? How many cramped little toilets have you been in with filthy, overflowing sanitary bins
2:14.1	that have been the last place you'd want to put your own sanitary products or your hands anywhere
2:18.2	near? So, maybe it's just easier and feels more hygienic to flush it away. Do you have a bin in
2:22.9	your own bathroom at home? What is the situation for you? So, binner or flusher? Get in touch.
2:29.0	Maybe you have a few suggestions to make it easier for the flushes to stop flushing. I'd love to hear
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