Bridget Jones's Diary with Ayisha Malik
Sentimental Garbage
Justice for Dumb Women
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2018
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Bridget Jones drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and dresses like her mother - and somehow became a global multi-million dollar franchise in the process. This week, we talk to Bridget super-fan and writer of the Sofia Khan series Ayisha Malik. As well as discussing Bridget's indomitable spirit and how the character became feminist Marmite, we chat about how to write satire in a world that wants to paint women as flawless, what people expect when a Muslim woman writes a romcom and why characters who smoke are the most fun to write.
Music by Harry Harris, artwork by Gavin Day. Recorded at Acast and produced by Hannah Varrall.
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| 0:00.0 | Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. |
| 0:11.0 | So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas. |
| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to Sentimental Garbage, a podcast celebrating chicklet and the so-called |
| 0:31.2 | guilty pleasures you're sort of done feeling guilty about. |
| 0:34.2 | My name is Caroline Dunnerhoo and when I released my first novel this year, I found myself being |
| 0:38.2 | asked the same two questions over and over again. |
| 0:41.0 | One did I think of my novel as Chicklet and two was I offended if it were called that. |
| 0:45.9 | Which is weird because all the best women I know are also devoted fans of Chicklet and |
| 0:50.4 | this podcast is dedicated to examining what's good, great and occasionally questionable. and this |
| 0:54.0 | podcast is dedicated to examining what's good, great and occasionally questionable |
| 0:55.0 | about the genre. |
| 0:56.0 | Today I'm joined by the author of the Sophia Can |
| 0:59.0 | is not obliged series and the forthcoming |
| 1:01.0 | The Screen and Pleasant Land, Ieia Malik. |
| 1:02.8 | We're talking about Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding. |
| 1:05.2 | Hi, I Eehia! |
| 1:06.2 | Hello and yay! |
| 1:08.3 | I love Bridget Jones. |
| 1:09.8 | Oh, I'm so excited. |
| 1:11.9 | I could talk about her all day and all week and all year and actually that's why I wrote my first book because I was so obsessed with her. |
| 1:19.0 | So where did your obsession begin? I don't think I read the first one, first actually. |
| 1:24.7 | I read the edge of reason first for some reason. |
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