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Intelligence Squared

Difficult Feminism: History’s Complicated Changemakers

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

Arts, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

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🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

International Women’s Week on Intelligence Squared. Change is never easy, it requires putting up a fight, going against the status quo, and if you’re a woman - this may require you to be difficult. In 2020 Helen Lewis, staff writer for The Atlantic, joined us on stage to discuss the lives of some of history’s complicated and contradictory fighters for female freedom, and their refusal to conform to societal expectations. Helen was joined by Caroline Criado Perez, journalist and author of Invisible Women, which is now also a podcast. And the conversation was chaired by broadcaster Samira Ahmed who had just won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay. Together they examine why women who challenge the status quo are often seen as threatening or intimidating and why the fight for change is far from perfect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of BBC News and I'm here because I want

0:05.1

to talk to you about an event I'm doing with Intelligent Squared on the 2nd of November in London

0:11.5

and I'm going to be talking about the more than 30 years that I've spent reporting on major

0:17.6

events in the Middle East with my great friend and colleague over many, many years just in web

0:25.6

and I'm sure we'll talk about a few other things as well, just in and I started at the BBC

0:31.5

on the same day in 1984. So if you'd like to join us either in person or online then visit

0:41.6

IntelligentSquared.com to find out more.

0:49.4

Hello, it's Kamala Ahmed here and I'm here to tell you about energised the brand new

0:54.4

podcast Intelligent Squared is launching in partnership with EBITRO.

0:59.5

The climate crisis is the most pressing issue of our time. Temperatures are set to rise more

1:05.2

than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next two decades and increase that

1:11.5

will cause irreversible damage to our planet. But is there still hope?

1:18.3

If humans are to blame for climate change then we must also provide the solutions

1:23.4

and that's where energised comes in. Join me as I bring together experts and policymakers

1:29.3

to delve deep into the key issues at the heart of the global drive towards net zero and the

1:34.3

innovations that promise to accelerate the energy transition and transform the way we live.

1:40.3

Just search energised wherever you get your podcasts.

1:44.2

Welcome to Intelligent Squared. I'm producer Catherine Hughes.

1:53.8

To mark International Women's Day we're dedicating all seven days this week to examining the

1:58.6

challenges and triumphs of women around the world through art, sport, literature and politics.

2:05.4

Change is never easy. It requires pushing up a fight, going against the status quo.

2:10.9

And if you're a woman this may require you to be difficult.

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