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🗓️ 11 July 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Over the past year, women working in different parts of the drinks industry have been sharing their stories and experiences to try to change the way women are treated. Most recently people working in craft brewing have been sharing their stories on social media - saying enough is enough. In this episode, Jaega Wise speaks to some of those about how we have got here - and what needs to change.
She meets Charlotte Cook, an experienced brewer who says the most important thing now is to believe the stories, as some are being silenced by UK libel laws. Professor Chris Land from Anglia Ruskin University explains how certain workplaces can create unhealthy cultures, while bartender Nichola Bottomley says she was inspired to speak out after years of harassment working in pubs and bars.
In the US, Victoria James, who was named the country's youngest sommelier at 21, tells Jaega about her book Wine Girl, and how it went on to inspire other women working in wine to come together to speak out, eventually leading to a number of resignations. Becky Paskin, journalist and co-founder of Our Whisky, talks about the repercussions she faced after calling out sexism in the whisky industry. While Brad Cummings, co-founder of craft beer company, Tiny Rebel tells Jaega what is changing at his business, after it was called out by former employees online.
UKHospitality, which represents businesses in the industry says it's been working hard to tackle these issues and continues to work with members to promote a zero tolerance approach to harassment in the workplace by either fellow employees or customers.
Presented by Jaega Wise Produced in Bristol by Natalie Donovan
Photo Credit: Laura Hadland of www.thirstmedia.co.uk
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0:56.6 | Craft beer is seen as this fun, edgy kind of sexy industry, but it's really just the exact same cave |
1:07.5 | men that have been running every other industry for the past 50 years, but now they've just got tattoos and beards. |
1:14.0 | I think that it's very much seen as just part of the job. |
1:17.0 | You're going to get harassed one way or another. |
1:20.0 | You've kind of just got to book up and shut up. |
1:22.0 | I think we're very lucky here. We don't tolerate any form of abuse or harassment, but still being a woman in the wine industry puts you in a vulnerable place every single day. Have you had any |
1:35.2 | repercussions to being so vocal? Yeah, of course. I certainly have had my fair share of |
1:42.0 | hate mail. I've had Twitter accounts set up just to troll me |
1:46.2 | I've quit Twitter because I don't want to deal with it anymore. Do you know what it feels like or a girl? |
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