Feminism after Weinstein, with Laura Bates, Emma Dabiri and Emilie Pine

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🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

To mark International Women's Day on March 8, and following Harvey Weinstein's recent conviction in New York, we're doing something a bit different. In this episode, Gris speaks to three of today's most compelling writers and campaigners about feminism now. They touch on everything from changing beauty standards to teens and social media to modern motherhood. Prepare to be surprised. Or as Lilah put it: "whatever I thought I was going to hear, that is not what I heard." (A warning if you're listening with kids: this episode contains some swearing.)

The discussion was recorded at FT NextGen, a one-day festival in London in November 2019 — watch this space for details of this year's NextGen festivals in London and New York.

Feminism is a subject that inspires strong reactions — and we'd especially like to know what you thought of this episode. Tweet us @FTCultureCall or email us at [email protected]. And if you enjoy the show, why not leave us a review on Apple Podcasts?

Links to some of the things we discussed:

Gris's piece on female essayists, including Rebecca Solnit, Jia Tolentino and Emilie Pine: https://www.ft.com/content/e8126aec-b1e3-11e9-bec9-fdcab53d6959

Gris's podcast interview with Jia Tolentino: https://www.ft.com/content/7d248852-e840-477c-b4c8-8bdbd48a43f2

Lilah's podcast interview with Lisa Taddeo: https://www.ft.com/content/14f68996-d4a8-4d7f-ae2b-4398f35a9a24

A good piece about My Dark Vanessa: https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/my-dark-vanessa-kate-elizabeth-russell.html

FT House & Home piece on maximalism and heritage interiors (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/4d78b96e-4e5f-11ea-95a0-43d18ec715f5

Hospital Sant Pau in Barcelona: https://www.santpaubarcelona.org/en/visits-sant-pau-art-nouveau-site

Lilah's tilapia recipe, stolen straight off the back of the Trader Joe's label (this is not sponsored!): https://www.food.com/recipe/lemon-butter-tilapia-147551

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0:00.0	Hello, you're listening to Culture Call, a transatlantic conversation from the Financial Times.
0:10.1	I'm Griselda Murray Brown in London.
0:12.1	And I'm Lila Raptopoulos in New York.
0:14.9	Today, we're giving International Women's Day the Cultural Treatment.
0:33.8	Thank you. Women's Day at the Cultural Treatment. Today we're doing something slightly unusual.
0:36.7	Yes. Shacking and unprecedented.
0:39.4	Not about shacking and unprecedented.
0:41.0	We're basically bringing you a live show.
0:43.6	Yes, but it's not any old live show.
0:46.1	We're bringing you a conversation with three of the best female minds in the UK talking about women and feminism,
0:52.6	what it means to be a woman now and to be a man now.
0:55.1	They are Laura Bates, Emily Pine and Emma DeBerry.
0:58.6	You know, Grizz, I didn't know these women well before hearing this conversation, but I just loved it.
1:04.1	Like, whatever I thought I was going to hear, it was not what I heard in the panel.
1:08.3	Every one of them were brilliant.
1:10.0	It was funny and fun. It was surprising. It gave me new ideas about feminism to bring into conversations with my friends. It was like an ideal panel. I'm very glad to hear that. As the Greeks say, it's not a compliment. It's the truth. Good. It also traveled well. I mean, it felt very relevant to me in the US.
1:28.1	Yeah. So, I mean, it was recorded at the FT Next Gen Festival in London at the end of last year.
1:35.0	And we kind of saved it up for today just ahead of International Women's Day.
1:38.4	But actually, you know, we're listening to this two weeks after Harvey Weinstein was found guilty in New York of two cases of sexual assault.
1:45.7	So, you know, this stuff never goes away. But it feels like Weinstein, Me Too, all the things we've
1:50.3	been talking about for two and a half years now are right up again in the news agenda.
1:54.9	Yeah, it's really current. We're also going to put International Women's Day under the
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