Friends Forever, Fangirls, Period justice and flood victims, Energy crisis and use of public facilities

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In a new series 'Friends Forever?' we are looking at key relationships in many women's lives, those with female friends. Specifically we're interested in when things go wrong - when and why friendships fall apart and how devastating that can be. And, whether they can be repaired. Annie and Lizzie were very close at school and after and then their lives diverged. They each told their story to Jo Morris. More than 33 million people have been impacted by the devastating floods in Pakistan, and over a thousand people have died since mid-June. Emma is joined by two students from Pakistan who have set up Mahwari Justice campaign to get sanitary products to those in need. In the second part of our Woman’s Hour series on Fangirls we ask: Can fan girls change the world? We speak to Professor Jay Song, Associate Professor in Korean Studies at the University of Melbourne about the political power of fangirls and a member of the BTS Army, Dr Heta Bhatt. We deep dive into the world of K-Pop band BTS & their loyal fandom called the BTS Army, who have been instrumental in shaping politics and socioeconomic issues in Korea and beyond. The cost of living crisis is having an impact on us all. And while paying a monthly fee to go to the gym may likely be seen by some as non-essential expenditure – some people say using the facilities there like showering can help shave hundreds of pounds off energy bills. Should there be boundaries on what facilities people can use in the public sphere? We are joined on the programme by the money saving expert and mum Gemma Bird. The Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees also chats to us about setting up ‘warm banks’ - those are heated sites like museums and galleries for those unable to afford their energy bills. Reporter: Jo Morris

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.3	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. Tonight is the final
0:11.1	hustings of the Conservative leadership race at Wembley Arena, no less. Journalists at
0:16.2	Politico have been told there's even a half an hour DJ set to warm the crowds up first.
0:21.6	And by next week we will have a new Prime Minister. Looming large in their intray is the
0:26.0	cost of living juggernaut, especially as winter approaches, which is why I want to direct
0:31.0	your attention to a discussion thread that could be described as a sign of the times that
0:35.4	we find ourselves living in, which attracted much attention earlier in the summer.
0:39.8	A woman posted anonymously on mum's nest about her strategy to take proper showers and
0:45.2	do her hairwashing, the shaving of her armpits and legs, when she visits her gym, as a way
0:50.3	of saving some money at home and making the most of her gym membership. While praised by
0:54.8	some, she was rounded on by others, who called her quite simply disgusting. Yesterday we
1:00.5	heard that councils across the country are planning on using public spaces such as libraries,
1:06.1	art galleries and community centres as warm banks, cozy spaces, places people can come
1:11.6	and be warm if they're struggling to heat their homes during the winter with rising
1:15.1	bills, in a similar model to food banks. And yet not everyone is on the same page.
1:21.3	For instance, a local Conservative party chairman in Newcastle underlie him is on the record
1:25.1	today saying that the cost of living crisis is being overplayed. Graham Husson told the
1:29.6	I-News paper that not everyone using a food bank needs to, and advised people to put
1:34.6	another jumper on and learn how to budget. He also said he thought the new Prime Minister
1:39.1	needed to focus on helping small businesses survive this time and rising costs.
1:44.3	Well, what do you plan to do to respond? Have you started using certain services differently?
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