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Woman's Hour

'Frock up Friday', Sexual harassment in Parliament, Young Conservative women, Fan Girls, Exercising outside

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

New sexual misconduct allegations have been made about a cabinet minister and a top Number 10 aide who serve at the heart of Boris Johnson's government according to a Sky News investigation. They've published testimony from two women who give detailed, first-hand accounts of what they claim happened to them when one was assaulted and the other groped by political figures who are both now in senior roles. Liz Bates is the political correspondent at Sky News and presenter of the Open Secret Podcast. The race to be the next Prime Minister comes to an end of Monday, when either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will enter Number 10. Ella Robertson McKay has recently interviewed both candidates as the National Chair of the Conservative Young Women group – which represents female party members under the age of 35. Ella joins Anita to discuss what each candidate is offering to young women and what Ella’s members think the winner should prioritise. At the start of lockdown in spring 2020 two friends living in Hastings set up a Facebook group for friends to experience the excitement of dressing up on a Friday and getting read to go out when everybody was forced to stay at home. The “Frock up Friday” movement was born and within three weeks the group had 10,0000 members worldwide and now two years later, they number 15,000 and are still growing. The friends who founded the group call themselves the “Mother Frockers” – Beverli Francis and Suzie Simms – and they’ll be joining Anita Rani this morning to talk about their picture book which details many of the fabulous outfits members share, their festival this weekend for online friends to finally meet up in person, as well as their plans for the future. In July the healthcare charity Nuffield Health published data which showed that 47% of women had done no vigorous exercise in the past year. It was quickly pointed out that there might be lots of reasons for this - lack of time and money for example but there are other factors too. Every Body Outdoors is a group of women who are determined to fight for clothing and kit which fits them and they want to see larger and plus-sized people out and doing exercise, Charlotte Petts joins 5 of the group in the Brecon Beacons as they walk and talk about their campaign and their experiences. In the third and final part of our Woman’s Hour series on Fangirls we ask: Is there a darker side to being a fangirl? We speak to freelance writer Jessica Lucas Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Liz Bates Interviewed Guest: Ella Robertson Mckay Interviewed Guest: Beverli Francis Interviewed Guest: Suzie Simms Reporter: Charlotte Petts Interviewed Guest: Jessica Lucas

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:05.2

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:10.3

It is good to be back after a couple of weeks off, but it did feel a bit different this morning

0:15.4

waking up in the dark.

0:17.4

The days are getting shorter, kids are back to school, temperatures are beginning to

0:21.0

drop, but I want to try and cheer you up a bit today because today is frock up Friday.

0:27.6

It was set up by two friends during lockdown.

0:30.2

The idea caught on and they're now about to celebrate their very first in real life festival.

0:36.0

We'll be talking to them a little bit later.

0:38.0

It's basically a simple idea that works a treat and the best bit is absolutely free.

0:44.5

So I'm inviting you all to join in today.

0:46.7

All you have to do, go to your wardrobe and put on something that makes you feel good.

0:52.1

The ball gown that you've never worn.

0:54.5

The fancy dress outfit you wore once.

0:56.9

Your loudest trousers you've never been brave enough to put on.

1:01.0

Today I'm encouraging you to go for it.

1:04.6

Wear those clothes and send us a picture.

1:06.8

You can text the programme.

1:07.8

It's 84844.

1:09.7

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1:12.5

You can contact us on social media.

1:14.2

It's at BBC Woman's Hour.

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