Funmi Fetto on her new book, the lack of diversity in the beauty industry and her mission to change it
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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At least 200,000 older people experienced domestic abuse last year – but the over 75s are being overlooked according to Age UK. Caroline Abrahams is the charity director and joins Jane.
Last year, the music journalist Wanna Thompson posted a tweet about the new album of superstar rapper, Nicki Minaj. The tweet went viral and Wanna received thousands of angry replies from superfans of the star. To discuss the impact of superfans’ responses on music journalism, we hear from Hannah Ewens, Vice journalist and author of ‘FanGirls’, and Wanna Thompson, the music journalist at the centre of the Twitter storm.
Funmi Fetto is the Executive Editor and Beauty Director of Glamour magazine. After many years of being asked by friends, family and stranger on the street for advice on beauty products for women of colour, Funmi decided to curate a comprehensive guide, leading to the release of her new book: Palette: The Beauty Bible for Women of Colour. She speaks to Jane about the lack of inclusivity in the beauty industry and her mission to change it.
International bestselling novelist, Johana Gustawsson has just published a new thriller, 'Blood Song'. The investigation takes readers from the terror of Franco’s rule in 1938 to fertility clinics today in Sweden and Spain. Johana draws on her own experiences of IVF and her struggle to conceive to write 'Blood Song'. Writing the novel was not only a cathartic experience for Johana, it also represented the moment that her husband Mattias agreed to be open about his infertility, their need for a sperm donor and the fact that their three boys are the result of IVF.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Kirsty Starkey
Interviewed Guest: Caroline Abrahams Interviewed Guest: Hannah Ewens Interviewed Guest: Wanna Thompson Interviewed Guest: Funmi Fetto Interviewed Guest: Johana Gustawsson Interviewed Guest: Mattias Gustawsson
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| 1:11.6 | This is the Women's Ad Podcast. it's Friday the 4th of October |
| 1:14.8 | 2019 on the podcast today a new book called Pallet the Beauty Bible for Women of |
| 1:20.4 | Color it's by the Beauty editor of Glammer Funme Feteau she's on the |
| 1:24.3 | podcast today. The superfans who cannot wait to rush in and protect their |
| 1:29.1 | idols. They can make life really tough especially if you're a music critic and especially if you're a female music critic as you'll hear on the podcast today. |
| 1:39.0 | And how a best-selling international novelist struggled to conceive with her husband and how their experiences |
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