Fussy eaters, Parliament that works for women, Passing for white, Terri White - editor-in-chief Empire magazine
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when your toddler is a fussy eater? A guide for parents about fussy eating which has been available for over ten years, has just been re-evaluated by 25 mothers. Jenni hears from Amanda, a mother of two daughters, plus one of the academics behind the guide, Claire Farrow, Professor in Children's Eating Behaviour at Aston University, Birmingham.
The system of proxy voting for MPs on baby leave is due to expire this summer. Last year, Andrea Leadsom, then Leader of the House of Commons, announced that MPs could take baby leave. Men would get two weeks and women would get six months and they can, if they choose, vote by proxy. So, what is likely to happen now? And what can be done to prevent gender equality in Parliament from being seen as a luxury add-on as the country faces the current health and economic challenges of Covid-19? We hear from Andrea Leadsom MP and Sarah Childs, Professor of Politics and Gender at Royal Holloway, University of London.
To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream. In her thirties, she moved from the UK to New York to edit magazines and went on to become one of Folio's Top Women in US Media. In reality, she was rapidly sliding towards a mental health crisis that would land her in a locked psychiatric ward as her past caught up with her. The now editor-in-chief of Empire magazine describes her time in New York and her traumatic childhood of physical and sexual abuse in a new memoir, 'Coming Undone'.
We speak to Dr Janine Bradbury, Senior Lecturer in Literature at York St John University, about the history of 'passing for white' novels and films, many of which offer deeply problematic representations of mixed race women. Books mentioned by Dr Bradbury: The House Behind the Cedars by Charles Chestnutt, Passing by Nella Larsen, Caucasia by Danzy Senna, The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett
Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Dianne McGregor
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| 0:21.0 | And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less |
| 0:25.0 | searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:34.6 | Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Women's Our Podcast for Friday the 3rd of July. |
| 0:40.5 | Good morning. |
| 0:41.8 | In today's programme How to Cope if you have a toddler who's a fussy |
| 0:46.3 | eater. Why do they do it and will they grow out of it? The phenomenon ofian for White as demonstrated in a successful new novel |
| 0:56.0 | The Vanishing Half. |
| 0:57.0 | We examine the history and impact of novels and films |
| 1:01.0 | where a mixed-race woman conceals her black inheritance. |
| 1:06.0 | And coming undone the effects of childhood sexual and physical abuse on Terry White, who's |
| 1:11.6 | now editor-in-chief of Empire magazine. |
| 1:16.1 | Now on Wednesday afternoon, the Commons Procedure Committee met to discuss the workings |
| 1:20.4 | of the House of Commons. One issue under consideration rather stood out. |
| 1:26.0 | The system of proxy voting for those MPs on baby leave is due to expire this summer |
| 1:32.3 | on the 28th of July. You may remember that in early |
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