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The High Low

Ireland’s abortion referendum; and a deep-dive into the royal wedding

The High Low

The High Low

Society & Culture

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, we discuss why Ireland’s proposed repeal of the 8th amendment on 25th May, is so important. We learn about Ireland’s history (from the brutal 'symphysiotomy’ procedure, to the abuse of unmarried mothers in mother and baby homes like Bon Secours) and talk to Irish writer, Caroline O’Donoghue about what pro-choice campaigners learned from Brexit’s liberal echo chamber.


And of COURSE, we discuss the royal wedding. From the funny bits (he-llo Bishop Michael Curry) to the starry bits (Oprah, hashtag kween); the cringe bits (hi Suits cast on Instagram) to the emo bits (Harry thanking his “pa”); and, of course, the socio-political bits (is this the first time the media has used the term ‘bi-racial’? And why is that so meaningful?) we cover it all.


We’ll be doing a *live* episode of The High Low at the Möet & Chandon summer house in London on the 8th June, and you can sign up here > www.moetsummerhouse.com


Links for this week’s show


Justice for Noura Change.Org petition https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-noura-maritalrape-deathsentence-sudan


The Let Down, on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80198635


The Scarlett Letter Reports, hosted by Amanda Knox for Broadly https://www.facebook.com/TheScarletLetterReports/


The Real Housewives of Cheshire, on ITVBe https://www.itv.com/hub/the-real-housewives-of-cheshire/2a3398 


Euthanasia: one family’s story, by Mark Smith for The Times Magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/euthanasia-one-familys-story-3jl83tgbr


This Is Ireland - a short documentary on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB7Ifu4nl0U


Abortion: Ireland's last taboo by Janice Turner for The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abortion-irelands-last-taboo-mbgh7c79m


Elaine Welteroth on the media’s embrace of the term, ‘bi-racial’ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi-0XssloBl/?hl=en&taken-by=elainewelteroth


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the first woke royals, by India Knight for The Sunday Times Magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/the-sunday-times-magazine/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-are-the-first-woke-royals-this-was-a-royal-wedding-for-everyone-8d0g2xzpg


Reads Like A Four podcast: https://www.acast.com/readslikeafour 


A Very English Scandal on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p065sk93 


Tig Notaro on Fresh Air: 


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 56 of The High Learn. The weekly news and pop culture pop

0:19.8

cards brought to you by journalist Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes.

0:24.0

We're going to nose dive straight into the heaving mail bag.

0:27.8

We had an interesting email from a listener called Olivia in regards to Georgina Chapman's

0:32.7

Vogue interview which we discussed on our live episode a couple of weeks ago which we

0:36.9

very much enjoyed. Thank you very much to everyone who attended.

0:39.4

Had a very good time in the self-just food all afterwards.

0:41.9

37 pounds later in a stomachache.

0:44.2

Anyway, back to Olivia's email which was in reference to one of our topics.

0:48.6

Choosing US Vogue certainly did weave together her roles as both fashion designer and wife,

0:53.1

which I'm sure many like you would have preferred would kept separate.

0:56.2

But the two are intrinsically linked. The context helped to spell the often inferred.

1:00.6

Her career has got to wear it as because Harvey bullied stylish to wear her clothes on the red carpet.

1:05.5

A reductive and undermining conclusion. She was clearly able to call in favours from Hollywood,

1:10.5

but it is not as if calling in favours or using your name as unheard of in fashion.

1:14.4

Think Victoria Beckham and Stella McCartney. It transformed her from a two-dimensional,

1:18.6

pretty wife to a well-rounded human struggling to come to grips with her reality,

1:22.5

but determined to move forward for children. Yes, Vogue is primarily a fashion bible,

1:26.9

but it's also a magazine that captures the zeitgeist.

1:29.4

And in a post-MeToo age where the spirit of the moment is one where women are speaking up,

1:33.7

Georgina too has the right to speak up and not be silent because of the actions of a man.

1:38.0

She should also be able to do so using a forum that she knows and is comfortable with

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