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Woman's Hour

Jacqueline Wilson, Women and Journalism, Pensions Campaign and Alcohol Marketing

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson joins tells us about her new book Love Frankie about a teenager falling in love for the first time. Frankie lives with her two sisters and her recently divorced mum who is seriously ill with MS and is being bullied by a girl called Sally and her gang at school. But eventually the two girls strike up a friendship and as they spend more time together, Frankie starts to develop stronger feelings for Sally. Jacqueline tells Jenni why, having written over a hundred books, this is the first she has written about same sex relationships following her decision to reveal that she herself was gay earlier this year.

A report by Women in Journalism shows that there is still a shocking lack of diversity among our media. The report revealed that no UK newspaper had a front page story by a Black reporter in the week studied, and out of 174 front page bylines, just two were written by BAME women. Out of a total of 723 radio reporter appearances, just 4 were by Black women and when non-white expert guests were asked to appear on radio and TV news, it was often to support coverage related to race. We discuss how this lack of diversity impacts the news that is covered and also what this means for women's careers as journalists.

Campaigners affected by the state pension age being changed from 60 to 66 for women have lost their appeal against a High Court ruling. Senior judges unanimously dismissed the appeal led by Julie Delve and Karen Glynn, backed by the campaign group BackTo60. They said despite having sympathy for the women involved, it was not a case of unlawful discrimination under EU and human rights laws and that the changes were a "long-overdue move towards gender equality". Around 3.8 million women have been affected by raising the state pension age and Unison, the UK's largest trade union, said doing so with "next to no notice" has had a calamitous effect on the retirement plans of a generation of women. Jenni speaks to Joanne Welch the director of BackTo60 to find out what options are available to them now.

Have you ever thought about the way that alcohol is marketed when it comes to women? Do you find it patronising or fun? A growing number of marketing companies and campaigns are using the colour pink, glitter and the slogan ‘female empowerment’ to sell alcoholic beverages. Does it work? Carol Emslie is a Professor of substance use and misuse at the School of Health and Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University. Kate Baily is a podcast host and the co-author of Love Yourself Sober – a self-care guide to alcohol-free living for busy mothers and Dr Athanasia Daskalopoulou is a Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Liverpool Management School.

Producer: Clare Walker

Transcript

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0:41.0

Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the

0:43.6

Women's Our podcast for the 17th of September 2020. Good morning. The

0:50.7

campaign group back to 60 has lost its appeal for women born in the 1950s

0:56.4

to have the pensions they expected to receive restored. What options are

1:01.2

available to them now?

1:03.4

Women in journalism have produced a report showing a lack of diversity in the media?

1:08.8

What does the majority of the male, pale and posh say about what news is covered and the careers of female

1:15.8

journalists and the sale of alcohol to women. Why has advertising become pink and

1:22.3

glittery with the slogan female empowerment.

1:27.8

Dame Jacqueline Wilson is one of our most popular writers for children and young people with 111 books to her name.

1:35.8

She's a former children's lariat and she's often tackled themes such as divorce and

1:40.6

adoption which were considered controversial at the time.

1:44.7

Her latest publication, Love Frankie, is about Frankie, who lives with her two sisters, her

1:50.9

mother and a dog called Bear. Her mother has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and the day

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