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Woman's Hour

Mina Smallman, Flexible working laws, Dr Gladys McGarey, Barbie set design and The Wizard of Oz

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The law on flexible working changed this week. New rules should make it easier for employees to argue for a flexible working arrangement. It’s the culmination of years of hard work and campaigning for more family friendly workplaces. Anita speaks to the Minister for Small Business, Kevin Hollinrake, and Amy Butterworth from the flexible working consultancy Timewise.

Dr Gladys McGarey, cofounder of the American Holistic Medical Association, began her medical practice at a time when women couldn't even own their own bank accounts. She’s now 102 years old and still practicing as a doctor. She started medical school just before the Second World War, married a fellow doctor, Bill and together they practised medicine and had six children. Dr Gladys joins Nuala to talk about her new book, The Well-Lived Life.

The mother whose daughters were murdered, and their photographs then shared on a police WhatsApp group, speaks to Nuala from the launch of a new organisation designed to help stamp out misogyny, sexism and racism in the police. Mina Smallman has become an activist since the death of her daughters in 2020, and she wants to see change.

The Irish singer-songwriter Roisin Murphy first rose to fame in the 90s as one half of the electronic pop duo Moloko. She has gone on to have a successful solo career and has a new album out soon. She joins Anita live in the studio to talk about her music and creating this latest album.

As the film Barbie opens in cinemas today, Set Decorator Katie Spencer and Production Designer Sarah Greenwood discuss how they created Barbieland in a real life space, the invasion of everything pink, and how they approached the film having never played with Barbies themselves.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lottie Garton

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:06.0

Hello, Anita Rani here. Welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour.

0:09.6

This is where we've curated a selection of the finest

0:13.0

interviews from the week just gone just for you.

0:15.6

Coming up this afternoon, best-selling author,

0:17.7

Kathleen Moran, explains why she's turned her hand

0:20.5

to writing about men.

0:22.2

When people are angry, it's usually that they're scared.

0:25.0

I think anger is fear brought to the boil.

0:26.7

And it's like, why are boys scared of women

0:28.7

and the progress they've had?

0:30.2

And I was suddenly like, I need to scrap the project

0:32.3

that I'm working on, and I need to write this book now.

0:34.8

The wonderful singer-songwriter, Olivia Dean,

0:37.1

tells us all about her debut album, Messi.

0:39.8

Plus, Alex South talks about her new book

0:42.3

and shares her experiences of working

0:44.5

as a prison officer from the age of 22.

0:47.1

And we'll be hearing about the hair pulling disorder,

0:50.1

tricker-tillomania, and the impact it can have.

0:52.7

The disorder has caused me to essentially live

0:55.6

with a blake of shame around my inability

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