Red lipstick, Nigel Slater, Joan Smith and abortion in the US
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Red is the best-selling lipstick colour on the market for most brands. Beauty journalist Rachel Felder, author of ‘Red Lipstick’ has explored the origins and history of red lipstick, looking at its association with film stars, the aristocracy, its sex appeal, its power and glamour. She joins Jenni to discuss why the colour has stuck around for centuries, along with Florence Adepoju the founder of a lipstick brand who studied how to make cosmetics at the London College of Fashion. .
Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases. Earlier this year the governors of four other states - Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio - signed bills banning abortion if an embryonic heartbeat can be detected. Jenni speaks to National Public Radio’s correspondent, Sarah McCammon.
Nigel Slater’s newest book Greenfeast: Spring, Summer is the first in a pair of season –led vegetable books. The second comes out in October for the autumn and winter months. Nigel discusses eating less meat and his collection of recipes for spring and summer vegetables.
Jenni is joined by journalist and author, Joan Smith, to discuss her new book ‘Home Grown: how domestic violence turns men into terrorists’. She questions why, in the debate about what makes a terrorist, a striking common factor has long been overlooked - a history of domestic abuse.
Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Kirsty Starkey
Interviewed Guest: Sarah McCammon Interviewed Guest: Nigel Slater Interviewed Guest: Joan Smith Interviewed Guest: Rachel Felder Interviewed Guest: Florence Adepoju
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| 0:34.4 | Hello, Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Womons-hour podcast for Thursday, the 16th of May. |
| 0:40.4 | Now, Nigel Slater's latest is Green Feast, the first of a pair of seasonal |
| 0:46.2 | Vegetarian cookery book Spring and Summer Now, Autumn and Winter later in the |
| 0:50.9 | year, and a lemon meringue pie which features in his story toast and was he says the dish that changed everything. |
| 1:00.0 | Joan Smith, known for her book Misogonies, analyzes homegrown terrorism, how domestic violence turns men into terrorists, and as red lipstick continues to be the best-selling colour, why has it been a beauty icon for centuries? |
| 1:17.0 | As I'm sure you've heard in the news, abortion and the law is becoming one of the most hotly |
| 1:22.0 | debated subjects in the United States. |
| 1:25.0 | This week, Alabama has become the fifth state since January, |
| 1:29.0 | effectively to ban termination of pregnancy. |
| 1:32.0 | There are no exceptions except when the life of the woman is at risk |
| 1:36.1 | and any doctor found to have carried out the operation could face a prison sentence of 99 years. |
| 1:46.5 | Why is it happening now and what might happen country wide if the issue is put before the Supreme Court? Well Sarah McGammon is National Public |
| 1:51.9 | Radio's National Correspondent and joined us from Virginia. |
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