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Woman's Hour

Returning to your childhood bedroom at Christmas, Iranian dolls, Lilia Giugni

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Over the festive period, many people will be returning to stay in the home they grew up in. But when is the right time to clear out a childhood bedroom after its occupants have left home? Should you turn it into a study, pottery studio, or holiday rental the moment the kids have stepped out the door? Or preserve it as a shrine filled with old A Level notes, soft toys, and 90s posters? The protests in Iran are now entering their fourth month with no sign of abating. They were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old who died in custody after being detained by morality police. But Woman's Hour has been in touch with one group of women who are rebelling in a quieter way, with the revival of a simple but ancient tradition. The tradition of making handmade dolls to pass from generation to generation. It's therapeutic, but still proving to be a small but powerful act of defiance. Tanaz Assefi, an artist originally from Iran, is in touch with a woman inside the country who's been travelling around towns and villages collecting handmade dolls. How have women been affected by the digital revolution of the last 30 years? Lilia Giugni will be joining Krupa Padhy to talk about her book "Threat: Why Digital Capitalism is Sexist and How to Resist". Plus the latest on the progress of the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform Bill. And one day after excluding women from university, we find out more about reports that the Taliban have banned girls from primary schools, effectively instituting a total ban on education for women and girls. Presenter Krupa Padhy Producer Clare Walker.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

Hello, this is Crupe Up Artie and you're listening to the Woman's Hour Podcast.

0:09.6

Hello, good to have your company this morning.

0:12.4

The holidays are upon us and many of you will be going back to your childhood homes

0:17.0

or getting ready to welcome home the kids who have flown the nest.

0:20.6

We're going to know what's happened to your childhood bedroom.

0:24.2

Does it look the same, assuring to your younger years?

0:26.9

Or is it completely revamped?

0:29.4

What are your parents or those who raised you dumb with the space?

0:32.6

Maybe it's an office or a gym?

0:34.6

I can share that mine is very much what it was when I left home.

0:38.1

A couple of decades ago, the Brian Adams CDs, they are still on the shelves,

0:41.8

the Bollywood cassettes, they are still in old ice cream tubs

0:45.2

and my high school blazer is still in the cupboard.

0:48.0

What about you?

0:49.0

Do text us 84844, we are on the handle at BBC Woman's Hour over on social media.

0:55.4

You can email us via our website or send us an audio message via WhatsApp.

0:59.8

That number is 03-700-100-4444.

1:04.4

I do look forward to hearing from you.

1:06.2

We here on Woman's Hour often talk about the dangers that women can face in digital spaces.

1:12.7

We are going to take a closer look at this with the author of a new book

1:16.2

who explores the digital revolution over the past 30 years

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