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Woman's Hour

Rosie's Plaques, Anorexia and Sectioning, Hormones and Learning to Trapeze

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

As Listener Week continues... Nicky e-mailed us about a group in Norwich called Rosie’s Plaques, who put up blue plaques for the brilliant and daring things women have done over the years. Maggie Wheeler from the group joins Emma Barnett to talk about why they do it. Alice emailed in as she wants to address the issue of negative connotations around hormones. She feels that more conversations should happen between mothers and their children about hormones and we should be embracing our hormones and the way we behave because of them. Also joining the discussion will be Dr Farah Ahmed, women’s health specialist. A topic that we feature a lot on Woman’s Hour is eating disorders and the mental health of young people, something that has been particularly highlighted during the pandemic. When it comes to mental health services, we often speak about waiting lists and lack of resources, but one listener, Freya, got in touch because she wanted to share her experience of having anorexia and being sectioned, and coming out the other side. And Liz emailed to tell us about the unusual way she keeps fit: on a trapeze. It was a friend who persuaded to take it up in her late 40s. She'll be explaining how it changed her life and feels like joy therapy, along with Katy Kartwheel - an actress and circus performer, who also teaches aerial skills to people of all ages.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.4

Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:10.0

Day 4 of Listen a Week.

0:11.8

You hopefully know the drill by now.

0:13.7

We give you the keys and you tell us what you would like covering.

0:16.7

I should say good luck to all those receiving or related to those getting GCSE results

0:21.4

today.

0:22.4

I'm sure we'll get a few messages about that.

0:23.8

Certainly later on we had a few about the nerves.

0:26.5

But up on today's programme then let's find out what you have in store for us all.

0:31.2

The Gorilla Art movement putting up blue plaques dedicated to women's achievements by night

0:36.7

and dressed as Rosie the Riveter, no less.

0:39.2

We're limbering up to here from a listener who took up trapezing in her late 40s and the

0:44.1

rebranding of hormones.

0:45.9

Can it be done?

0:46.9

All that to come and more.

0:49.0

But what I want to ask you about today is a listener's experience which we aired earlier

0:52.6

in the week on Tuesday which has prompted many of you to get in touch since with your

0:56.8

responses.

0:57.8

And I have to say very passionate responses indeed.

1:01.2

Jane's relationship with the Ukrainian refugees she took in, a young female student broke

1:06.2

down and she asked her to leave her home.

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