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🗓️ 6 March 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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In part five of our series for International Women's Day 2020, Jen and Mick talk to Helen Lewis, journalist and author of the new book Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights. They talk about speaking up, erasing history, cancel culture, and the #oneballcampaign, among many other things.
Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights is available now, published by Jonathan Cape.
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0:00.0 | Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. |
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0:35.0 | for all women. |
0:36.0 | Hello, welcome to day five of our International Women's Day 2020 series, |
0:41.3 | you lucky beggars. |
0:42.8 | So far this week, Hannah and I |
0:44.6 | chatted to writer, actor, an all-round superstar Amelia |
0:47.4 | Bulmore, about responsible writing, the art of mimicking, |
0:51.1 | and sexy yogurt. M, yeah. |
0:54.0 | Mick had a nata with founding leader of Women's Equality Party activist and author of the new book |
0:59.0 | Five Rules for Rebellion, Sophie Walker about being a positive feminist and her new role as a CEO of the |
1:05.8 | Young Women's Trust. |
1:06.8 | I caught up with Sue Pollard, yes, Guy Sue Pollard, to chat aging, wedding singers and parrots obviously. |
1:14.0 | Yesterday Mick spoke to actor and theatre maker Andrea Heaton about her new play Smile Club |
1:18.5 | and the taming of unruly women. |
1:20.5 | Still to come Mick will be talking to Vivian Hayes, CEO of the Women's Resource |
1:24.6 | Center and Hannah to photographer, writer and activist Samra Habib. |
1:28.8 | I'm tired now, are you? |
1:30.6 | Well, you very shortly won't be as you engage and energise your chuckle and indeed righteous |
1:35.8 | indignation muscles while listening to today's podcast, in which Mick and I talk to journalists |
1:41.7 | and author of new book, |
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