Singer-songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The Supreme Court are today announcing their judgement on the so-called "pizza test". That is whether a residential or home carer who "sleeps in" is entitled to the minimum wage. The reason it is named the "pizza test" is that they are required to be on site, and cannot leave to go and buy a pizza, even if they're not actually performing some specific caring activity. The case was brought by a highly-qualified care support worker called Clare Tomlinson-Blake. If the Supreme Court find in her favour it will have huge implications as it could cost the sector over £400 million in back pay. Anita Rani is joined by our reporter, Melanie Abbott, who has been speaking to Claire, and Christina McAnea, the general secretary of UNISON.

The British multi-national consumer goods company, Unilever announced last week that it will remove the word ‘normal’ from 200 of its beauty products, in an attempt to create a ‘more inclusive definition of beauty’. They will also ban excessive editing of photos in relation to ‘body shape, size proportion and skin colour’. This includes models, as well as social media influencers who have been paid to promote its products. Florence Adepoju, founder of MDMflow and Sasha Pallari, the make-up artist who campaigned for better regulations on social media beauty advertisements, discuss why diversity in the beauty industry is important and what brands can do to work towards inclusivity.

All week on Woman's Hour we have been thinking about and discussing the murder of Sarah Everard. Today Jacqueline Rose is one of the world's leading feminist literary and cultural critics discusses her new book, 'On Violence and On Violence Against Women'.

The singer-songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson has a rare sound that combines classical music and eclectic soul. She was nominated for her first MOBO Award in 2012. Her recent release 'Rise Up', featuring Akala, has become a revolutionary anthem for young Black people. Part of the WOW UK Festival, which is online now and will be running until Sunday 21st March, she joins Anita in the studio.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Claire Tomlinson-Blake Interviewed Guest: Christina McAnea Interviewed Guest: Florence Adepoju Interviewed Guest: Sasha Pallari Interviewed Guest: Jacqueline Rose Interviewed Guest: Ayanna Witter-Johnson

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0:00.0	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:04.6	My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:08.4	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable
0:14.3	experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC
0:20.4	makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
0:24.6	poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.
0:29.7	If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.
0:36.0	BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.
0:41.0	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from podcasts. Now how many of you picked up an instrument at school and how far did you get with it?
0:54.4	Well my recorder playing got only as far as a very out of tune, O'Claire d'Aloon.
0:59.8	We're going to have some music today.
1:01.3	Thankfully for all of you listening.
1:03.0	I'm not going anywhere near a recorder.
1:05.2	We have an absolute treat in store for you
1:07.1	in the form of cellist and all-round musical wonder,
1:10.4	Ayana Whitter Johnson.
1:11.6	If you know who she is, you'll already be excited and if you don't I'm excited for you.
1:16.4	We're also discussing beauty and its definition. What are normal beauty standards? Is there such a thing? Does the world around you and the images of beauty make you feel beautiful or the opposite make you feel insecure about how you look to the point where you alter your own image. Do use
1:35.1	filters on your own photos to change how you look to fit in with these perceived
1:39.1	notions of what it means to be beautiful. We'll get into inclusivity in the beauty industry with two very impressive
1:45.3	women leading the way to change beauty standards. And of course I would love to hear from you. How do you feel about the way you look?
1:52.4	And just how extreme have you gone with these filters? How do you feel about the way you look?
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