Sofie Hagen Happy Fat, Margaret Thatcher, Rosacea
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The Danish comedian and podcaster Sofie Hagen talks about what she sees as endemic fatphobia in our society.
We discuss Margaret Thatcher’s legacy for women in politics with the Conservative MP for Saffron Walden Kemi Badenoch and with Ayesha Hazarika, former special adviser to Harriet Harman.
The author Esther Wojcicki gives us tips and advice on how to raise successful people.
We discuss the debilitating skin condition Rosacea with Dr Emma Wedgeworth and the beauty blogger Lex Gillies.
We hear from one of Ireland’s most famous singers Mary Black.
In her latest novel, A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes tells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective.
And we discuss the film 8th Grade and its portrayal of a young teenager in the age of social media with the film critic Rhianna Dhillon and University student Steph Campbell.
Presented by Jane Garvey Produced by Rabeka Nurmahomed Edited by Jane Thurlow
Interviewed guest: Sofie Hagen Interviewed guest: Kemi Badenoch Interviewed guest: Ayesha Hazarika Interviewed guest: Esther Wojcicki Interviewed guest: Emma Wedgeworth Interviewed guest: Lex Gillies Interviewed guest: Mary Black Interviewed guest: Natalie Haynes Interviewed guest: Rhianna Dhillon Interviewed guest: Steph Campbell
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| 0:41.0 | Hi good afternoon and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour. This week it's podcasts. Margaret Thatcher, it's fair to say she is still dividing opinion. |
| 0:54.1 | Also at this afternoon, Fatphobia and Sophie Hagen, the comedian, |
| 0:59.4 | on the idea that the only socially acceptable fat person is one is trying to lose weight. |
| 1:05.6 | I won't go to this party until I'm thin. I won't talk to this boy I like until I'm thin. |
| 1:10.4 | I won't be happy till I'm thin. And you kind of lived in this imaginary world and you keep trying to tell people |
| 1:15.8 | oh I'll just have a salad because I'm on a diet so don't worry I don't want to make you uncomfortable |
| 1:20.2 | with my fatness. |
| 1:21.7 | Really interesting talking to Sophie Hagen this week. |
| 1:25.0 | We've also got the author Natalie Haynes on the story of the Trojan War from an all-female |
| 1:30.0 | perspective. |
| 1:31.0 | We'll talk about the coming of age film for our time, 8th grade came out this |
| 1:35.0 | week in the UK and we'll discuss the debilitating skin condition Rosacea. |
| 1:40.2 | My friends would sort of ask if I was drunk or if I was embarrassed or you know I've had experiences in the past where I've been at work and I was talking to my boss and it was a stressful situation so my skin started flaring up and one of my colleagues |
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