The Handbag’s Tale and why effective protests needn’t be violent

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🗓️ 20 September 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Twas the week that Margaret Atwood took her handbag to the Emmys - sorry, Margaret Atwood’s handbag took Margaret Atwood to the Emmys - and whilst some people are focusing on Issa Rae’s commentary, Dolly’s focusing on Margie and her shoulder holdall.In MIN (more important news) a number of protests this week have got us thinking: are points best made with spitting and shouting? In specific reference to the 60-year-old woman punched at the discussion of gender, at speaker’s corner last week; and the fur protest at London Fashion Week.Top Line highlights this week includes an update on the case of PETA vs the photographer who ‘nicked’ a monkey’s selfie; and the lunacy that is a 12-year old girl, groomed via Instagram by a paeophile into sending a topless picture of herself, facing charges for sharing pictures of an underage girl. Even though she, aged 12, is the girl in question. Legal loophole, anyone?Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes. You can e-mail us thehighlowshow@gmail.com or tweet us @thehighlowshow.WATCHING/ LISTENING Doctor Foster on BBC iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0960dlf/doctor-foster-series-2-episode-3New Scandi noir Black Lake on BBC iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b081clh5/black-lake-episode-1WTF with Anne Hathaway http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-801-anne-hathaway-aimee-mannWTF with David Remnick http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-830-david-remnickDavid Remnick on Here's The Thing http://www.wnyc.org/story/htt-david-remnick/The Power of Vulnerability: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Health-Personal-Development/The-Power-of-Vulnerability-Audiobook/B00CYKEBVI The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronsonhttps://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Film-Radio-TV/The-Butterfly-Effect-with-Jon-Ronson-Audiobook/B073JVBDTMREADINGCamila Batmanghelidjh interview with Camilla Cavendish in The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-interview-camila-batmanghelidjh-founder-of-kids-company-sftth9077What it’s like to be fat in France: Gabrielle Deydier on ‘grossophobia’ for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/10/gabrielle-deydier-fat-in-france-abuse-grossophobia-book-women

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