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Woman's Hour

TikTok sleuths, Widows, Politicising Taylor Swift, Surgery critics 'silenced'

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday, Kate Garraway returned to Good Morning Britain following the loss of her husband, Derek. She spoke about her reaction to being called a widow for the first time, by a delivery man, apologising for her loss. Anita Rani speaks to Poorna Bell, a journalist and author who lost her husband in 2015, and Karen Sutton, host of The Widow Podcast, who became a trained grief coach after her husband passed away in 2016.

Anita Rani talks to a woman who says a cosmetic surgery clinic tried to silence her after she reported concerns about her eye operation. Signature clinic is taking five people in total to court after they posted negative reviews or comments on support groups. A judge has thrown out an attempt to get a gagging order against one of them. BBC reporter Melanie Abbott speaks to the woman concerned. And that woman's solicitor tells Anita what she thinks this judgement means for free speech.

A trend is surfacing on social media, where women reach out to one another with a request - Can you find out if my partner is cheating on me? Anita speaks to Becky Hayes from The Laura and Becky Show podcast, who is creating social media content out of these requests and a journalist who has researched the subject, Beth Ashley, for a discussion on the morality of social media investigators. Although payments are not taken for these requests and identities are kept secret, some might ask whether it’s appropriate to make humorous content, out of what could possibly be very devastating news for someone. And without the context of the relationship to inform them, whether the trend invade people’s privacy.

Fans are eagerly waiting to see if Taylor Swift will make it from Tokyo to Las Vegas in time to support her American footballer boyfriend Travis Kelce at the US Super Bowl this Sunday. Many in the Trump camp are watching closely too, as right-wing conspiracy theories run wild that the pop megastar might use the event to influence the presidential elections. What is going on? Anita talks to BBC reporter Holly Honderich, based in Washington.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Emma Harth

Transcript

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I'm John Ronson and I'm an invisible enemy.

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That changed people psychologically.

0:08.0

Words can be dangerous if you don't know the context.

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We were told to stay at home.

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We lived with an invisible enemy,

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with only the internet for company.

0:19.0

That changed people psychologically.

0:21.0

I'm John Ronson, and I'll be unerthing the roots of the

0:24.4

culture wars that engulfed us then and still do now.

0:29.2

The award-winning podcast, Things Fell Apart Returns.

0:33.0

Listen on BBC Sounds.

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BBC Sounds.

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BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.

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Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Womons Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:52.0

Good morning and welcome to Friday's woman's hour. Now Kate Garaway went back to work

0:57.1

yesterday. It was her first day back after the death of her husband Derek Draper and

1:01.6

this is what she said on Good Morning Britain.

1:04.7

The other day somebody called me a widow for the first time took a breath away.

1:08.3

It was an Amazon delivery person who said I'm so sorry for your loss lost now that you're a widow and you suddenly

1:13.8

realize and I suddenly realize what everyone goes through that it's every single

1:18.1

moment moment is something you we've all just got to get through it and everybody has it with all sorts of things they're facing.

1:25.0

Kate Garaway there talking on GMB on I TV the clip came courtesy of I TV studios.

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