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Woman's Hour

Vicky Pattison, Women's Darts, Period Loss and Iranian Feminists Cyberattack.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

TV personality Vicky Pattison shot to fame on the reality show Geordie Shore, where her extreme party-girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras. Now, she’s taking a long, hard look at her past in a new documentary which centres around her father’s struggle with alcoholism for most of his adult life. She explains to Nuala McGovern how this has, in part, contributed towards her own unhealthy relationship with drinking. We look ahead to this weekend’s historic event in the world of women’s darts as the World Matchplay tournament which takes place in Blackpool is the first female tournament to be fully televised. We catch up with the woman known as ‘Queen of the Palace’, Fallon Sherrock, about her career, her success and also about how the sport has grown. Did you know that diet and exercise can cause period loss, even if you're considered to be a generally healthy person? FHA – functional hypothalamic amenorrhea – is when over-exercising, under-eating or stress causes the body to stop menstruating. It's estimated that FHA affects between 2-5% of women, with 30% of women who exercise, including elite athletes considered to be at peak health, experiencing period loss. On Tiktok, the hashtag #periodloss has over 2.9 million views, and is full of women talking about their experiences with FHA. Nuala is joined by Martha Williams, a Senior Clinical Advice Coordinator at Beat, a charity working to tackle eating disorders, and Olivia Nevill, an online fitness coach who has experienced FHA. At least 20 Iranian feminists, most connected to Iran's #MeToo Movement, have written a letter of complaint to Instagram and Facebook after they were bombarded with thousands of fake followers. They say they've been deliberately targeted and want META - the owner of the social media platforms - to take action. They say they're under a "coordinated cyberattack". Because the bots have made their accounts unmanageable, they've had to put their accounts on private mode which limits their social media reach and the community they're trying to build. Nuala is joined by Samaneh Savadi, an Iranian women’s rights activist based here in the UK.

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0:00.0

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0:04.9

Hello, this is Nule McGovern and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.

0:10.2

I'm wondering, are you a little bleary eyed maybe from staying up late to watch England

0:15.5

play and win against Spain in the Euros last night while it was a nail-biter?

0:21.4

A wonderful result for the Lionesses, two-one leaving a heartbroken Spain on the pitch.

0:27.6

But with such excitement that unfolded over that game, I think there may be more than

0:33.6

a few new football fans.

0:35.7

And are you one of those is what I'm asking this morning.

0:39.0

You know, watching women on the field in this high stakes tournament, did you become a

0:43.8

convert?

0:44.8

Well, if so, you can text Woman's Hour on 84844.

0:48.3

I want to hear from you.

0:50.5

Text will be charged at your standard message rate and you do need to check with your network

0:54.4

provider for exact costs on social medias at BBC Women's Hour or you can email us through

0:59.7

our website.

1:00.7

I'm watching all those platforms for your message at staying with sporting competitions.

1:05.7

Darts is about to have its first televised women's tournament, Queen of the Palace

1:10.5

Fallen Church.

1:11.5

She's going to be with us to tell us what it means for women and the sport looking forward

1:16.2

to speaking to her.

1:17.2

And I'm also looking forward to speaking to TV personality Vicki Patterson.

1:21.0

Now you may know Vicki from the reality show, Jordy Shore.

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