Women and science fiction; Say She She
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Throughout the summer we’ve been taking a look into the world of 'genre fiction' – the women who read it and the women who write it. In the latest of this series, we’re going to discuss science fiction. Seen by some as 'a genre for men,' there are lots of women authors and readers who think otherwise. Bafta-nominated screenwriter and playwright, Moira Buffini, who's written The Dig and TV series Harlots, joins Nuala to discuss her debut science fiction novel, Songlight. Larissa Lai, science fiction novelist and professor at University of Toronto, with two novels shortlisted by the Otherwise Award joins Nuala to discuss the genre.
Say She She is a female-led band based out of Brooklyn, New York led by Piya Malik Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, and Nya Gazelle Brown. Their sound has been described as ‘disco-delic with dreamy harmonies’, and they have been crowned one of BBC 6 Music’s Artists of The Year. They are now in the UK to perform at Camp Bestival and All Points East. They join Nuala McGovern to discuss their music, their influences, and the issues that inspire their tracks.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Laura Northedge
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Rory Stewart and I want to talk about ignorance. I will die without having read |
| 0:08.2 | everything that was written in classical Latin. Because ignorance isn't simply the opposite of knowledge. |
| 0:14.7 | It's part of what it means to be human. |
| 0:17.5 | Just about every game I can think of involves ignorance. |
| 0:22.1 | There's no adventure without ignorance. There's no there's no narrative. |
| 0:25.0 | The long history of ignorance from Confucius to Kianan |
| 0:29.0 | with me Rory Stewart, |
| 0:31.0 | listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello, I'm Nula McGovran and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:43.0 | Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast. |
| 0:49.0 | Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour. |
| 0:51.0 | We'll talk about protests being held by women in India in just a moment, but also today |
| 0:56.4 | Have you had a baby with tongue tie? Did you do anything about it? We're gonna have a discussion about the debate over the procedure to release |
| 1:04.0 | the frenulum, that piece of skin under the tongue that's coming up. Also the next installment |
| 1:09.6 | in our genre fiction series, science fiction fan, it is your turn. Traditionally it's |
| 1:15.6 | been considered a male-dominated section, specifically white males. We're |
| 1:19.7 | going to take a look at why that is and what is changing. |
| 1:22.8 | And if you've just been waiting to expand the joy of science fiction |
| 1:27.0 | and who we should be reading, now is your chance. |
| 1:29.0 | You can text the program 8.4, 844 on social media. |
| 1:32.3 | We're at BBC Woman's Hour Hour or you can email us through |
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