Women in Star Wars; Pelvic Floor; The Real Derry Girls;
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The Star Wars saga, which started in 1977, has come to an end with the release of Episode 9 - The Rise of Skywalker. How has the representation of women changed, throughout the generations, in one of the biggest sci-fi franchises of all time? Anna Smith is a film critic and host of the feminist film podcast Girls on Film. Victoria Upton is a member of the Norwich Star Wars Fan Club. Gabriella Geisinger is the deputy movies editor at Digital Spy.
Is your pelvic floor too tight? What are the signs, what are the causes and what exercises can you do to help? Emma speaks to Maggie Blott, a consultant obstetrician at the Royal Free Hospital and Marta Kinsella, pelvic health and rehabilitation physiotherapist.
For a second time, we visit Northern Ireland's second city Londonderry - the setting for the hit TV Channel 4 comedy. Reporter, Kathleen Carragher meets four ‘real life’ teenage 'Derry Girls'. They talked about a range of issues from changes to the law on abortion and equal marriage to why Nadine Coyle’s presence in the jungle on 'I’m A Celebrity' made the hearts of Derry’s teenagers swell with pride. Torrie, Sarah and Mollie all from St Mary's College in Derry and Ellee Dean is from the North West Regional College.
Having to leave a child's bedside when they're being cared for in hospital can be a huge wrench. To help reduce the separation anxiety, a third of neonatal units in the UK are now using an app that helps parents stay in touch with their premature babies 24 hours a day. Doctors and nurses can send photos and video updates to parents when they can't be with their baby in hospital. So far, around five thousand families have used the service. Katharine Da Costa is a reporter for BBC South.
Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Olivia Cope
Interviewed Guest: Victoria Upton Interviewed Guest: Gabriella Geisinger Interviewed Guest: Anna Smith Interviewed Guest: Maggie Blott Interviewed Guest: Marta Kinsella Reporter: Kathleen Carragher Interviewed Guest: Katharine Da Costa
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:04.7 | Hello and welcome to Friday's edition of The Woman's Hour podcast with me, Emma Barnett. |
| 0:09.8 | Now the Christmas cinema battle is on. |
| 0:12.5 | In one corner, little women and the other, Star Wars the rise of Skywalker. |
| 0:17.7 | One is expressly targeted at women and the other used to be seen as one for the boys. |
| 0:23.9 | But since the Star Wars saga began in 1977, |
| 0:27.3 | how has the representation of women changed in one of the biggest sci-fi franchises of all time? |
| 0:33.2 | And why? |
| 0:34.3 | Anna Smith is a film critic and host of the feminist film podcast Girls on Film. |
| 0:39.0 | Victoria Upton is a member of the Norwich Star Wars fan club, |
| 0:42.6 | and Gabriela Geisinger is the Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy. |
| 0:47.2 | Welcome to all of you. |
| 0:48.0 | Anna, if I start with you and ask, has Star Wars come a long way in terms of female characters |
| 0:53.6 | and perhaps appeal to female cinema girls? |
| 0:56.7 | I think so. It's a case sometimes of two step forwards and one step back. |
| 0:59.6 | I think we've always had strong women in command characters, |
| 1:03.4 | obviously princess layer, general layer, is a strong female character. |
| 1:07.2 | But at the same time, she was quite of objectified and subjected to sexual harassment |
| 1:11.2 | actually in return of the Jedi. |
| 1:13.1 | Now, what was it about that bikini and that whole look that makes you say that? |
| 1:16.9 | Well, it was more about, actually, her interactions and also an Empire Strikes Back |
| 1:20.8 | with Harrison Ford's character, Han Solo, |
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