Women’s unconscious bias towards other women; and Kim Kardashian’s cultural appropriation
The High Low
The High Low
4.8 • 9.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Kim Kardashian is making all kinds of headlines this week; not because her new baby boy, Chicago, arrived via surrogacy - but because she’s sharing dozens of pics of herself in the nuddy with what she has called ‘Bo Derek’ braids aka: cornrows or Fulani braids. We discuss the knotty issue of cultural appropriation, how it exists within fashion and beauty and speak to Sharmadean Reid, the founder of WAH Nails and Beauty Stack, on why she isn’t offended by Kim’s appropriation of a black hairstyle - but how offence is not a blanket thing. How can and should we navigate the nuances?
Also today, we discuss Trump’s assertion that he isn’t a feminist (snore), why the world’s gone mad for Tupperware (and why no-one has written about this?) and the brilliant Radio 4 show that had us both wincing: are women sexist towards other women? Before you shake your head - take a listen (link in the show notes.) We plunge deep into our unconscious bias and try to be as honest as possible.
A note from Pandora (who writes these bios, because Dolly’s skills lie, let’s say, elsewhere): Dolly’s book, Everything I Know About Love, published by Penguin, is out today. GO BUY IT! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-I-Know-About-Love/dp/0241322715
Links
The Mothers, by Brit Bennett https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mothers-Brit-Bennett/dp/0399184511
Ex-convicts on how to go ‘straight', on BBC Radio 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b074zbxg
Why are even women biased against other women? On BBC Radio 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09pl66d
An interview with Helena Morrissey, by Eleanor Mills for The Sunday Time Magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/helena-morrissey-nine-kids-and-a-mega-salary-has-she-found-the-secret-to-having-it-all-k2h6ktjkk
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 45 of The Highlo, the weekly news, current affairs and pop culture |
| 0:20.8 | podcast brought to you by journalist Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes. |
| 0:25.6 | I've learnt all the different decibels that you reach when you do that in Troma. |
| 0:29.7 | I actually did it with my eyes closed. |
| 0:31.9 | Welcome to the highlo. |
| 0:33.3 | That's not even an expression. |
| 0:34.3 | I do it with my eyes closed. |
| 0:36.5 | I really like it also. |
| 0:37.9 | I'm not looking at gift-tours in the mouth because as you know, |
| 0:40.5 | I have a chronic fear of doing the intro. |
| 0:42.9 | Thank you very much to all the high-lay listeners who came to our event at Liberty. |
| 0:47.4 | It was such a nice event. |
| 0:49.5 | I loved it so much. |
| 0:51.0 | And we learnt that Liberty is made from two ships. |
| 0:55.2 | Dolly has obsessed. |
| 0:56.4 | I just can't believe it. |
| 0:57.9 | And many sailed in her. |
| 1:00.5 | Many sailed in her. |
| 1:01.8 | She was on the high seas and then she sailed to Oxford Circus. |
| 1:07.2 | This is actually true. |
| 1:08.4 | This is not me. |
| 1:09.0 | It sailed. |
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