Wonder Woman at 80; Virginity tests; Bridgerton; Choked Up
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
As Wonder Woman 1984 hits video on demand services this week, a new generation is introduced to the superhero styled as Diana Prince. Later this year, she'll celebrate her 80th anniversary - so what is her story? And what makes her so culturally relevant still? G Willow Wilson is one of the women who's written for the comic series.
Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, introduced the Virginity Testing (Prohibition) Bill into the House of Commons in December. His interest was sparked by an investigation for BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women which found that virginity tests are being offered at British medical clinics. Richard joins Anita to explain why he wants to make this controversial practice illegal. She also speaks to Dr. Naomi Crouch, Chair of the British Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology Society and spokesperson for The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Natasha Rattu, barrister & Director of the charity Karma Nirvana.
If the first lockdown was all about watching Normal People on TV, why is this lockdown all about Bridgerton? We hear from writers Marian Keyes and Kathryn Flett and from the Bridgerton star Kathryn Drysdale.
Anjali Raman-Middleton is a 17 year old activist, and one of the founders of Choked Up, a group set up by black and brown teens campaigning for changes to clean air laws. Anjali went to primary school with Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who died, aged 9, in 2013. At an inquest in December, Ella become the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.
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| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.6 | My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:41.0 | Hi everybody, Anita here welcoming you to today's Woman's podcasts. Wonder Woman |
| 0:53.2 | Wonder Woman |
| 0:55.8 | All the world is waiting for you |
| 0:59.4 | and the power you |
| 1:01.6 | Good morning and welcome to your new look Friday Woman's Hour. |
| 1:07.0 | Now how many of you were transported back to seven years old jumping off the sofa and spinning around to that music. |
| 1:13.2 | Well the new Wonder Woman film is out and available to rent so we're talking |
| 1:17.3 | female superheroes later. And it's been quite a week hasn't it? |
| 1:21.2 | Terrible weather, minimum daylight, you might be at the end of your |
| 1:24.8 | tether homeschooling nowhere to go, no one to see, we're in the depths of winter. My God, I'm depressing |
| 1:30.3 | myself. Well we could do with something to look forward to and some |
| 1:33.8 | inspiration so I'd like to know what you are doing to escape, relax and unwind |
| 1:39.6 | this weekend. I'll be cooking something low and slow, maybe going for a lovely walk, |
| 1:45.2 | pouring myself a glass of wine, maybe tentatively planning a holiday. Imagine that, |
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