Zelda Perkins has assured they can’t buy our silence

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Standard Issue

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🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, Zelda Perkins broke an NDA of more than 20 years to speak out against Harvey Weinstein. Since then, she’s tirelessly campaigned to end the misuse and abuse of NDAS – non-disclosure agreements – used to silence victims. Her campaigning included setting up Can’t Buy My Silence in 2021, and Mick chatted to her about that at the time. Earlier this month, the Government announced it will ban NDAs designed to silence victims of workplace harassment and discrimination, a change that will be implemented through amendments to the Employment Rights Bill. A week later, the Lords passed it. This is a huge victory for Zelda – and the many brave people who have broken NDAs – after tireless campaigning, so obviously Mick got her back on the podcast to talk about the whats, whys, hows and what’s next. For the full interview, get involved with our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/StandardIssue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Standard issue for all women.
0:03.1	Oh, hey there, and welcome to the Friday episode of Standard Issue.
0:06.9	Brought to you by me, Mickey Noonan, and yet another accidental but formidable female activist.
0:13.8	But before we get to Zelda Perkins and her recent incredible win,
0:17.8	changing the law around NDAs, allow me to big up the podcast that have already gone live this week.
0:25.1	Hannah had a fascinating chat with playwright Karis Kelly about her award-running play consumed,
0:30.4	about Northern Ireland in the Arts, mother-daughter relationships, religion, superstition,
0:35.0	OCD, transgenerational trauma and the different types of blood on stage.
0:40.1	No fainting, please, we're women.
0:42.5	Jen caught up with Natasha Edwards, co-founder of Boldly, a running club which came about
0:47.4	in response to safety concerns for women runners.
0:50.4	They're only joined by the Paula Radcliffe, in it?
0:54.0	Scenes! And if there's some unfathomable reason,
0:58.2	you need reminding of the ego size on your average bloke, Paula, former world, European and
1:04.2	Commonwealth champion Paula Radcliffe, well, has she got a story for you? Talking about misguidedly
1:10.5	massive male egos, we watch flatliners for rated or dated,
1:14.2	in which absolutely no one is willing to turn some lights on so we can see a key for Sutherland properly.
1:19.6	What a week, I know, and now this?
1:22.2	You may recall I first chatted to Zelda Perkins four years ago when she launched Can't By My Silence,
1:27.9	a campaign to end the misuse and abuse of NDAs or non-disclosure agreements.
1:33.3	Zelda broke her NDA back in 2017, the first person to do so in order to speak out
1:39.1	against now convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.
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