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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: The Staves; fat-shaming; feminist teen bloggers

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Harmony from three sisters - The Staves perform. A blogger talks about her experience of 'fat-shaming' and how she's been subjected to verbal abuse in public. Britain's first female professional boxing coach on her hopes for her young fighters. Writer Sarah Dunant discusses the impact of the Borgias on history and their predilection for murder and intrigue. The online petition to keep women on our fivers. How the sisterhood is being divided by a new breed of elite 'XX Factor' women, according to Professor Alison Wolf. Teenagers taking a stand, here and in the US.
Presented by Jane Garvey.

Producer: Louise Corley
Editor: Anne Peacock. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Producer:
Louise Corley
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Dunant
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Wolf

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