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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Kate Winslet, Appearance, Carrie Brownstein

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kate Winslet - on her new film The Dressmaker and why she wants to shield her children from social media.
Appearance: a Woman's Hour Poll shows women spend on average 40 minutes a day on their appearance. Phillippa Diedrichs from the Centre for Appearance Research and Sali Hughes, beauty writer for the Guardian, discuss why appearance is so important. Reality TV star turned businesswoman Amy Childs and philosopher Mahlet Zimeta discuss how we use appearance to reflect how we want others to see us.
The Business of Beauty why the British beauty industry is worth an estimated £9 billion.
Three young men discuss how their anxieties over appearance have affected their lives.
Explaining the Paris attacks to teenagers - with information streaming in from all directions what is the best way to talk to young people about terrorism?
Carrie Brownstein's feminist punk band Sleater Kinney grew out of the Washington State Riot Grrrl scene in the 1990's which put women to the fore of music. In a new memoir Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl she talks about her life in music.
Plus, women in jazz - why are they so much more likely to be singers than musicians? Pianist and composer Zoe Rahman and big band leader Issie Barratt share their insider views. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Winslet
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Woods
Interviewed Guest:
Nicky Cox
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Childs
Interviewed Guest:
Mahlet Zimeta
Interviewed Guest:
Phillippa Diedrichs
Interviewed Guest:
Sali Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Sonia Haria
Interviewed Guest:
Vivienne Rudd
Interviewed Guest:
Carrie Brownstein
Interviewed Guest:
Zoe Rahman
Interviewed Guest:
Issie Barratt

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