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Woman's Hour: Courtney Love; Michelle Collins; Political Game Changers

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Weekend Woman's Hour

05/04/2014

Courtney Love; Michelle Collins; Political Game Changers

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Courtney Love; Michelle Collins; Political Game Changers

Courtney Love on Kurt Cobain and the 'insanity' of fame. Presented by Jane Garvey.

Courtney Love on Kurt Cobain and the 'insanity' of fame, soap star Michelle Collins on the 'Rovers fear', and who are today's political Game Changers? Presented by Jane Garvey.

Courtney Love is known for the music she made with her band Hole and for her solo career as a musician and actress. And she's also known as the widow of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain. It's 20 years now since his suicide and Courtney discusses her life, music and career, and the role she'll play when Nirvana are inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame.

Actress Michelle Collins on her wide and varied career and the 'Rover's fear' phenomenon.

Was Margaret Thatcher a political game changer? Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston and Labour activist and commentator Emma Burnell consider who are the female game changers in British politics today?

It's not uncommon for one feminist to tell another to 'check her privilege' - a reminder that some women face other forms of discrimination including racism. Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, the American academic who coined the term 'intersectionality' in 1989 to describe discrimination faced by Black women, explains why it's still relevant today.

Also a genuine pioneer, the American electronic composer and accordionist Pauline Oliveros.

Does society undervalue female friendship? Writer Dawn O'Porter and Baroness Shirley Williams explore the important role friendship plays in a woman's life.
And how often do you phone home and speak to your mum?

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Editor: Anne Peacock
Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed.

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