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Woman's Hour: Plus-Size Fashion; Lesbians on TV; the Real Tennis Sisters; Sarah Jane Morris

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23/01/2015

Plus-Size Fashion; Lesbians on TV; the Real Tennis Sisters; Sarah Jane Morris

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Plus-Size Fashion; Lesbians on TV; the Real Tennis Sisters; Sarah Jane Morris

Plus-size fashion; lesbians on TV; the real tennis sisters; Sarah Jane Morris.

Does plus-size fashion normalise obesity? Real tennis players and sisters Sarah Vigrass and Claire Fahey. Are there enough lesbians on mainstream TV? Sarah Jane Morris sings.

The UK's first plus-size fashion magazine was recently launched. Slink, is hoping to tap into a growing demand for publications that, in the words of its editor, realise "beauty and style doesn't stop at a size 8". Editor of Slink, Rivkie Baum, and weight management expert, Dr Orla Flannery from the University of Chester join Jenni to discuss whether there's been a growth in the acceptability of obesity, and whether it's any good for women? Should women be encouraged to lose weight not justify their obesity?

It's 16 years since Queer as Folk came to our screens, as a new drama focusing on gay life starts on Channel 4 tonight, we'll be asking where are the lesbians in British TV drama?

Real Tennis was played during age of Henry VIII, it's a combination of tennis as we know it now and squash. British sisters, Claire Fahey and Sarah Vigrass are regularly beating some of the top male players in the sport, they join Jenni.

Sarah Jane Morris makes music in many guises, she was the female voice in the communards in the 1980's, but she's also a jazz crooner and a blues singer. Her new album is dedicated to Africa and some of the songs address some uncomfortable social issues, from homophobia in Africa and child soldiers, to honour killings, but the music maintains a sense of vitality and energy. Sarah Jane came into the studio to perform a track from her new album.

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