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Woman's Hour: Black Women in the music industry; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

29/07/2020

Black Women in the music industry; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Black Women in the music industry; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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Black Women in the music industry with journalist Jacqueline Springer, artist Fleur East and Grime rapper Lioness MC. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, an extreme form of PMS.

The Black Lives Matter movement has shone a light on a number of areas of society where discrimination and prejudice exists beneath the surface. Today we explore what it’s like to be a black woman and work in the music industry. Jacqueline Springer is a music lecturer and journalist. Fleur East is an artist and songwriter who rose to fame after coming second on the X Factor in 2014. Lioness MC is a Grime rapper who has been making songs for over 10 years.

PMDD, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, an extreme form of premenstrual syndrome or PMS. affects up to one million women in the UK but is little known, and often misdiagnosed. The BBC has carried out its own research and heard the experiences of 4000 women across the UK.  Nearly 3,000 said they’d had suicidal thoughts and around 1,500 self-harmed in the days before their period. To discuss diagnosis and treatment options we hear from Laura Murphy, Director of Education and Awareness for IAPMD (The International Association for Premenstrual Disorders) and Founder of Vicious Cycle : Making PMDD visible, and from Dr Paula Briggs, Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Presented by Jenni Murray
Producer: Louise Corley
Editor: Beverley Purcell

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