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Woman's Hour: Fridge Girl, Gen Z, bell hooks

Fridge Girl, Gen Z, bell hooks

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Fridge Girl, Gen Z, bell hooks

How a fridge falling on a woman dancing could have actually been a good thing!

Ebony Louise Barrett has now become Fridge Girl, after a video she put on TikTok went viral. It was a tall, free-standing fridge falling on top of her as she danced. She's OK, but even Janet Jackson has picked up on it. How has it changed her life? 

Three young women from Generation Z talk about the big social issues of the year, and why they feel the label 'woke', which is often attached to this age group, is off the mark. We have Maisie Thompson from Manchester, Jessie Stevens from Devon and Mia Manttan from London. 

Inspirational quotes from an American author and feminist called bell hooks are being shared. She died this week at home in Kentucky. She was considered a trailblazer in feminism and published 40-odd books.  We've got two of her admirers: Ash Sarkar and Heidi Safia Mirza. 

We speak to Elaine Parker who's just set up a new app which she hopes will make online dating safer. She was inspired to create it because of the bad experience she had with a man she met online. She explains to Anita how it works.

And we continue our Food Fridays with Julie Lin MacLeod, who's the founder of a Malaysian restaurant in Glasgow’s southside.  She's also opened a second restaurant during the pandemic.  She talks about bringing people together through food, creating a positive working environment, and how the pandemic has changed the amount we eat for Christmas dinner.

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