GBA 206 Dawn Foster

Published: April 29, 2015, 9:43 a.m.

In GBA 206 we get better acquainted with Dawn Foster. She talks journalism, class, the housing crisis, the cuts, the election, writing a blog about receiving street harassment when cycling, the way that the media presents poverty and so much more.\n\nDawn plugs:\n\nHer book "Lean Out" that is coming in November.\nYou can find her here: https://twitter.com/DawnHFoster\n\nWe mention:\n\nFocus e15: http://focuse15.org/\nThe Story: http://thestory.org.uk/\nLaurie Penny: http://laurie-penny.com/\nAlice Bell: https://alicerosebell.wordpress.com/about/\nJuliet Jacques: http://julietjacques.com/\nGeek Showoff: http://www.scienceshowoff.org/\nDawn at Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/profile/dawn-foster\nInside Housing Magazine: http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/\nSky News: http://news.sky.com/\nTories: https://www.conservatives.com/Together.aspx\nLabour: http://www.labour.org.uk/\nGreens: https://www.greenparty.org.uk/\nLib Dems: http://www.libdems.org.uk/\nNick Clegg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clegg\nNikki Morgan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_%28politician%29\nHuman Geography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_geography\nCoventry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry\nLeamington Spa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Leamington_Spa\nKenilworth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenilworth\nQuestion Time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t1q9\nRover: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_Company\nLehman Brothers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman_Brothers\nNorthern Rock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rock\nMary Poppins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_%28film%29\nEveryday Sexism: http://everydaysexism.com/\nArts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/\nNEET: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET\nDavid Blunkett: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blunkett\nKeynes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes\nBenefits Street: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/benefits-street\nTatler Documentary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04q0wwg\nJohn Major: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major\nRoad to Wigan Pier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier\nNorth and South: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_South_%28Gaskell_novel%29\nIraq War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War\nLean In: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_In\n\nFollow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!