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I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the author, poet, scholar, and scientific researcher Cat Bohannon. \n\nNow, while this episode is not going to be centred totally on art, it is going to be looking closely at women\u2019s bodies \u2013 and what might have contributed to the lack of knowledge about women in wider history. Because Cat Bohannon is renowned for her acclaimed book \u201cEve\u201d that revolutionises our understanding of the female human body, and how a focus on male subjects in science has left women \u201cunder-studied and under-cared for\u201d. \n\nSpanning from the Jurassic period to the present day, Eve hones in on the impact of what females\u2019 exclusion from scientific research has done for our bodies (and world). Through chapters headed under womb, foot, brain, or milk, it recasts the traditional story of evolutionary biology, by placing women at the centre. Because, as she argues, it\u2019s not just a case of sexism \u2013 that we don\u2019t know enough about the female body \u2013 it\u2019s because the data actually isn\u2019t there. \n\nFor example, general anaesthetics weren\u2019t tested on women until 1999. I\u2019m interested in getting to the root of these issues, as well as speaking about how art might correspond to this. \n\nBecause as well as being a holder of a PhD from Columbia University in the evolution of narrative and cognition, Bohannon has published widely, including essays and poems for Science Magazine and the Georgia Review. And I can\u2019t wait to find out more. \n\n--\n\nCat's book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/446844/eve-by-bohannon-cat/9781529156171\nhttps://www.waterstones.com/book/eve/cat-bohannon/9781529151237\n\n--\n\nTHIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVETT COLLECTION:\n\nhttps://www.famm.com/en/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/famm_mougins // https://www.merrellpublishers.com/9781858947037\n\nFollow us:\nKaty Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel\nSound editing by Nada Smiljanic\nMusic by Ben Wetherfield