Jane speaks to director, Jessica Kaliisa about her play, Queens of Sheba, inspired by the four black women turned away from a London nightclub in 2015 for being \u201ctoo dark-skinned and overweight\u201d. On stage next week at the Battersea Arts Club in London, actor, Tosin Alabi, joins the discussion of how the lives of a group of friends were changed forever when confronted with misogynoir - where sexism meets racism.
Chile\u2019s worst unrest in decades has transformed into a nationwide uprising demanding dramatic changes to the country\u2019s economic and political system. We hear from Chilean journalist, Constanza Hola, about why people are taking to the streets to fight for equality. Women are taking a significant role in the social movement at all levels. We find out what their particular demands are?
It\u2019s well-known that the Roman Catholic Church is struggling to find new priests, especially in Europe and America. Sexual abuse scandals haven\u2019t helped. But for some years, there\u2019s been a movement to allow women to be priests. Some of the campaigners try and make themselves heard at the Vatican. Last month they staged a protest in Rome when bishops discussed the church in South America.
From the 20s phrase \u2018covered wagon\u2019 to the Mumsnet acronym \u2018AIBU\u2019 (Am I Being Unreasonable?), women have always been creators and users of slang. We discuss the history of women and slang from the flappers to the Mumsnetters with lexicographer Jonathon Green and linguistics PhD student, Lotte Verheijen.
Presenter: Jane Garvey\nProducer: Kirsty Starkey
Interviewed Guest: Constanza Hola\nInterviewed Guest: Jessica Kaliisa\nInterviewed Guest: Tosin Alabi\nInterviewed Guest: Miriam Duignan\nInterviewed Guest: Soline Humbert\nInterviewed Guest: Jonathon Green\nInterviewed Guest: Lotte Verheijen\nPhotographer: Ali Wright