Weekend Woman's Hour: Lena Dunham; Felicity Green; Rae Morris
Lena Dunham on Girls, nudity and therapy; Fleet Street legend Felicity Green; Rae Morris sings Closer; and we hear from a woman abused as a 14-year-old in a care home.
Lena Dunham writes, directs and stars in the critically acclaimed series Girls. She discusses over-sharing, nudity, clothes and what years of therapy have taught her.
The dummy rules: when is a child too old? And does it matter?
The Fleet Street legend Felicity Green talks about being part of the team in the 60s that oversaw the circulation of the Daily Mirror rise above five million.
As part of our historical sex abuse series we hear from a woman abused as a 14 year old in a care home, and discuss abuse in institutions with Natasha Finlayson from the Who Cares Trust and journalist Simon Hattenstone.
Should we all embrace the right to change our appearance with cosmetic surgery? Writer and psychotherapist Susie Orbach and beauty writer Sali Hughes give us their views.
And we have music from the singer songwriter Rae Morris.
Presented by Jane Garvey
Produced by Rabeka Nurmahomed
Edited by Jane Thurlow.
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Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham writes, directs and stars in critically acclaimed series Girls, which follows a group of 20-something friends through the often less-than-glamorous landscape of hipster New York.Β Dealing with tough subjects like unemployment, abortion and substance abuse, last year the comedy won a Golden Globe for Lena, and she secured a multi-million dollar deal for her memoirs, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What Sheβs βLearnedβ.Β The book is full of frank and sometimes painful descriptions of her childhood, teens and 20s, and 28-year-old Lena joins Jenni to discuss her extraordinary life.
The Dummy Debate
Felicity Green, Fleet Street Legend
Institutional abuse
In the next part of our series on historic sexual abuse and assault, we look into abuse that has taken place in childrenβs homes and other public institutions. Jenni hears from Marni Mulholland who, in her memoir Raw, describes the abuse she suffered as a 14 year-old in a residential care home. Jenni also speaks to the Chief Executive of the Who Cares? Trust, Natasha Finlayson, and to Simon Hattenstone, a Guardian journalist who has taken part in investigations into institutional abuse.
Changing Your Appearance
Women and Power Dressing
Rae Morris
Β is one of the most in-demand new singer-songwriters in the UK.Β The 22 year old from Blackpool was the headliner at ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Introducing Stage at Reading and Leeds FestivalΒ in August, where she also appeared in 2011 at the early stages of her career. Her lustrous and emotive tones have received critical acclaim and sheβs been compared to acts such as Cat Power and Feist. Rae joins Jane Garvey to talk about her musical inspirations and to perform her new single Closer.
The single Closer is out now and Rae's debut album will be out in January. She is performing in Cardiff on 30 October.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Jane Garvey |
Interviewed Guest | Lena Dunham |
Interviewed Guest | Laverne Antrobus |
Interviewed Guest | Heidi Scrimgeour |
Interviewed Guest | Felicity Green |
Interviewed Guest | Marni Mulholland |
Interviewed Guest | Natasha Finlayson |
Interviewed Guest | Simon Hattenstone |
Interviewed Guest | Sali Hughes |
Interviewed Guest | Susie Orbach |
Interviewed Guest | Donna Loveday |
Interviewed Guest | Susie Lau |
Interviewed Guest | Rae Morris |
Producer | Rabeka Nurmahomed |
Editor | Jane Thurlow |
Broadcast
- Sat 1 Nov 2014 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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