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Listener Week: Money; Body Image; Stained Glass

Money talk - how do we really feel about money? And a fifteen-year-old listener tells us about her campaign to improve girls' body confidence.

We talk money - what we earn, what we spend and how we really feel about our relationship with money. One fifteen-year-old listener tells Jenni all about her campaign to give teenage girls body confidence. We find out about the stained glass artist who has been hidden from history and why it's time to look again at Margaret Rope's work. A chance to catch your advice on calling out sexist colleagues. And, what it's like finding out you're asexual and how you deal with others.

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Ruth Watts.

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Thu 27 Nov 2014 10:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

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Chapters

  • Body Confidence

    Duration: 05:15

  • Misogyny in the workplace

    Duration: 09:40

  • How Far Does Money Control Your Life?

    Duration: 11:12

  • Stained Glass

    Duration: 08:35

  • Asexuality

    Duration: 06:26

How Far Does Money Control Your Life?

What are the home truths when it comes to our relationship with money? How much does salary drive us in life and ambition? How do we, as women, feel if we earn more or less than our partners?Ìý Emma Barnett met up with a group of our listeners for a candid chat about money including Wendy - a 49 year old single mum, Ellie Ìý- a 24 year old journalist and 57 year old Maggie, a self-employed illustrator.

Asexuality

A listener said she wanted to hear more about asexuality on Woman’s Hour. So we talk to Lexy Hudson - who was the asexual rep at her student union – Ìýand to advice columnist Suzi GodsonÌýabout myths, misunderstandings and representation.

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Stained Glass

Listener Mark Stewart had long been admiring the beautiful stained glass windows in Shrewsbury Cathedral.ÌýHe wrote to us after discovering that the artist, , had been virtually ignored in her home county, without a mention in the new Shrewsbury Museum and little more country wide.Ìý Margaret Rope was born in 1882 and at just 28 years old was commissioned to produce several large windows for the Cathedral there. Over her thirty year career she went on to create stained glass works displayed in churches across the UK as well as in Italy, Canada, South Africa and Australia. ÌýSo why do her achievements appear to be ignored? ÌýWe invited Mark to London to meet our reporter Tamsin Smith in a quest to find out more about the elusive

Body Confidence

15-year-old listener Immie tells us about her #ILoveMy… body confidence campaign.

Misogyny in the workplace

How do you deal with misogyny in the workplace? One of our listeners Adam, has got in touch to ask for our advice. He is joined by Jenni Murray and Suzi Godson, advice columnist from The Times, to hear the suggestions.Ìý

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Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Ruth Watts

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  • Thu 27 Nov 2014 10:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

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