Sci-Fi, Sex Discrimination, My Best Day
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Margaret Atwood's new novel is out today. It's science fiction and is called The Testaments. Science fiction is often stereotyped as a male genre, but we forget that a woman was one of its first authors: Mary Shelley who wrote Frankenstein. When it comes to recognising science fiction talent, male authors have got many more awards than women but that's changing. To discuss why science fiction really does appeal to women, we hear from Mary Robinette Kowal who's won this yearβs Hugo Award for best science fiction, as well as British writer, Temi Oh.
Teenage girls are getting advice about whatβs a healthy relationship and whatβs not. The young adult author, Holly Bourne, is the ambassador for a new campaign launched by Womenβs Aid. Holly says, βWhen youβre crazy in love with someone itβs hard to know whatβs OK and whatβs not OK in a relationship.β The campaign talks about gas lighting, consent and gives advice about what to say if your partner asks for your social media passwords. The answer is: NO!
Whatβs the link between feeling discriminated against because youβre a woman and depression? Dr Ruth Hackett from University College London explains.
And our series called My Best Day. You sent us some pictures of when you looked and felt great. Today Nilufer Algas tells the story behind her snap from the eighties.
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