Weekend Woman's Hour: Holly Smale, Paris Lees, #MeToo in the British Army, Hormones and vaccines
Geek Girl author Holly Smale on being diagnosed with autism age 39. Paris Lees' memoir What it Feels like for a Girl. Hormones and the COVID vaccination.
A former senior Army officer is calling for the military to have a β#MeToo momentβ and is claiming that hundreds of female troops have been raped and sexually abused by colleagues. Lt Col Diane Allen, who served for 37 years, says the Armed Forces are being run by βa toxic group of privately-educated white senior officersβ We talk to Diane Allen and also hear from the Defence Minister Baroness Goldie.
Some women and trans men are reporting unusual symptoms after having their Covid vaccinations β ranging from menstrual irregularities to bleeding post menopause. We talk to the reproductive immunologist Dr Viki Male from Imperial College in London to find out whatβs behind these symptoms.
The best selling author of the Geek Girl series Holly Smale has been diagnosed with autism at age 39. She said she feels relief that she now has an explanation for why sheβs felt sheβs never βfitted inβ.
Prof Catherine Heymans, astrophysicist and world-leading expert in the so-called dark universe, is now the Astronomer Royal of Scotland. She's the first woman to hold this prestigious role, but the problem is she's still not entirely convinced she should have the job. She talks to us about impostor syndrome, challenging the status quo and dealing with aggressive criticism.
Paris Lees is a journalist, anti-bullying campaigner, and a Contributing Editor at British Vogue. She was the first openly trans woman to present on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1, and also the first to appear on Question Time. Sheβs written a memoir called What it Feels like for a Girl, which covers the period aged 13 to 18 β a turbulent, heady time full of adventure and disaster.
What generation do you define as? The term 'geriatric millennial' went viral last week, after writer Erica Dhwan used it to describe the micro-generation born between 1980 and 1985. Erica believes they make particularly good employees due to their experience of life before the digital world. Rosa Silverman, a senior features writer at the Telegraph, says she is proud to self-define as one of the around 5 million UK geriatric millennials in the UK.
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