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Stacey Heale knows emotion. She has an exquisite gift for pinning down that visceral, liminal experience which exists between the physical and the psychological. Her book 'Now is Not The Time For Flowers' hauntingly documents the death of her musician husband Greg Gilbert so powerfully that it will alter how you look at life. Our conversation with Stacey was freeform. It took the turns it needed to, but kept coming back to the pivot of anger. In many different guises, and from many different angles. It felt rich and nourishing to be a part of. We hope you will feel the same way.
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To date, only a third of UK MPs are female and only one reads the names of murdered women annually in parliament. Despite rates of domestic abuse more than doubling since 2016. She's spoken up for abortion rights, she's spoken up for sex workers. She's spoken against having an international men's day. Women, this woman has your back. This episode, we are privileged to speak to the Labour MP, Jess Phillips, with whom we enjoy talking everything from the rules of parliament to the rules of dishwashers.
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Deborah Joseph is a leader among women. She is a champion of diversity in the beauty industry and has brought body positivity into the limelight. She fights for equal pay and better work-life balance, she's appalled by everyday sexism, and she refuses to stay in the box which society has tried to carve out for her. We are thrilled to bring you such an inspirational, yet amazingly down-to-earth woman, and feel sure that your hackles will rise with hers.
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Claire Cohen is one of the foremost voices of this generation on the female experience. She writes on everything from friendship to our physical suffering. Her book BFF: The Truth About Female Friendships explores the reality of maintaining and even sometimes ending friendships, interviewing the likes of Emma Barnett and Pandora Sykes, to form a manifesto on the relationships which get us through.
Claire's award-winning journalism has set the campaigning agenda for women's health, on topics from endometriosis to medical sexism. She writes regularly for The Times, The Guardian and Vogue, winning the British Society of Magazine Editors' Womens' Editor Of The Year Award. Listen in to find yourself a new BFF.
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Pro-ageing storyteller and Hollywood screenwriter Heidi Clements is an oracle of wisdom and honesty. She uses social media to dispense her incredible learnings on life and love whilst getting dressed in fashion-forward accoutrements. There's something powerful about this intimate act; the creation of a safe, shared, feminine space. She has so much to teach about understanding, compassion and not standing for bullsh*t. To Women Are Mad, this woman is an icon. If you haven't yet heard what she has to say, you're going to want to.
Recorded in February 2024
TW: Sexual abuse
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Join us for a vibrant discussion about justice and womanhood with woman of the hour Kelechi Okafor. Kelechi Okafor is an actor, writer and social commentator. Her book Edge of Here explores with limitless scope the experience of contemporary Black womanhood. Whilst her children's book Strong Like Me encourages children to celebrate all forms of strength. In this episode, Kelechi Okafor brings her unrivalled insight and laser-sharp thinking to issues of race, justice and womanhood.
It's not often you hear women carving out a space to dig deep into race politics. Especially with warmth, love and humour. Kelechi Okafor sets a high but exceptionally inclusive bar.
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