Today I'm joined by co-host Ellie on IWD and we are discussing and CELEBRATING womanhood -
This episode comes after quite a devastating week in which we've seen Meghan Markle attacked and openly mocked for opening up about her deteriorating mental health, and the harrowing murder of Sarah Everard by a police officer. To say that there's a long way to go for the protection of women in society would be an understatement.
We chat about Serena Williams reading the Kipling poem 'If' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/56294852
We discuss the problem with the patriarchy pitting women against each other and fuelling female comparison, the way women are depicted and fetishised as vulnerable - and how media and advertising perpetuates this.
How we should change the discourse around women losing their virginity because it refers to outdated ideas of women's sexuality being corrupted.
https://www.intimina.com/blog/losing-your-virginity/
The way the world sets a bar for womanhood to be interpreted through constant dichotomies and fuelling the male gaze.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDHNbjGivo
The issues with language being inherently sexist and how we can change the discourse around problematic phrases like "man up" and "don't be a pussy".
And Ellie reads a beautiful poem by the glorious Rupi Kaur "Oh but the pussy is brave".
For this episode we're going to be making a donation to women's aid - an organisation to help protect women and children against domestic abuse, if you'd like to donate please click here -
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Love Kaz and El xxxx
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