First thing’s first: 1 in 4 women are still skipping their smear test - please don’t be one of them. Dolly talks to Kate Sanger from Jo's Cervical Cancer Tr who emphasises the importance of smear tests in preventing cervical cancer.
Also today, we discuss the UK’s newly appointed Minister for Loneliness, Tracey Crouch - and why loneliness is not just a problem in the elderly ; new evidence which suggests that psychologically we are all children until the age of not 18, but - duh duh duhhhhhh - 25; and why “well-intentioned racism” is still, well, racism.
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Reading:
The linguistic evolution of ‘like’, by John McWhorter for The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-evolution-of-like/507614/
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman https://www.netflix.com/title/80133311
Money Diary: A freelance writer living in London on 14K, by Anon for Refinery29 http://www.refinery29.uk/money-diary-freelance-writer
The minister for loneliness will need all the friends she can get, by Stewart Dakers for the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/23/tracey-crouch-minister-loneliness-friends-powerful-vested-interests
Listening:
Fashion Unzipped, by The Telegraph http://unzipped.podcast.telegraph.co.uk
So You've Been Publicly Shamed on Audible by Jon Ronson: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Non-fiction/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed-Audiobook/B00S8QO068
Peter Morgan on Fresh Air: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/578281741/crown-creator-sees-britains-reigning-monarchs-as-just-a-regular-family
David Remnick interviews David Attenborough for The New Yorker Hour: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/david-attenboroughs-planet-we-just-live-it/
Watching:
Riverdale, on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80133311
Dreams of A Life on 4 OD: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dreams-of-a-life/on-demand/50028-001
In The Wake Of A Tragedy, The Media Response and What We Can Do As Individuals
National Sandwich Week and the Rise of the Divorce Selfie
President Macron, Eurovision and our brand new segment: The Top Line
Simon Danczuk, The Met Ball and Celebrity Crowdsourcing
Baby Names, Big Little Lies and ‘Femsumerism’
The Girls Finale, Tim Farron and Prince Harry's Best Move Yet
Saffiyah Khan, Tamagotchis and That Pepsi Ad
On Legsit and Love Actually
Theresa May in Vogue and the Role of Fashion in Politics
The Meme That Broke The Internet and Why We Need To Talk About Periods
International Woman's Day and the Perils of Unpaid Internships
Girls, Gaffes and the Duality of Language
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