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Nuclear anxiety was an everyday emotion in the 1980s, sparking atomic pop culture and peace camps across the world. September 2021 marks 40 years since the RAF Greenham Common protests, when a handful of Welsh women left their homes to march against the arrival of US nuclear warheads at the base in Berkshire. Professor Jane Holgate and Stephanie Davies, author of Other Girls Like Me, are both former Greenham women. They tell Ros Taylor about their time at the camp, why Greenham was a vital space for women, and what’s next for the anti-nuclear movement.
“We came for the peace, and we stayed for the feminism.” - Stephanie Davies
“You could break UK law to prevent a greater crime. I was trying to protest apartheid in another country,” - Stephanie Davies
“Horrible, smelly lesbians was a phrase used against Greenham women.” - Jane Holgate
“People supported the peace movement and getting rid of the missiles. But as women, we were seen as part of the threat.” - Stephanie Davies
Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production
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Nuclear anxiety was an everyday emotion in the 1980s, sparking atomic pop culture and peace camps across the world. September 2021 marks 40 years since the RAF Greenham Common protests, when a handful of Welsh women left their homes to march against the arrival of US nuclear warheads at the base in Berkshire. Professor Jane Holgate and Stephanie Davies, author of Other Girls Like Me, are both former Greenham women. They tell Ros Taylor about their time at the camp, why Greenham was a vital space for women, and what’s next for the anti-nuclear movement.
“We came for the peace, and we stayed for the feminism.” - Stephanie Davies
“You could break UK law to prevent a greater crime. I was trying to protest apartheid in another country,” - Stephanie Davies
“Horrible, smelly lesbians was a phrase used against Greenham women.” - Jane Holgate
“People supported the peace movement and getting rid of the missiles. But as women, we were seen as part of the threat.” - Stephanie Davies
Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production
http://binkbooks.bedazzledink.com/books/books-n/other-girls-like-me/
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