In Her Shoes

This week Alethea sits down with Tash Binnie, a medical student and the creator of Future Frontline and mental health podcast Stories vs Stigma to discuss life as a medicine student during the pandemic, what Future Frontline is and why it's so important to bring together professionals in all medicine and why we need to speak about our mental health. 

This week is all about women in music. Alethea sits down with Robyn Walker, the lead singer of Big Fat Big and a prominent figure in the North East music scene, to discuss sexism within the music industry, regional music and why we should be giving women more space on the stage. 

This week is all about sex as we tackle the stigmatization of sex workers. Joined by Helen Williams, a professor at the University of Sunderland who  set up a safe space for student sex workers and pornstar/director Dan Leal who has been in the porn industry for over 20 years and has shot over 5000 scenes tells us about the stigma he's faced and how to stay safe in the industry. 

Alethea is joined by founder or NewGraduate Olivia Lynch and vegan business owner Barbara Longo-Flint to discuss female empowerment and women in business. Find out how to launch your business, market yourself and be assertive and manage a team like a female boss!

Alethea is joined by Emma Trueman, the mastermind between talkingsexed and a current MA student focusing on Relationships, Sex and Health education. The girls talk about sex education, the curriculum, what the future holds for sex ed as well as discussing their own sex stories and taking comments and questions from the audience. Can you believe England still does not require pleasure to be taught in sex education?

Does anybody else get frustrated by Jean shopping?!

Alethea sat down with Dr Amy Pearson, a senior lecturer in Psychology who specialises in autism, to discuss what autism is, how it presents differently in women, how to get a diagnosis and dispelling myths and misconceptions about autism.

The murder of Sarah Everard has raised questions about women's everyday experience and encounters with sexual harassment. Megan and Alethea sit down to talk about their experiences and how we can move forward, and tune in to find out why Alethea is jealous of people who whistle at her. 

This week we have an extra special episode all about international women's day 2021! The girls are joined by women from Colombia, Bolivia, America, Italy, the Philippines and more to discuss cultural differences and how we can all work together. Also, find out why Alethea doesn't enjoy 2000's action movies anymore...

This week we are talking about celebrity culture! Celebrity culture dominates our lives through social media, tabloids and popular culture, but what do we actually define it as, and have we developed since early 2000's tabloid culture? Tune in for all this, our perspective on the infamous Framing Britney Spears documentary and how we, as budding journalists, can develop into ethical journalists.