Tell Me About It: Women. Talk.

Rage gets such bad PR, especially coming from women. When regressive politics abound, how can we channel our anger into change? Activist and writer Emily Writes gets us whipped up into a fervour, and leaves us with some hope.

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Why aren't cities designed to be safer for women? We talk to Grace, who survived a sexual attack on a poorly-lit path in Wellington a decade ago, about safety, sexism, and a place literally named "Rape Alley".

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How do people meet and fall in love in an era of unsolicited dick pics and "vanilla" sex? Are expectations of what women will be up for during sex shifting, and what does this say about gendered power dynamics? Social researcher Tania Domett joins us to share some heartening and disturbing insights.

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Imagine having to have security in your day job, because you’re a woman of colour in power. That’s daily life for Golriz Ghahraman, a Green MP who cops an extreme amount of misogynist, racist abuse. She tells us why New Zealand isn’t doing enough to hold social media platforms to account.

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She wasn't just fat, she was super fat. Fat liberation activist Sonya Renée Taylor, author of the New York Times Bestseller "The Body is Not an Apology", talks about the legacy of her friend and fat studies scholar Cat Pausé following her sudden death in March 2022.

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How do you know to trust your gut when you think someone is crossing the line?

We talk to Simone Kaho, whose courage in telling a #Metoo story helped send a rapist to jail.

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Would you ever have a baby for someone else? Lacey answers our questions about the journey of surrogacy, and what it's like giving the gift of a family to her friends.

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Women leaders and journalists are facing increasing online attacks, with misogynistic abuse on the rise. How to fight back? Dominion Post editor Anna Fifield talks about her decision to publish the c-word on the front page.

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Have you ever cried at work? What happens when you have a bad day, but any vulnerability might affect your client’s case? We talk to defence lawyer Elizabeth Hall about being a woman in court.

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Can reality television really be feminist? Former Bachelorette Lexie Brown talks about her journey of being packaged up for TV, what the show was like, and why things didn’t last with the man she chose.

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