Flicking #56: Anatomy of a Fall
It’s Hannah, Yosra and Mick’s final review of a film of 2023, and Hannah’s picked another celebrated “feminist” movie from that year. Neither Poor Things nor Barbie impressed us much, so the pressure’...
13 Des 202430min
Rated or Dated: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
This week we're watching Fathers for Justice blueprint and Oscar-nabbing weepathon, Kramer vs. Kramer. But how up to date will Jen and Hannah find the sexual politics? What will they make of Dustin Ho...
11 Des 202425min
Sabrina Verjee’s Lakes, Meres and Waters
Ultra-runner and delightful human Sabrina Verjee loves a crazy adventure. She held the overall record for the 325-mile circuit of the Wainwrights between June 2021 and May 2022, and also held the fema...
10 Des 202425min
It's war, with Jessica Dromgoole
New BBC audio drama Purple Heart Warriors is about some of the Second World War's least talked about soldiers, the Japanese Americans of the 442nd. We all know Hannah is fascinated by war stories, but...
9 Des 202421min
Helen Charman's Mother State
When we talk about the politics of motherhood, it's often around isolated topics, such as the cost of childcare. But, in her new book Mother State: A Political History of Motherhood, academic and writ...
6 Des 202430min
The Bush Telegraph: U-turns, positive steps, and women of a certain age
What's going on in South Korea? Does anyone know? And, potentially related, has seen Liz Truss, recently? Hitler? Over here, the Government is finally shaking up the laws around stalking, which is a d...
5 Des 202427min
Rated or Dated: When Harry Met Sally (1989)
It's well loved, it's influential, it's got Carrie Fisher in it. Got to be rated, right? Well, what about that thesis about male-female friendships? Is Mickey invested in the relationship? Does Jen th...
4 Des 202426min
Hannah George and Taylor Glenn, getting drunk, solving crime?
It’s a staggering six years since we first had Hannah George and Taylor Glenn, the women behind the Drunk Women Solving Crime podcast, on Standard Issue. Since then, many drinks have been drunk and ma...
3 Des 202424min
