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34m
Playwright of Jodie Comer’s Broadway hit on sexual assault and getting justice
Suzie Miller, playwright of Jodie Comer’s Broadway hit ‘Prima Facie’, tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why rape victims are failed by the legal system, how trauma is misunderstood in the court room, and why a patriarchal system forces female barristers to become part of the problem, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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34m
Armistead Maupin on trans rights and growing up gay in a homophobic household
Author Armistead Maupin is a pioneer – writing about AIDS and HIV for a mass audience and daring to include gay, lesbian, trans and queer lives when few others were. His ‘Tales of the City’ series, which started as a newspaper column in 1974, became worldwide best-selling novels and a Netflix series. It chronicles the…
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4m
Toni Collette on Hereditary and women in the film industry
They’re calling it the modern-day answer to The Exorcist. Even if you hate horror films, it’s the one you might find yourself considering this summer because it’s getting rave reviews and talk of awards. Hereditary is a supernatural thriller about a family struck by tragedy. It stars the Australian Toni Collette and it is her…
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5m
Nawal El Saadawi on the dangers of writing
We speak to the Egyptian author and feminist campaigner Nawal El Saadawi – who says danger has been a part of her life ever since she picked up a pen.
