Badass Womens Hour

NEW GIRL CRUSH ALERT this week we were joined by Stacey Solomon and what a beautiful human she is - hear all her words of wisdom AND we had an extra sprinkling of badassery this week from 'Chief Fanny Defender' Nimko Ali who co-hosted the show as poor Harriet Minter was sick this week - get well soon H! We talked about the Dove advertising campaign, Chris Hughes, #womenboycotttwitter plus our Badass Balls Ups and a woman in history who shaped the film industry who you have probably never heard about.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An article published on The Pool last week suggests we have different friends for different stages of life. We ponder the options and ask ourselves what type of friend our friends would say we are. Do you want to join us for a Badass Extra recording? We're giving you the opportunity to join us to record a Badass Extra on the topic of your choice. All you need to do is leave us a review on Apple Podcast/iTunes sharing your Badass Extra idea then tweet us (@Badasswomenshr) a snapshot so we have your contact details. We'll pick the best idea and hey presto...you'll be recording it with us before the end of the year. There's no science to the selection other than us liking it for an extra bit. Thinking caps on!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The passing of Hugh Hefner leads this weeks news stories - was he good for women and sex? We explore this further. We also discuss Saudi Arabia lifting the ban on women being able to drive and Tinder collecting our data for commercial purposes (oh Tinder!). Our guests this week are the fabulous duo behind The Step Up Club, Alice Olins and Phanella Mayall Fine. Harriet Hall returns to share her #backdatedbadass. We'd love you to review our podcast and drop us a line on the socials with your comments... @Badasswomenshr @HarrietMinter @NatDCampbell @EmmaSexton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This this special episode of Badass Extra we speak to the Producer and Director/Writer of Home Again, the new movie staring Reese Witherspoon and Martin Sheen. We saw a preview and it's rather good, a solid romcom with lots of warm messages about life, love and family. It's on general release on the 29th September.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we cover the big news stories of the week and we're joined by one of our #womancrushes, Cindy Gallop. In true badass style she tells us how she started Make Love Not Porn and challenges us all to take micro-actions to make the world a better place. Our #BackdatedBadass is presented by Jacquelyn Guderley, Founder & CEO of Salomé, the literary magazine for emerging female writers. We'd love you to review our podcast and drop us a line on the socials with your comments... @Badasswomenshr @HarrietMinter @NatDCampbell @EmmaSexton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode was about stock images but something's gone wrong so it's a golden oldie instead. If you want to know what we discussed in the missing episode...When you google 'woman' or search for images of women on stock photo libraries you don't get much more than glossy hair shots so we search our own phones for the last photo to see if life really does mirror the stock image 'reality'. We'd love you to review our podcast and drop us a line on the socials with your comments... @Badasswomenshr @HarrietMinter @NatDCampbell @EmmaSexton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we cover the women suing Google over pay 'segregation' and Kate Hudson's description of women who have c-sections as 'lazy'. Our badass businesswoman this week is Steph Douglas, the founder of online retail store Don't Buy Her Flowers. She drops some serious wisdom pearls! Our #backdatedbadass is the late Louise Hay, presented by Samantha Clarke, founder of the Growth and Happiness School. We'd love you to review our podcast and drop us a line on the socials with your comments... @Badasswomenshr @HarrietMinter @NatDCampbell @EmmaSexton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This one needs no introduction...a woman did a stupid thing and her date captured it. We discuss the madness...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There are so many nuggets of gold in this episode - even if we do say so ourselves. Ruby Warrington talks us through her mystic business The Numinous and Natasha Lunn, Features Editor at Red Magazine shares her #Backdatedbadass  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this extra bit for you badasses we give Disney some ideas on their next female lead. Warning: Natalie sings Disney songs...Emma threatens her ;).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we discuss the 20 year anniversary of Princess Diana's death, L'Oreal's mistreatment of Munroe Bergdorf and we explore the challenges of building a brand for women of colour. Our #backdatedbadass is presented by Harriet Hall, Digital Features Editor of Stylist Magazine.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joss Whedon's ex-wife has written an open letter claiming that anyone calling Whedon a feminist has been grossly misled. Is it actually possible for any man to be a feminist and if it isn't, does that mean we have to take Buffy off our Netflix favourites?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you could reinvent one product what would it be? Dr Sarah Welsh and Farrah Kabir decided they wanted to rethink condoms. They explain to us why their company is changing safe sex forever and what it takes to launch a sex brand. Plus we learn about feminist campaigner Millicent Fawcett and answer the age old question: can men and women ever just be friends?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What can the older generation learn from millennial women? Ann Shoket (former editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine and author of The Big Life) believes that millennials have the secrets of happiness, if we'd only listen to them. Follow us on Twitter: @badasswomenshr @harrietminter @natdcampbell @emmasexton @annshoket  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do you do when life doesn't turn out as you planned? Fashion blogger and body positivity campaigner Natalie Lee (aka Style Me Sunday) talks to us about how her family coped when her daughter was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition. We also talk about partition and how we teach history in British schools, what to talk about at a job interview and the legend that is Millicent Fawcett. Follow us on Twitter: @badasswomenshr @harrietminter @natdcampbell @emmasexton @stylemesunday  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After reading a brilliant Twitter thread on why Friends should have let the Rachel and Joey relationship work, we debate the sitcom's enduring romance and whether it's influenced our own romantic beliefs. Props to @kaneandgriffin whose brilliant Twitter musings inspired this week's extra bits.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk 21st century chick-lit with author Lucy Vine, debate what we would have done with the Google emailer, help one 26 year old whose life is a hot mess and learn all about the founder of Breast Cancer Care.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the news that a new campaign has launched to teach schoolchildren more about breastfeeding, we ask which other outdated taboos schools should be breaching.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can you create a business which doesn't just turn a profit but also does some good? How do we really embed flexible working? And what do we need to do to bring mums back to the workforce? Plus we help one listener decide whether or not to follow her heart and move abroad, and we learn about the first Irish woman to fly a plane.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you're lying on the beach right now...then watch out, if you're anything like us it's all about to go wrong.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.