The Women's Podcast

The Women's Podcast


Ep 327 "If you're not a size zero, you don't belong" / Celebrating Arts & Human Rights

August 15, 2019

On today’s show, Rachel Flaherty chats to Irish journalist Jenny McQuaile about her powerful documentary Straight/Curve - starring Tess Holliday & Iskra Lawrence. Jenny talks about the body image crisis affecting women & girls worldwide and why we need a more diverse range of role models in the fashion industry and the media.

Straight/Curve: http://www.straightcurvefilm.com/

Plus: Bernice Harrison speaks to Mary Moynihan and John Morgan, two of the organisers behind the upcoming Dublin Arts & Human Rights Festival. Hosted by FrontLine Defenders & Smashing Times Theatre Company, the event aims to celebrate human rights heroes, past and present, from Ireland and around the world. It runs at various venues around Dublin Thursday 19 to Sunday 29 September 2019.

www.smashingtimes.ie