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Andrea Riseborough, Egg Freezing, Women in Qatar

Andrea Riseborough on her latest role in Mathilda, and we discuss how reliable it is to freeze your eggs to ensure having a baby.

The actor Andrea Riseborough has taken on roles ranging from Margaret Thatcher to Stalin鈥檚 daughter. But now she鈥檚 playing someone quite different: Mrs Wormwood in the new Matilda the Musical film, which will be released in cinemas on Friday 25th November. The film is an adaptation of Tim Minchin鈥檚 hit West End musical of the same name, and stars Emma Thompson as Mrs Trunchbull and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood. Andrea joins Emma Barnett to discuss what it鈥檚 like capturing the camp, comedy, and darkness of one of Roald Dahl鈥檚 most famous and reviled characters.

As Jennifer Aniston speaks publicly for the first time about her fertility struggles and says she wishes someone had told her to 鈥淔reeze your eggs. Do yourself a favour鈥, Emma talks to one woman who鈥檚 put her future on ice, and a lecturer in Women鈥檚 Health from UCL who鈥檚 warning against women viewing egg freezing as a guaranteed insurance policy.

In the run up to the men鈥檚 football World Cup 2022 being held in Qatar, it was the England women's footballers who were the most outspoken about staging the tournament in a country which outlaws being gay and where women鈥檚 rights are severely curtailed. On Woman鈥檚 Hour yesterday we asked if there was any point in further protests as fans now clamour to enjoy the game 鈥 today we ask Rothna Begum, Senior Women鈥檚 Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch, how the tournament is affecting women in Qatar.

Tampax has been causing quite a stir on social media after a Tweet they posted went viral. Putting its own spin on the popular 'You are in their DMs' memes about men approaching women flirtatiously on social media, the tampon company explicitly referenced how its products are used by women in a tweet on Monday, writing, 'You're in their DMs. We're in them. We are not the same'. The post has racked up more than 360,000 likes and 73,600 retweets proving that there were plenty of fans, but critics accused the brand of going too far and calling people to #BoycottTampax. Emma speaks to Chella Quint, the founder of Period Positive, a menstruation education advisor, comic and author of the books 'Be Period Positive' and 'Own Your Period'.

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  • Wed 23 Nov 2022 10:00

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