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20 October 2015updated 03 Aug 2021 2:27pm

SRSLY #15: Women on the Edge

On the pop culture podcast this week, we discuss Suffragette, the Channel 4 TV series Chewing Gum, and Kim Kardashian’s Selfish.

By Caroline Crampton

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The Links

On Suffragette

Anna’s article on what the Suffragette movement in Britain really looked like.

Helen’s interveiw with Abi Morgan, screenwriter of Suffragette.

On Chewing Gum

The trailer for the series.

Chewing Gum on All4.

An interview with writer and star Michaela Coel.

On Selfish

This is the book.

Sam Riviere on the technological progress documented by Kim Kardashian’s selfies.

This Twitter thread about Kim Kardashian vs Paris Hilton is very informative.

Next week:

Anna is watching the BBC sitcom starring Judi Dench, As Time Goes By.

Your questions:

We loved reading out your emails this week. If you have thoughts you want to share on anything we’ve discussed, or questions you want to ask us, please email us on srslypod[at]gmail.com, or @ us on Twitter @srslypod, or get in touch via tumblr here. We also have Facebook now.

Music

The music featured this week, in order of appearance, is:

Trills – Oh Freedom

Amerie – 1 Thing

Our theme music is “Guatemala – Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons. 

See you next week!

PS If you missed #14, check it out here.

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