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In 2012, two weeks before her thirty-second birthday, Jo Cheetham attended her first ever protest and it changed her life for ever. Schoolgirls in Iran have been admitted to hospital this week after reportedly being poisoned by gas whilst at school. Many Iranians suspect the poisonings are a deliberate attempt to force girls’ schools to close, although the government has not confirmed. Faranak Amidi, BBC Near East Women's Affairs Correspondent and Azadeh Pourzand, Human Rights Researcher at SOAS discuss. Main said the story behind the campaign can “restore our own faith in our own power”. The publishing director, who was promoted in January,said: “ Diary of a Feminist Killjoy made an immediate impact on everyone in the company. The story of how this grassroots campaign became an international media sensation and succeeded in toppling a tabloid institution is extraordinary, but the individual stories of the remarkable women (and one man) who launched it are, if anything, even more so. Brilliantly warm, funny and tenderly moving, Killjoy is a story of everyday people doing extraordinary things from an irresistible, distinctive new voice.
Hilarious, brilliantly warm and moving, Killjoy is a story of everyday people doing extraordinary things, the power of a grassroots campaign and ultimately what you can achieve when you shout a little bit louder. Cheetham, who has a PhD in Art History, described how she was “pulled” from her comfort zone by the protest movement. Why do breast injuries in sport appear to go under-reported and what are the potential consequences? And can a well-fitting sports bra prevent a woman’s breasts from bouncing a reported 10,000 times during an hour-long run? World leading breast expert Associate Professor Deirdre McGhee from University of Wollongong, Australia joins Anita to discuss breast health and exercise. The campaign gave her a voice, pulled her out of her comfort zone and brought her out of hiding. It taught her that we all have the power to take control of our lives, to stand up for what we believe in and to effect change. Publishing director Francesca Main acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Jo Unwin at the Jo Unwin Literary Agency.
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On Monday, the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act came into effect, raising the age of marriage and civil partnership to 18 in England and Wales. It's what campaigners against child and forced marriage have worked towards for many years. We reflect on this social change with two listeners, Judith and Jeanette who willingly got married at 16. Mark Hyatt was born into poverty in 1940 and died by suicide in 1972. The manuscript for his sole novel Love, Leda (written in around 1965, but never published) was left to gather dust in the house of a friend until its rediscovery in 2019. It is a febrile assemblage of experiences in the life of a young gay man in the early Sixties, set across ten or so days and nights in London. The campaign was begun in 2012 byLucy-Anne Holmes to persuade The Sun to discontinue publishing topless models.Transworld announced it would publish a book by Holmesabout the movement in March 2015, How to Start a Revolution, as a "manifesto for causing real and meaningful change in society”. Rachel Cooke, The Guardian, 'Non-fiction to look out for in 2023' Funny frank and fearless, this is an inspiring read about grassroots feminist activism and how a group of determined women can change the world. Killjoy is just like its author: warm, wise, witty and wet your pants hilarious. Older activists will recognise the struggles and triumphs she describes with wry smiles and younger ones will find this book is like a pep talk from a supportive older sister telling them they can do it too!
It will be a lead non-fiction launch for Picador in Spring 2019 with the publisher promising “an unmissable marketing and publicity campaign”. The second book is as-yet untitled. Jo’s writing is incredibly warm, funny, moving and inspiring and the story she has to tell couldn’t feel more timely – not just in the way it explores the media, feminism and representation, but in its capacity to restore our faith in our own power.”In new book 'Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began', NHS midwife Leah Hazard seeks to explore the organ she describes as “woefully under-researched and misunderstood”. She shares what she has learnt from looking into the womb’s past, present and possible future.
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