54: Meghan Markle, sexual harrassment and 'Home' by Charlie Mackesy

This March, we unpick Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey and address the impact the British press has on society's perception of her. We also look at sexual harrassment in the UK and the importance of accountability, as well as talking about our definitions of home in relation to Charlie Mackesy's illustration.

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Desert Island Discs: Julia Samuel

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/julia-samuel/id342735925?i=1000336646670

How to Fail: Emma Barnett

https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/how-to-fail-with-elizabeth-day/id1407451189

Period, Emma Barnett (2019)

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emma-Barnett/Period/24450431

Period Power, Maisie Hill (2019)

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Maisie-Hill/Period-Power--Harness-Your-Hormones-and-Get-Your-Cycle-Working-For-You/22884819

How to Fail: Alexandra Burke

https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/s10-ep3-how-to-fail-alexandra-burke/id1407451189?i=1000509500500

Good for You with Whitney Cummings

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-for-you/id1485527143

Labyrinths with Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/labyrinths/id1494368441

Table Manners: Hannah Ware

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/table-manners-with-jessie-ware/id1305228910

The One

https://www.netflix.com/title/80199029

Figure 1: Meghan Markle

Orprah with Meghan and Harry

https://www.itv.com/hub/oprah-with-meghan-and-harry/10a1332

Here Are 20 Headlines Comparing Meghan Markle To Kate Middleton That May Show Why She And Prince Harry Left Royal Life

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/meghan-markle-kate-middleton-double-standards-royal

26 Stories That Show How The Palace Press Team Defended Kate Middleton Vs. Meghan Markle

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/meghan-markle-kate-middleton-royal-press-office

Meghan Markle's UN Women’s speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkb-zg4JCLk

Meghan Markle and the Persistent Myth of the Manipulative Royal Wife, Elise Taylor

https://www.vogue.com/article/meghan-markle-persistent-myth-of-the-manipulative-royal-wife

Meghan Markle Didn’t Do the Work, Caitlin Flanagan

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/meghan-and-diana-could-have-saved-royal-family/618318/

Figure 2: 86% of women aged 18-24 have been sexually harassed in public places

Definition of sexual harassment, UN women

https://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/pdf/whatissh.pdf

Four-fifths of young women in the UK have been sexually harassed, survey finds

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/10/almost-all-young-women-in-the-uk-have-been-sexually-harassed-survey-finds

TEDx Talk: Jackson Katz - Violence against women, it's a men's issue

https://www.ted.com/talks/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue?language=en

We always speak of women's safety. Let's talk about male violence instead, Anne Enright

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/20/we-always-speak-of-womens-safety-lets-talk-about-male-violence-instead

Figure 3: Home, Charlie Mackesy (2019)

The Boy, the mole, the fox and the horse, Charlie Mackesy (2019)

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Charlie-Mackesy/The-Boy-The-Mole-The-Fox-and-The-Horse/23964704

Picture This

https://www.instagram.com/picturethis.home/?hl=en

TEDx Talk: Charlie Mackesy - Abandon the idea of being good and just try

https://www.ted.com/talks/charlie_mackesy_abandon_the_idea_of_being_good_and_just_try

Reasons for Hope, Charlie Mackesy

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/march/charlie-mackesy-hope-social-media-covid.html

It's all about love, Charlie Mackesy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4knJlgKpw