Very Loose Women

Who do you look up to? Do you have a sexual hero? A favourite dead journalist? No? Then listen to Very Loose Women discuss their thoughts on role models.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Very loose women celebrate the start of 2016 and commiserate with each other over the constant and distressing speed of time passing. Featuring thematically linked music and regular features such as "gripe of the week".  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We discuss this strange, overly alcohol dependent and friendship-forming period, how we've changed since our student days, and ask the big question: was University was worth it?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you pronounce "privacy"? Do you google people you've just met? Have you ever been cyber stalked by an institution? Do you leave the curtains open if you're naked at home? Very Loose Women attempt to answer and ask listeners: How private are you?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

All four Very Loose Women invite their friends to the pub to meet, drink, gripe and embarrass ourselves and each other through the medium of songs we wrote as children.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the Archives: Author, historian and historical interpreter Lauren Johnson tells us why medieval women achieved more than we might think, and discusses her first historical novel -The Arrow of Sherwood - and the enduring appeal of Robin Hood.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VLW discuss a variety of naked protests- featuring trivia about the original naked protester, Lady Godiva, and interviews with some of our courageous clothes-shedding friends, as well as a short story from the ever delightful Caspian James.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Emma, Katherine and Leonore give their personal histories of hair - from their heads, to their toes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VLW, together with artist Liliane Lijn and founders of Jiggling Atoms, Jennifer Crouch and Natalie Kay-Thatcher discuss creativity. What holds us back? How do we know if something is good enough? Does it matter? For more information, check out http://www.lilianelijn.com/ and http://jigglingatoms.org/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Emma, Katherine, Lucy and Leo imagine their lives in fifty years, and talk about what they think about when they think about ageing.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the archive: In 2014, Zine-maker and journalist Phoebe Cooke joined us in the studio to discus heteronormative magazines and their bad sex tips and, as a counterpoint, told us how she became involved Zine culture and co-founded her own; Undine Zine, exploring the seven deadly sins through writing, drawing, collage, and typewriters.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VLW debate the answer to the question "What is love?" with help from Haddaway, love guru KatMac, Emma's troupe of Glaswegian pals and Katherine's nausea-based hypotheses. Plus a bonus short story reading from friend of the show, Caspian James.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over a year ago, Very Loose Women spoke to artist Liliane Lijn about her journey to becoming an artist, and Jiggling Atoms co-founders artists Nat Kay Thatcher and Jen Crouch, about the question, "what do you do?"  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the archive: This week's podcast features an account of a traditional coming of age ceremony that took place in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea in February 2014 and was attended by ResonanceFM stalwart and film maker, Tom Besley. The feast included a young girls initiation into womanhood, the sharing of land and the distribution of food to guests.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To mark Girlhood's release on DVD, VLW present an exclusive interview with the star of the film, Karidja Touré. We discuss how she got her big break, what it was like working with critically acclaimed director Celine Sciamma and whether or not Karidja's own Girlhood was anything like the film.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, VLW host an interactive show from the Kings Arms pub. Guests share their gripes and delight in each others' embarrassing childhood songs. Featuring (a lot of) Pombear, The Spice Girls and Potato Pete.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The night before the release of her book, Unspeakable Things, journalist Laurie Penny came on the show to talk about how feminism on the internet is more radical than in print, and about food that looks like people.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VLW discuss how and why they first entered the world of self-loving. Featuring an in-depth analysis of fleshlights and American Pie, querying some masturbatory etiquette and offering some topical gripes, too.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the Archive: Derry, Ireland; 2013. Katherine, Emma and Lili sit in the the back of the Resonance FM mobile radio station to record an episode charting intense crushes, borderline stalking and a startling confession from Emma's teen years of music fandom.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naomi Scott took time out from writing her PhD to talk to Katherine, Emma and Leonore about scatology, hair removal, sex and misogyny in Aristophanes. This episode contains explicit language (in Ancient Greek and in English).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.