Listen to sisters Ella and Amy. They're behind Kids Against Plastic and talk to us about the world's reliance on plastic, especially single use plastic, and the way the world dumps it. On Wednesday they're part of the online climate change forum called ‘Race Against Climate Change’.
We go to Ireland to hear about a tampon TV ad which is causing a stir. It's been taken off air because some people have been offended by it because it's about how to use the product correctly. Two Irish women defends the ad. They are Alexandra Ryan and Ciara Kelly. After Ireland we go to India to learn about a petition which urges the Indian Prime Minister to tell men to do their share of housework. So far the petition has got 70,000 signatures.
And we go to the jazz and soul singer, Zara McFarlane who talks about her album Songs of An Unknown Tongue. She says that her latest single called Black Treasure is a "declaration, proclamation and celebration of black Britishness and womanhood."
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli It wasn’t wide spread, it was literally less than 100 people...but don’t let facts get in the way of a sensationalist story lads
KidsVplastic Amazing job KidsVplastic 🙌 Keep Rocking! ❤😍
KidsVplastic BBC denying men their gender. DefundTheBBC
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli Great interview Ciara! Thanks for speaking out against this! 👏👏💯😡😡
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli Can we start a campaign imnotashamed with a picture of us girls holding up a tampon or a sanitary pad? Enough is enough its 2020 an ad shouldn't be taken down like this!
SubarnaGhosh AshokaUniv Bravo ! For bringing it out to the open ! With you on this .
KidsVplastic They were very good.
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli The ad was designed to increase the sales of tampax. So you can't take the companys unquestionably. Making the ad controversial just increases its reach. The item also did not have the compliants speak for themselves but their views were only (mis)represented by ad supporters
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli My main problem is listening to the women doing the ad🙄
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli The advert isn’t about how to use tampons, it’s about how to use a single-use plastic applicator. Peoples’ varied reasons for hating the advert are being misrepresented.
KidsVplastic If only there were a BBC Men's Hour to create political will for men's issues EnjoyYourPrivilege DefundTheBBC
zaramcfarlane Enjoy the publicly funded publicity your gender and ethnicity brings EnjoyYourPrivilege DefundTheBBC
SubarnaGhosh AshokaUniv Don't fall for it WomansHour If Indian women are talking about housework its because they are in shock at having to do some! India depends on servants - even servants have servants at different levels of pay - to bottom layer of CasteSystem Pandemic disrupting lifestyle!
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli Pleeeeease. Give. Me. A. Break. This is actually a useful add. Openess and talking about menstruation is normal. Not like all the ads, pictures, posts which objectify and sexualise women and every breathe we take. menstruation tamponad bleeding cramps
KidsVplastic Great energy from these young women. I am worried about my Waitrose recycling bags that they won’t take now back. I now have hundreds of them after all my home deliveries and don’t want them to go to landfill.
zaramcfarlane Just listening. Lovely music calming and yet lifting the spirit.
SubarnaGhosh AshokaUniv Is she also demanding women do equal gutter cleaning, fence erecting, loft boarding and car maintenance? sillylittlegirls DefundTheBBC EnjoyYourPrivilege
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli I call BS. The ad was banned because it’s NOT classy.. that why ppl were offended. Nothing to do with ppl afraid to talk about Periods. Some ppl in the media just Crave attention and want to be seen as “woke”
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli Don't use tampons use a mooncup. Much more sustainable - and safe.
BBCRadio4 ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli 150 complaints in total is not widespread offence. It's a handful of kooks with nothing better to do.
SweetLikeAli ciarakellydoc Adam woodyatt has been using them since eastenders cast returned back to work and says the advert inspired him.
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli Not this Ciara Kelly?
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli Really annoying to go to Dr & hear them refer to ‘tummy trouble’ when it’s about a gynae issue. No, my vagina is not connected to my digestive tract...
BBCRadio4 ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli define 'widespread offence'...
ciarakellydoc SweetLikeAli The 'get them up there, girls' advert? Are you serious
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