Feminism

Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. How women who play sport are portrayed compared to their male counterparts. Audio

Saziah Bashir talks about the ways in which society silences and shouts down Muslim women - often in the name of "helping" or "saving" them - without actually asking them what they think. She also… Audio

Defining and defending equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. This time Deborah focuses on the words we use to describe women. Audio

Ann Kerwin discusses the existential feminism of French writer and philosopher Simone de Bouvior. Audio

Three leading feminists - Germaine Greer, Sandra Coney and Marilyn Waring - examine how the place of women has changed in the last 40 years. Audio

British broadcaster who writes three columns a week for The Times, and has just published her second book, How to Be a Woman. Audio

The distinctive New York rapper shares her love of words, imagination and following your bliss with Emma Smith Audio

Today on Ideas we hear from Marilyn Waring about the individuals, writers and philosophers who have influenced her ideas, and we hear how the realities of rural New Zealand shaped her early feminism.

One woman whirlwind Kristen Erickson AKA Kevin Blechdom shares her troubled relationship with all things pop with Emma Smith. Audio

Fantasy writer whose first adult novel for a decade, Lavinia, re-imagines the last six books of Virgil's Aeneid. Audio