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A second set of twins,听 born to tennis champion Roger Federer and his wife Mirka earlier this month, has provided one of the best feel-good stories so far this听 year. The news that 听Federer鈥檚 girl twins had been joined by boy baby twins, Leo and Lenny, 听spread chuckles throughout the tennis world and beyond.听 (As well as lots of jokes about all Federer mixed double matches at a future Wimbledon鈥︹��). But when the congratulations die down,听 and the nappies start to pile up, what鈥檚听 the reality听 of having twins twice?听听Two mothers, Julie Dalgetty and Alison Benton, share their stories听with听 Jenni.

Maya Van Wagenen, says that she was a 鈥済eek鈥� at school and found it hard to fit in and make friends. Her father gave her a copy of The Guide to Teenage Popularity, written in the 1950s by a former beauty queen Betty Cornell.听听Maya, 15, says her father found Cornell鈥檚 book in a thrift shop, way before she was born. He held onto it for years because its outdated gems like 'Beautiful hair is about the most important thing a girl has,' made him smile. Though some of the advice seemed outdated, she decided to give some of the tips a go 鈥� and her book Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (out later this month in the UK) is a diarised version of what happened when she did. She joins Jenni to talk about writing Popular.

When Victoria Bateman a Cambridge Don commissioned a naked portrait of herself she hoped it would challenge the notion that an image of a naked woman is invariably about sex. The "female nude" can provoke embarrassment, shame and even sin. 听Her stance essentially follows a long line of feminist protest campaigns which have sought to empower women by giving new meaning to the nude female as a political tool instead of a sex object.听 But can female nudity ever escape the scrutiny of the male gaze?听 Victoria Bateman joins Jenni to discuss whether posing naked really gives back to women ownership of their own bodies.

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Since 1998, El Salvador has not allowed abortion under any circumstance. This can mean that women who miscarry or give birth to a stillborn baby are sometimes suspected of inducing an abortion and since 2000, a number of Salvadorian women- who have suffered a miscarriage - have been found guilty of 鈥榓ggravated homicide鈥�.听 Last month, women鈥檚 groups in El Salvador joined together to launch the 鈥榃e Are All the 17鈥� campaign which is demanding the release of 17 women who have been imprisoned for having miscarriages. It is a campaign that is gaining momentum. To describe the situation in El Salvador, Jenni is joined by freelance journalist Nina Lakhani.

91热爆 drama Happy Valley, written by Sally Wainwright, is a provocative piece of work, but has its depiction of violence against women gone too far. Sally Wainwright and the founder of Red Production Company Nicola Schindler join Jenni to discuss the issues.