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Weekend Woman's Hour: Kim Cattrall, Modern families, Janet McQueen, Dark Justice

Kim Cattrall on her new TV role, the impact of the modern family on kids, Alexander McQueen's sister and muse Janet, plus simple tricks for your pregnancy wardrobe.

Kim Cattrall, the sexy sassy one in Sex and the City, talks about her new role tackling the subject of ageing, the menopause and midlife crisis.

Online vigilante group, Dark Justice, have set up fake profiles to catch paedophiles trying to groom young people. Should this vigilante action be encouraged or is it in fact putting lives at risk?

We examine the progression of the traditional secretary role and question whether they can be a good way up the career ladder for women or remain a sexist stereotype.

Do you need to change your entire wardrobe to feel and look good during pregnancy or are there a few simple tricks to avoid spending a fortune on new garments?

Janet McQueen talks about her brother the late Alexander McQueen and explains how she inspired his work.

The newest family forms include gay parents or women who have chosen sperm donation and to go it alone - but how do the children being raised in these families fare socially and psychologically?

And is the new remake of the film Cinderella still a magical tale of finding true love and overcoming evil or now a makeover myth about shoes and marrying into money?

Presented by Jane Garvey.
Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor: Beverley Purcell.

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58 minutes

Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall is best known for playing the infamous Samantha Jones in the award winning American TV series Sex and the City. Kim is now staring in the black comedy Sensitive Skin. Her character, Davina Jackson, is a former model and actress dealing with a midlife crisis. After recently portraying a fading Hollywood legend on stage in Tennessee William鈥檚 Sweet Bird of Youth, Kim talks to Jane about why she is keen to tackle the subject of ageing in her work, playing against herself as the 鈥極ther鈥 Davina, and the legacy of Sex and the City.

Vigilantes

On Friday, a man who has pleaded guilty to attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming will be sentenced. The internet group Dark Justice set up a fake profile on a dating website 鈥 posing as a shy 14 year old girl. 57-year-old John Rudd from Newcastle travelled to meet the girl and was instead 鈥渃aught鈥 by the online vigilantes. But is such vigilante action to be encouraged? Or could it be counter-productive and in fact, be putting lives at risk? We discuss the issue with a member of Dark Justice and Sharon Girling 鈥 the former policewoman who set up CEOP 鈥 the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.聽

Women In Admin 鈥 A Path To Success?

We examine the progression of the traditional 鈥榮ecretary鈥 role to the administrative assistants, PAs and receptionists we see today. 聽Are these roles a good way up the career ladder for women, or are they still met with the sexist secretary stereotype? 聽

The Art of Maternity Dressing

You鈥檙e over the moon, you鈥檙e having a baby. But thinking about not being able to fit into that little black dress you truly love and giving up all your trendy clothes is making you cry. You try to forget your partner鈥檚 advice about stocking up on some tents from IKEA which according to him would be just perfect鈥 Do you need to change your entire wardrobe to feel and look good during pregnancy? Not anymore. The Duchess of Cambridge made headlines last week in a black and white polka dot maternity dress costing 拢35 鈥 it was reported to have sold out online within minutes. Jane is joined by maternity fashion blogger Jessica Clark and stylist Melissa Murrell to discuss how to dress well during pregnancy and avoid spending a fortune on new garments.聽

Alexander McQueen

"I want people to be afraid of the women I dress鈥 said fashion designer Alexander McQueen, whose work is the subject of the V&A鈥檚 major new exhibition, 鈥楢lexander McQueen: Savage Beauty鈥.
Known to his family as 鈥楲ee鈥, Alexander McQueen鈥檚 career 鈥 first as chief designer at Givenchy, later going on to found his own label 鈥 saw the East End boy and unlikely darling of the fashion world become as well known for his ability to shock and provoke as for his creations. 聽His extravagant runway shows featured聽Gothic聽makeup, dresses made from fresh flowers, towering heels, butterflies and amputee models, while his designs exaggerated silhouettes and made low-slung jeans fashionable. 聽But the shows also invited controversy - with names like 'Cocaine Nights' and 'Highland Rape', critics labelled his work聽鈥榤isogynistic' 鈥 something he always denied. 聽聽In February 2010, on the eve of his mother's funeral, he took his own life, aged just 40.
Jane speaks to his sister Janet McQueen, and Andrew Wilson who has written a biography of the designer.
鈥楢lexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin鈥 by Andrew Wilson is out now, published by Simon & Schuster UK

Susan Golombok 鈥 Modern Families

Do gay men make better dads? 聽If 聽so, why? Jenni speaks to Professor Susan Golombok of Cambridge University about her latest research into the newest family forms 鈥 including gay father adoptive families and single mothers by choice. 聽 Susan says the findings contradict 聽many previous assumptions about how children being raised in these families are affected socially and psychologically.聽

Cinderella 鈥 how relevant is this fairy tale to a modern audience?

Cinderella 鈥 a magical tale of finding true love and overcoming evil or a mooning make-over myth about shoes and marrying into money? We ask whether this fairy tale relevant to a modern audience?

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest Kim Cattrall
Interviewed Guest 'Scott' from Dark Justice
Interviewed Guest Sharon Girling
Interviewed Guest Rebecca Reid
Interviewed Guest Lucy Brazier
Interviewed Guest Melissa Murrell
Interviewed Guest Jessica Clark
Interviewed Guest Janet McQueen
Interviewed Guest Andrew Wilson
Interviewed Guest Susan Golombok
Interviewed Guest Tracy McVeigh
Interviewed Guest Charlie Byrne
Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor Beverley Purcell

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  • Sat 28 Mar 2015 16:00

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