PlanetHeroines

What is always or frequently named after or in honour of women and what isn’t, but should be, is the thread running through this programme.

Week 23, Inked : Adorning the skin, permanently or just for special occasions or a performance, this programme shows how different women from different cultures feel about tattooing, stitching or painting their bodies and  touching on issues of tradition, self-empowerment and pleasure.

How to make blankets from feathers, knitted squares or juice packets and how quilt patterns aided slaves in their flight to freedom in the US South is the content of this programme.

Week 21, UK - OK? Looking at the UK from the perspective of Vienna (where I am), everything is filtered through media, internet or people telling of their personal experiences. This provoked the question UK - OK? The programme tries to collect different voices in answer to that.

Week 20, Enough Is Enough - Women are singing and dancing their protest; they’re organizing, marching or going on strike.

Week 19 - What We Wish To Pass On, The theme of this programme is how the loss of language is connected to the loss of culture and identity.

The musicians in this programme convey a lot more than just their wonderful music.

Notes The Corona pandemic obscured the climate crisis discussion that had been dominating the public discourse. There is a connection between the spread Covid19 and the capitalist economic system we live in, between the extreme exploitation of nature for profit and economic growth and the outbreak of diseases like MERS, SARS or…