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To the Woman
To The Woman is Audible UK’s flagship podcast series for International Women’s Day 2019.
Hosted by National Book Award winner, Sunday Times best-selling author, activist and broadcaster Scarlett Curtis, this series celebrates extraordinary women of the world through a series of intimate letters to themselves and each other. Mothers, life-long friends or the women we are yet to meet: the show celebrates the idiosyncrasies, ideals, and intimacies of shared womanhood.
Beginning with a simple prompt, “To the woman...” penned by Scarlett herself, these episodes bloom into a larger narrative of love, friendship and a celebration of women. The podcast has been produced by multi-award-winning documentary maker Hana Walker-Brown.
Please note: contains strong language and adult content. As an Audio Show - free for members - when you add To the Woman to your library, you'll get all five episodes, each with a runtime of about 25 minutes.
Hosted by National Book Award winner, Sunday Times best-selling author, activist and broadcaster Scarlett Curtis, this series celebrates extraordinary women of the world through a series of intimate letters to themselves and each other. Mothers, life-long friends or the women we are yet to meet: the show celebrates the idiosyncrasies, ideals, and intimacies of shared womanhood.
Beginning with a simple prompt, “To the woman...” penned by Scarlett herself, these episodes bloom into a larger narrative of love, friendship and a celebration of women. The podcast has been produced by multi-award-winning documentary maker Hana Walker-Brown.
Please note: contains strong language and adult content. As an Audio Show - free for members - when you add To the Woman to your library, you'll get all five episodes, each with a runtime of about 25 minutes.
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First published March 8, 2019
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March 14, 2019
When I say I cried, I sobbed. Heavily. In traffic. In Dublin city centre.
People stared.
This is absolutely wonderful.
People stared.
This is absolutely wonderful.
March 28, 2019
More please!!!! I love it all hearing from a network of woman who emphasise the importance of female friendships & role models :)
August 23, 2021
Oh wow. I adore Scarlett Curtis already and this was just wonderful. Powerful and warm and honest. The guests and letters were picked perfectly. Something all femme folk should listen to! Honestly wish there were more episodes!
June 13, 2019
This was a lovely set of short podcasts that range from 20-3o mins and is 5 episodes long. This series was put together for International Women's Day 2019 and has been something I've been meaning to listen to for a while. They are available through audible and free to listen to for audible subscribers.
Each "chapter" or episode has a theme:
> Ep. 1. To The Woman that Raised Me,
> To the Woman That Chose Me
> To the Woman that Changed Me
> To the Woman that I Am
> To the Woman Still to Come
Within each theme are a series of letters written by various artists, journalists, poets, and women in the media to other women. These are heartfelt, meaningful and insightful moments into women's lives. They look at a variety of issues from periods, to friendships, to motherhood, to women in warzones and other culture, to the women we want to be and the women who support us. Some of these letters were written by women I've been particularly interested in or following at the moment like: Juno Dawson, Pandora Sykes, Dolly Alderton and a variety of other women from different backgrounds who I hadn't heard of.
I really enjoyed these small snippets and they were a great way to pass the morning.
Each "chapter" or episode has a theme:
> Ep. 1. To The Woman that Raised Me,
> To the Woman That Chose Me
> To the Woman that Changed Me
> To the Woman that I Am
> To the Woman Still to Come
Within each theme are a series of letters written by various artists, journalists, poets, and women in the media to other women. These are heartfelt, meaningful and insightful moments into women's lives. They look at a variety of issues from periods, to friendships, to motherhood, to women in warzones and other culture, to the women we want to be and the women who support us. Some of these letters were written by women I've been particularly interested in or following at the moment like: Juno Dawson, Pandora Sykes, Dolly Alderton and a variety of other women from different backgrounds who I hadn't heard of.
I really enjoyed these small snippets and they were a great way to pass the morning.
August 16, 2019
Presented as spoken letters to each titular woman.
> To The Woman that Raised Me,
> To the Woman That Chose Me,
> To the Woman that Changed Me,
> To the Woman that I Am,
> To the Woman Still to Come.
Who do you choose as your friend? Who chooses you as a mentee? Who was your penpal? Who is the woman you wanted to grow up to be?
This was excellent. Very English, if that makes sense. A few names I knew, a few I didn’t (but looked up) and a few more that I will now follow.
Really inspired by the lady who married herself.
And it was kind of heartening for a feminist who is sometimes weary of fighting the same battles over and over.
The girls will be alright.
4 stars
> To The Woman that Raised Me,
> To the Woman That Chose Me,
> To the Woman that Changed Me,
> To the Woman that I Am,
> To the Woman Still to Come.
Who do you choose as your friend? Who chooses you as a mentee? Who was your penpal? Who is the woman you wanted to grow up to be?
This was excellent. Very English, if that makes sense. A few names I knew, a few I didn’t (but looked up) and a few more that I will now follow.
Really inspired by the lady who married herself.
And it was kind of heartening for a feminist who is sometimes weary of fighting the same battles over and over.
The girls will be alright.
4 stars
February 11, 2021
I went into this due to a recent genre kick involving feminist works. Even though I’ve just started this - this is something that I think that every female needs to listen to at some point in their life. We are sometimes life with a female role model close to use and we find that roles provided by someone else - a teacher, a distant family member or a family friend. Or we just need to let that inner voice out to be heard and this does that in a way. It reminds us that our mothers are not always our blood relative but maybe someone that choose us. Our we are reminded of the impact one had latter on after we lost them or when we are given the courage to take the next step to make our lives our own.
September 13, 2022
I went into this podcast not really know what it would be about. Would it be a series of angst? Would it be a enjoyable discussion about womanhood and femenism?
It ended up being a series of letters written by women to the women in their life, and it was heartwarming and inspirational. Overall, I would call this the definition of a feel-good podcast.
To the Woman Who Raised Me
There were a couple of interesting letters in this one, the first a wonderful heartwarming letter to a mother, which I loved. And then the last letter in this section was a rather emotional letter to a mother who passed away. Makes you want to hug your Mum. (Didn't really enjoy that one to be honest. Too sad, no hope)
To the Woman that Chose Me
A series of letters about friendship/female best friends. I really enjoyed these letters. And one of them was actually a spoken word poem. There's something special about female friendships...
To the Woman that Changed Me
Three inspirational letters about the women who changed these letter writer's lives. It really helps reinforce in me the importance of having people of all ethnicity in film, and the difference it makes to the children watching on.
To the Woman that I Am
The first of these letters is about periods, and honestly, I loved it. Why are periods so secret and shameful? They're just nature. The second letter I actually skipped because I believe it was about the sex industry (my issues with it are to do with the people running it, not the women btw) or the like. Not something I wanted to listen to. And the third letter was a quirky kind of reflection on body image, which I also enjoyed.
I absolutely loved the first of these letters. It was beautiful and hopeful, we have a wonderful future ahead! The second letter was probably the closest to angsty this podcast ever got. It wasn't too bad, but it wasn't all that great. And the third letter I really don't remember that well.
Content: Most of the episodes have an 'explicit content and language' warning at the start. It's not really all that bad, but a few do have some bad language (up to f-words), and there were a few sexual references (not to mention the letter I skipped altogether).
Overall, I really enjoyed the podcast, and I would recommend listening to a few select letters. Not all of them, but some are really heartwarming and inspirational. I'd also probably recommend adult women only or parents discretion.
It ended up being a series of letters written by women to the women in their life, and it was heartwarming and inspirational. Overall, I would call this the definition of a feel-good podcast.
To the Woman Who Raised Me
There were a couple of interesting letters in this one, the first a wonderful heartwarming letter to a mother, which I loved. And then the last letter in this section was a rather emotional letter to a mother who passed away. Makes you want to hug your Mum. (Didn't really enjoy that one to be honest. Too sad, no hope)
To the Woman that Chose Me
A series of letters about friendship/female best friends. I really enjoyed these letters. And one of them was actually a spoken word poem. There's something special about female friendships...
To the Woman that Changed Me
Three inspirational letters about the women who changed these letter writer's lives. It really helps reinforce in me the importance of having people of all ethnicity in film, and the difference it makes to the children watching on.
To the Woman that I Am
The first of these letters is about periods, and honestly, I loved it. Why are periods so secret and shameful? They're just nature. The second letter I actually skipped because I believe it was about the sex industry (my issues with it are to do with the people running it, not the women btw) or the like. Not something I wanted to listen to. And the third letter was a quirky kind of reflection on body image, which I also enjoyed.
I absolutely loved the first of these letters. It was beautiful and hopeful, we have a wonderful future ahead! The second letter was probably the closest to angsty this podcast ever got. It wasn't too bad, but it wasn't all that great. And the third letter I really don't remember that well.
Content: Most of the episodes have an 'explicit content and language' warning at the start. It's not really all that bad, but a few do have some bad language (up to f-words), and there were a few sexual references (not to mention the letter I skipped altogether).
Overall, I really enjoyed the podcast, and I would recommend listening to a few select letters. Not all of them, but some are really heartwarming and inspirational. I'd also probably recommend adult women only or parents discretion.
April 1, 2019
Interesting,thoughtful, moving and funny this audiobook\podcast was brilliant in highlighting how far we have come but also how far we still have to come.
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