Ep 313: A Badass New Decade Begins with Grace Campbell & Owain Astles

It’s the first week of a brand new decade and we’re kicking things off badass.The first guest this week is Grace Campbell , Grace has been a feminist activist for several years, she and some friends started the campaign group “pink protest” which helped to launch the “Free Periods Campaign” aimed at helping women and girls facing period poverty. She is also the co-creator of the Channel 4’s “Riot-girls” an all female comedy prank show and quickly caught the stand up bug. As well as a long list of talents she is also the daughter of politician Alister Campbell as Grace tells this can be quite polarising for her audiences, they have joined forces to create a podcast chatting “Football, Feminism and Everything in-between”.The second guest this week is Owain Astles the filmmaker behind the docu-drama “Sleeping Rough” which takes frank look at the state of homelessness in the UK with an Increase of 165% in recent years the Owain tell the ladies what is behind the rise. After a period of sofa-surfing Owain learnt more about what it is to be without a home, homelessness is more than just the people we see in streets, this makes up just 3% of all homeless people in the UK, the aim of the film is to broaden peoples understanding of homelessness and the severity of the issue in ways that we don’t see. Find out more info and where you can see the film here.For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshrAnd for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.