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Why are we still whispering the word ‘menopause’? It’s a taboo that should have been smashed decades ago, yet it’s only now that we’re finally starting to have meaningful, public conversations about the M word.
Our panel will have an open and honest conversation about the menopause and how it affects women’s lives everywhere. They’ll discuss this second half of life as a new beginning and dispel Western society’s current understanding of it as some kind of declining, final chapter.
Join Dr Pragya Agarwal, award-winning author of Hysterical, and Dr Sharon Blackie, psychologist and author of Hagitude as they put outdated clichés to bed, with journalist, broadcaster and former politician, Peg Alexander .
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About the Authors
Dr Pragya Agarwal
Dr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist. She has held a number of senior academic positions in US and UK Universities for over 15 years and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. As well as numerous research papers, she is the author of three widely acclaimed non-fiction books, Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias, Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children about Race and (M)otherhood: On the choices of being a woman, and a book Standing Up To Racism for young children. Her journalistic writing has appeared in the Guardian, Prospect, Forbes, BBC Science Focus, Scientific American and New Scientist amongst others, and her essays have appeared in several literary magazines.
Dr Sharon Blackie
Dr Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. As well as writing five books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted and her latest, Hagitude, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets – among them the Guardian, the i, the Irish Times, and the Scotsman.
About the Chair
Peg Alexander
Peg Alexander is a Leeds based award winning broadcaster, presenter, and journalist across TV, radio, podcasts and events. A colourful, warm, optimistic northerner, she’s all about the world we live in and life in general – people, politics, the planet, and cake. She‘s a regular on shows including Jeremy Vine on 5 and previously Steph’s Packed Lunch, and is often heard on national radio putting her twopenneth in.
Broadcasting is her 2nd career. Before moving into the media she was a charity CEO and was senior in public policy. She was also founding Director of Bradford’s UNESCO status as the world’s first City of Film. She now combines both careers.
She’s written 2 books – one on how to keep weight off long term and is currently finishing a travel-inspired memoir.
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