Me on BBC Woman's Hour again today!

So yes I'll be on BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour today again - do tune in, right now. It was pre-recorded so I know what I say, though I don't know what parts of the interview they'll play. Basically Cristina Odone (my opponent) says gay people can have civil partnerships so they are equal. And I say that since marriage and civil partnership aren't the same thing so no, that's not equality. That's like saying black people and white people can both ride the bus, black people just have to sit at the back. It's not equality, equality is when you're equal!

As usual (I've been up against Odone a few times on The Big Questions) she's so short on valid points that she rapidly resorts to criticising how I'm arguing, saying I'm being rude o that I'm ill-educated. At one point the presenter (Jane) asks if I'm married and I say I'm separated. Then a few minutes later I interrupt her point (cos it's bigoted!) and she complains I'm talking over her and starts to say she can see why my relationship has ended, but slightly stops herself just in time! Ha ha ha.

In fairness I criticise her marriage too. She's Catholic and married to a divorced guy. The Catholic church doesn't approve of that marriage but she's chosen to do it anyway. Now she wants to stop other people, gay people, who the church also disapproves of, from enjoying what she has.

You can tune in, or listen again later here.

Woman's Hour and Joan Baez!

So I was on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour today talking about the Unilad scandal. Plus in the green room I met Joan Baez - another guest on the show. You can listen to it all again here for the next seven days I think.

I'm also quoted (rather fittingly) in another article today about sexism in comedy on John Fleming's blog.

Back on banter and the BBC

I'll be on BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour tomorrow (10am onwards) discussing the Unilad scandal and whether we can just dismiss overt sexism as "hilarious" comedy banter. Do tune in if you're about - it's available on the internet too. Not sure about overseas but you can try...!