and frances ryan, a british author of a book about the demonisation of disabled people, wrote in theat — about the troubled optics of a slim woman smashing diet culture. and she says, you know, there's a catch—22 in fighting sexism that women must largely meet the norms, the convention of attractiveness before they are allowed to criticise the demand to be attractive. fair comment, isn't it? completely fair. i've literally been the victim of what she's talking about because i gained lots of weight when i firstjoined radio one back back at 26 years old. i was then nationally fat—shamed for about six months. so, i started campaigning very heavily against fat phobia in the united kingdom, i went and spoke at parliament about it, i released a plus—size clothing line. but my activism could only go so far. i was stopped and called bitter and jealous, essentially i was dismissed because i was a larger woman now, so, therefore, my opinion didn't count as much because i was too lazy to do the work to be slim and that's why i was sounding off about it. and so now that the same woman is slim, e

natasha just checking that you can hear me and wondering just how dire the mosque shortages in france. ryans we've really we've just lost our tasha and we will be getting her back later on in the day well canadian prime minister justin trudeau also says he is very concerned about reports that medical supplies meant for canada have also been diverted to the united states i've heard reports on this issue and of course there are concerning we need to make sure that equipment that is destined for canada gets to and stays in canada and i've asked ministers to follow up on these particular reports we are working not just here at home but overseas as well to ensure that the equipment that canada has ordered makes its way to canada. well earlier i spoke to alric brooks now he's a political analyst and a professor in european studies at stanford university in ballin he says global solidarity is vital in the response to this pandemic. now it seems as if we are in a 2nd face in europe in which political leaders also understand that it's a time in which solidarity is of utmost importance and we have sho

i think "saving private ryan" which was based on omaha dog green and was shot in ireland because they found a more suitable area. i do not know why they did not shoot it in france but they have logistic reasons. i thought it was well done. i thought the cliff was well portrayed. they found an area with a similar cliff. there was one amusing thing they did differently from what i saw. perhaps for dramatic purposes, they showed the pillbox which draw leading into the town. they showed that being captured at the end of the day. the pillbox ice saw had not been captured then because i saw the infantry going up to capture at the next morning and they had flamethrowers with them which is a rather dramatic weapon i did not know much about. i don't think many infantry were trained with them but anyhow, some knew how to run them. to capture the pillbox, that was a good way of doing it. i was lying there wounded at the base of the cliff. i was only 80 feet below that pillbox so i was very close. it was right above me and i saw the men going up the beach exit road with the flamethrowers and about half an hour later, after some ofght up there, the germans had surrendered a