cultural life, the radio 4 programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how, even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds. # it makes them feel just like new. # plink plink, plink plink. laughter. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity, and your first choice is your parents. yes. tell me about your parents. well, first of all, they, um, were very innovative and able to improvise, because, of course, if you live in the woods and there aren t any shops, you have to be, and they were both very outdoorsy. but they also allowed us to make messes in our rooms and didn t make us clean them up. by messes, i mean project
happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity, and your first choice is your parents. yes. tell me about your parents. well, first of all, they, um, were very innovative and able to improvise, because, of course, if you live in the woods and there aren t any shops, you have to be, and they were both very outdoorsy. but they also allowed us to make messes in our rooms and didn t make us clean them up. by messes, i mean projects, which always begin as messes. just to set the scene, this is rural quebec, because your father was an entomologist. he was studying. oh, yes. he was a forest entomologist, and his research station spring, summer and fall, was up in the woods north, north, north, north, north of ottawa, up the ottawa river, and this would be in a house that he built himself, because he was of a rural background and knew how to do all of that, and, um, therefore, he had
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elvis, and everything everywhere all at once. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone 5:30am, that is me done for the night, thank you for your company. coming up at 6 o clock, breakfast, with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. but first, bbc 100 women in conversation: selma blair. selma blair made her name in cult classics of the 90s and 2000s, like cruel intentions and legally blonde. although she once described himself as not being a world famous bombshell , she has amassed millions of fans. in 2018, she announced she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. her honesty on the subject has made her an inspiration for people with disabilities and with chronic conditions. in conversation with bbc 100 women, selma talks about her diagnosis, inclusivity in hollywood and beyond, and the progress that women have made. thank you so much for taking the time to speak to bbc 100 women. how are you feeling today? thank you for asking. it s lovely to be here. i feel really well,
normally do it, by hash tagging it. white now they re protesting a nazi-owned tattoo shop. i say allegedly nazi-owned tattoo shop. i don t want to get sued by nazis. what can i do? now that s a question i hear a lot from people in my travels during these hectic times. but if i m honest, it s really a question that i mostly hear from white people. specifically well-meaning, white liberal people. black people don t ask what we can do to help. in our who are we ve always had to figure out how to make the world a better place while figuring out how to make it through the day. some people are starting to realize, no, things are pretty f d. those white people have taken to protesting, hash tagging, phone banking, and a little crocheting. but some white people are second amendmenting. specifically these white people. not to be confused with these white people. i know, it s confusing. these white people are the redneck revolt. this aren t a bunch of rednecks revolting against e