Growing Up A Girl…In Hartlepool

Our intergenerational podcast series puts performance poets together with women and girls in Teesside to have creative conversations about the issues that affect them.

Inspired by the work of equal rights charity Plan International, we chat, write and make art about essential indicators of wellbeing for girls – from body image to academic attainment, we want to know what it’s truly been like to grow up a girl for generations past and present. Will it be the same for the girls of the future?

Episode One: In which we think about aspiration, education, work opportunity, and poverty…

Episode Two: In which we think about obesity and mental health…

Episode Three: In which we think about stereotypes, teen conception, sex Ed, and gender differences…

All content written and recorded by lead artists Sarah Crutwell and Dianne Casey; participants from Nasir Mosque, Throston Youth Services, Assist Network, Hartlepool Women’s Health Hub, and The Annexe; and interviewees Linda Mohun, Sue Ainslie, Anne-Marie and Grace Archer. With thanks to Hartlepool Council, the Wharton Trust, the Bis, the Studio, CECA and our sound engineer Grace Stubbings. Theme music is ‘Girls’ by Moonray.

Growing Up A Girl…In Redcar

Season two is underway!! You can now listen to our Redcar pilot episode, funded and produced with mentoring help from the brilliant Content is Queen.

Episode One: In which we hear young voices talking about the things that affect them, from gender identity to unsafe town centres, and we feature poetry from the women of Redcar. Access the episode transcript here.