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Weekend Woman's Hour: Jane Garvey gets a makeover, Black women and their hair, Appearance and invisibility

Jane Garvey travels to a Liverpool salon for a makeover. Plus appearance: black women and their hair, how people cope with being visibly different and listeners' phone calls.

As part of our series looking at appearance - What's it like to feel invisible - because you are old or disabled or scarred or if you feel you are too visible - that people stare at you because you stand out? Campaigner Katie Piper, journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and philosopher Dr Mahlet Zimeta discuss.

Helen Steel talks about her relationship with an undercover police officer and her reaction to an 'unreserved' apology from the Metropolitan Police Service.

Weave, cornrows, dreads, braids, natural. Reporter Ena Miller talks to a group of black women about their hair.

What happens when your appearance changes permanently because of breast cancer treatment? Joanna Franks is a Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon at University College Hospital in London. Judith Sanitt chose to have breast reconstruction and Gilly Cant decided against it.

The Singh Twins - Amrit and Rabindra Singh, identical sisters who are two of Britain's leading contemporary artists, but
prefer to be referred to as one. Their work is currently on display at the Tate Britain as part of the Artist and Empire exhibition.

Your calls to our phone-in on appearance.

It is 60 years since African American Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the black section of a bus to a white man. Crystal Sanders, assistant professor in history and African American studies at Penn State University talks about the other women from the movement who should be remembered.

Jane Garvey travels to a Liverpool salon for a makeover.

Producer: Dianne McGregor.

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58 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterJenni Murray
Interviewed GuestKatie Piper
Interviewed GuestYasmin Alibhai-Brown
Interviewed GuestMahlet Zimeta
Interviewed GuestHelen Steel
Interviewed GuestGilly Cant
Interviewed GuestJudith Sanitt
Interviewed GuestJoanna Franks
Interviewed GuestAmrit Singh
Interviewed GuestRabindra Singh
Interviewed GuestKate Matthews
Interviewed GuestNicola Smith
Interviewed GuestCrystal Sanders
ProducerDianne McGregor

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  • Sat 28 Nov 201516:00

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