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Grazia columnist and Times feature writer Polly Vernon describes herself as a Hot Feminist – a ‘shavyleggy, fashionfixated, wrinkleaverse, weightconcious kind of feminist,’ who likes hot pink and men, and is in a ‘life-long pursuit of hotness’. She gave up on what she calls the ‘rules’ on 'good' feminism, which she says have a problem with looks, and follows her principles of ‘hot feminism’ – Ìýfor those who care about how they look, as well as the gender pay gap. Polly Vernon joins Jenni Murray to explain her ‘hot feminist’ manifesto, why it’s so important, the experiences that got her there, and how you too can be one.

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Polly Vernon’s book Hot Feminism: Modern Feminism, With Style, Without Judgement is published by Hodder & Stoughton on 21 May

The musical High Society has opened to glowing reviews at the Old Vic in London. Based on the play The Philadelphia Story, it follows socialite Tracy Lord, played by Kate Fleetwood, planning her lavish summer wedding to a man she doesn’t love. Also about to open in the film version of London Road, Kate joins Jenni to talk about her move away from more classic, straight roles.

ÌýÌýsays that she may look like your average British Asian Muslim woman in a headscarf, but in fact she’s a football coach.Ìý She now works for Leicester City Football Club Community Trust and last night she won in the Sport Category of this year’s Asian Women of Achievement Awards.Ìý Annie says that trying to make it in football has been the most challenging experience in her life.ÌýÌý She joins Jenni to talk about people’s reaction to her job both on and off the pitch.

Reporter Abigail Hollick was inspired to interview strangers and find out what makes them tick after she spent weeks pushing her new born son in his buggy up and down the same streets and smiling at the same faces, wondering what they were thinking and whether they too had had two hours sleep. Abigail’s first confessional series, , focused on her neighbourhood but this time she turns her attention to women around the UK, starting in Leeds. ‘Women in One' is a new Woman’s Hour collection of one minute (or thereabouts) interviews with strangers Abigail bumps in to. A diverse range of women express their fears, loves, losses and answer personal questions such as ‘What’s your relationship like with your mother?’, ‘Who broke your heart?’ and ‘What keeps you up at night?’. The series starts in Leeds where women in Roundhay Park, Kirkgate Market, The Corn Exchange and Trinity Shopping Centre were more than happy to open up.

Michelle Obama, in her speech to Tuskegee University students, said that she had to fight black stereotypes to become the First Lady.Ìý She told them how she questioned her self-worth when she was called things like Obama’s ‘baby momma’ and a bit ‘uppity’.

So, how do black women fulfill their potential when they can face negative stereotypes? Simone Bresi-Ando, Founder of , a social enterprise to educate and empower young black women and fitness and health blogger talk to Jenni about challenging these typecasts.Ìý