Send us a text Welcome back to Speaking of Her. For our Spooky Season Finale, Lucy leads us into one of the most haunting corners of women’s history — where industrial progress, poverty, and silence collided in the shadows of Victorian London. We’re telling the story of the matchstick girls — the young women who worked long hours in match factories, dipping sticks into white phosphorus that slowly poisoned them from the inside out. What followed was a terrifying and agonizing condition called...
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Send us a text Welcome back to Speaking of Her. For our Spooky Season Finale, Lucy leads us into one of the most haunting corners of women’s history — where industrial progress, poverty, and silence collided in the shadows of Victorian London. We’re telling the story of the matchstick girls — the young women who worked long hours in match factories, dipping sticks into white phosphorus that slowly poisoned them from the inside out. What followed was a terrifying and agonizing condition called...
Surviving the Unthinkable - Justine Barwick’s Story
Speaking of her
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3 months ago
Surviving the Unthinkable - Justine Barwick’s Story
Send us a text Welcome back to Speaking of Her. This week, Jess and Luce are joined by Justine Barwick — a woman whose strength and resilience in the face of a terrifying ordeal is nothing short of extraordinary. While taking a swim in the Whitsunday's, Australia, Justine experienced a life-altering shark attack — a terrifying event that nearly claimed her life. But her story doesn’t end there. In this episode, we delve into Justine’s extraordinary journey: The harrowing moments of the attack...
Speaking of her
Send us a text Welcome back to Speaking of Her. For our Spooky Season Finale, Lucy leads us into one of the most haunting corners of women’s history — where industrial progress, poverty, and silence collided in the shadows of Victorian London. We’re telling the story of the matchstick girls — the young women who worked long hours in match factories, dipping sticks into white phosphorus that slowly poisoned them from the inside out. What followed was a terrifying and agonizing condition called...
