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Podcast: Standard Issue Podcast
Episode: Karen Dobres’ bitch invasion
Description: In 2017, fashion model and counsellor-turned gender equality
campaigner Karen Dobres, found herself on the board of her local
football club Lewes FC, despite never having had an interest in the sport. But she discovered a passion for the women’s game and The Rooks made headlines as the first football club ever to pay its men’s and women’s team players equally. Her new book Pitch Invasion: My Story as a Feminist on a Football Club Board charts her time on the board.
Jen caught up with Karen to chat about the book, the thorny topic of equal p...