New Feminism is Fabulous
I was recently invited to join the discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme with the wonderful Laura Bates, who launched Everyday Sexism. Great. But…
Category: Current Affairs
Dear Baby
Dear Duchess and Duke, Welcome to your baby. And Dear Baby, Welcome to our world. What would be the greatest gift that your parents could…
A Domestic Goddess Is Only A Woman After All…
…and Charles Saatchi Shows Us What Domestic Violence Looks Like: It is tempting to command Nigella Lawson to morph from her retro persona as domestic…
The Guardian: The Legacy of Greenham Common has outlived Margaret Thatcher
My latest piece for The Guardian: The Legacy of Greenham Common has outlived Margaret Thatcher
Late Night Live: The Formidable Mrs Thatcher
I’m a regular contributor to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s nightly flagship arts and current affairs programme Late Night Live. Here’s my latest discussion alongside Matthew…
IRON LADY
From my book: THE IRON LADIES Virago 1987 Margaret Thatcher’s friends and enemies would say: she’s just like a man! She is the best man…
Margaret Thatcher is Dead
Barack Obama said that Margaret Thatcher was an iconic role model for our daughters. Wrong. Obama’s election as the first black president of the United…
HEROINES AND HUBRIS
Kick ‘em, brush ‘em off, ignore ‘em. But DON’T change ‘em. Men. Since when have so many women have been urged to be so violent?…
Mantel’s Right Royal Calumny
Oh what a mighty calumny Hilary Mantel has caused. Her ravishing, slightly odd, fastidious, eloquent, essay on suits, frocks, fabrics and royal bodies in the…
PHOBIAS, PROFANITIES and CENSORS
Wild twittering about what exactly….? CAN THIS BE FEMINISM? http://www.dailydot.com/society/suzanne-moore-julie-burchill-transphobia/ Here’s my own take on bans, prohibitions and Julie Bindel being proscribed by NUS for…