Wolf-Whistles: What They Really Mean
Earlier than usual — maybe 7.30 am — the BBC rang: What did I think about the woman who’d gone to the police over a wolf-whistle…
Born to Run?
Panorama’s scalding investigation into greyhound racing on 3rd November is supported by this petition. Here is what I have written about this cruel industry’s abuse of…
For a Day in July 2014…
FOR A DAY in July 2014, the advocates of children in care institutions who have been sexually abused by adults — including suspects shielded from…
Abortion – what’s the story?
Lifestyle or self-determination? What should be the focus of debates about abortion in Britain? The Daily Telegraph reports ‘lifestyle abortions warning as serial termination numbers…
RIP Maya Angelou
I am a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ — Maya’s revolutionary book about abuse, adversity, segregation and poetic…
Wellies and Wisdom: How the Light Gets In
Back home. Mud to show for a mind-expanding sojourn at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival at Hay, a parallel event to the annual book jamboree that takes…
Scudamore: Sexism isn’t silly – c’mon football, kick it out!
Odd, isn’t it, that sexism is indulged as just silly? That’s how it seemed in my conversation on Radio 5 Live this week Richard Scudamore’s…
Violence in Vogue
Vogue Italia finds itself in an imbroglio about violence against women. Every year editor Franca Sozzani attempts a ‘political’ spread. She is alert to the…
Taking Liberties: Civil Liberties and Sexual Abuse
The Daily Mail ignores in its purported exposure — shaming — of Harriet Harman and the National Council for Civil Liberties over the organisation’s tolerance…
End of Equality
A book you have been waiting for! A book that joins the dots between neoliberalism and sexism, between equal pay, war zones, the veil, The…