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…
Rape: Getting Away With It
In the aftermath of yet another woman’s death, following yet another rape trial acquittal, The Independent reported yet another scandal — hapless investigation and prosecution…
RIP Stuart Hall: A Great and Lovely Man
We have lost the living presence of the great and lovely Stuart Hall. So many of us have been transformed by his radical questions and answers.
Plebgate Morphs into Plodgate
Black Bodies, Women’s Bodies: Spectres Haunting the Police Representatives of the Police Federation are called to explain themselves to a Parliamentary committee in November 2013.…
A Very British Murder
Reports of the horrendous death of Bijan Ebrahimi — a disabled man living in Bristol — seem doomed to point in all the wrong directions.…
BBC Radio Festival 2013: Blah-Blah-Blah…Democracy
Very agreeable session yesterday with Rod Liddle and Adam Gee. Sparkling — though sparks did not fly!
From Jasmine Beckford to Daniel Pelka: a history of chaos and calumny
In three decades of child protection, an alliance between state and children has been compromised by the compliance culture. Read more of my article in…
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…