Saturday, 26 July 2014

Greta & Boris: Summer holiday competition!

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It's the start of the summer holidays! Which is exactly the moment when the adventures in my first novel, Greta and Boris: A Daring Re...
Monday, 7 July 2014

Liar. You’re too ugly to be harassed.

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On Saturday night, Caroline Criado-Perez tweeted about hearing men hissing at women on the platform – a kind of street harassment she hadn’...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014

'Go die in a fire" is not just an idle threat - as I know only too well

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Before we start, let’s have a listen to Electrelane covering Bruce Springsteen’s I’m On Fire.  Ahh. Isn’t that something?  OK...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014

The Government's hypocrisy on violence against women, and asylum

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Last night, Afusat Saliu and her daughters were deported back to Nigeria, after Saliu was refused asylum. She needed asylum because her da...
Thursday, 29 May 2014

From 'Not All Men' to rape threats - on feeling like I've had enough, but not stopping fighting.

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The news over the last few days has been starting to get to me.  There’s nothing new here. But sometimes the overwhelming-ness of it al...
Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Calling misogyny what it is - a response to the Rodger murders.

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When is a hate crime not a hate crime? Apparently when it is committed by a man against women. That’s the lesson I’ve learnt this weekend,...
Thursday, 22 May 2014

The system doesn't care why you don't vote. That's why I voted today.

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Yesterday I tweeted this image from @FeministPics (follow them, they’re awesome)  and my timeline went whoop! Seriously, so many...