Thursday, 9 February 2017

How the Remain campaign broke all the rules of advertising

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So last night parliament voted that we would trigger Article 50 with none of the amendments proposed - including amendments that would guar...
Thursday, 2 February 2017

Interview in Bristol 24/7

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Lovely lovely Joe Melia interviewed me about the Spike Island residency for Bristol 24/7 It''s also in the print edition so look o...
Saturday, 28 January 2017

New book: ...and Paris is my hometown

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Exciting news! As part of my Spike Island residency , I have published an eBook of biographical essays about the women of 1920s Paris. I...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017

For Trump supporters, freedom of speech was only ever for straight, white men

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Ten years ago today I set up my blog! To celebrate my Ten Year Blog-a-versary I am writing about freedom of speech, which I am exercising by...
Tuesday, 24 January 2017

For BBC Radio Bristol: Why we protest

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I was on BBC Radio Bristol yesterday morning talking about why I joined the Women's March in London. I would argue that it is impossi...

For Open Democracy: Guapa by Saleem Haddad

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I reviewed Haddad's excellent debut, Guapa, for Open Democracy . It's a brilliant read about the LGBT community in the wake of the...
Sunday, 22 January 2017

A loud woman, a nasty woman, a woman who marches and won't be silenced

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On Friday night, I watched Trump’s inauguration with my chin on the floor, tears drying on my cheeks, and then did what everyone would do a...