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The real elephant in the room in the Rochdale rape case
This is the text of the speech I delivered last night at the Cambridge Reclaim the Night rally in King’s Chapel: Good evening everyone; and can I just congratulate Ruth and the organisers for ye… more →
Too Much To Say For Myself
The real elephant in the room in the Rochdale rape case
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wrote 3 weeks ago: This is the text of the speech I delivered last night at the Cambridge Reclaim the Night rally in Ki … more →
Is Cameron becoming a liability for the Tories?
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wrote 1 month ago: Anyone who’s been watching the exchanges in the House of Commons recently can’t fail to … more →
Justice for Survivors
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wrote 1 month ago: Last Friday Wales and Sheffield United striker Ched Evans was convicted of rape and given a five yea … more →
Strauss-Kahn's presence at Cambridge Uni is an insult
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wrote 2 months ago: Here’s my speech from Cambridge uni this afternoon. I was invited to speak along with Douglas … more →
Rape survivors still being failed
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wrote 3 months ago: As if Brian Paddick’s revelation yesterday that he had been “asked to “water-down … more →
Regrets, I've had a few...
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wrote 5 months ago: ….and having now seen this piece of unmitigated misogynist shite – Fake Bitch Anthem … more →
Guest Post: It doesn't make it all right
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wrote 6 months ago: This is a guest post by Polly I have, as of yesterday, an ex friend. And as with all exes, friends o … more →
Women speak out about online abuse
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wrote 6 months ago: I was one of those who contributed to the New Statesman piece last week about the abuse women writer … more →
Promoting rape and 'telling a rude joke' are not the same thing
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wrote 8 months ago: So far over 173,668 people have signed the change.org ‘Demand Facebook remove pages that promo … more →
Tom Martin, the LSE, and the Missing Minister
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wrote 8 months ago: Some of you may remember a piece I wrote at the end of December where I mentioned that I was being f … more →
Rape and marriage
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wrote 8 months ago: TRIGGER WARNING I’ve covered the subject of marital rape a number of times on this blog, which … more →
Because all the great thinkers are men. Or something....
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wrote 9 months ago: The University of East Anglia has just announced the line up for its Autumn Literary Festival. And g … more →
Guest post: White riot
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wrote 9 months ago: This is a guest post by Polly I’m often behind a trend, so it came as no surprise at about half past … more →
But what about the mennnnn......
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wrote 10 months ago: There’s a new article up on Salon.com today by Roy Black, the lawyer “best known for his … more →
The rape debate
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wrote 1 year ago: I’m not going to dwell too much on what Ken Clarke had to say about rape last week, mainly bec … more →
Girls - it's all their fault!
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wrote 1 year ago: Loath though I am to expend any more of my energy on Nadine Dorries and the ridiculous things she sa … more →
The great 10 Yetis circle jerk
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wrote 1 year ago: There was a survey about parental attitudes around sex education getting some quite prominent covera … more →
Up the junction
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wrote 1 year ago: Just in case you missed it, here’s a link to the text of Nadine Dorries’ speech in the H … more →
Guest post: William it was really nothing
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wrote 1 year ago: This is a guest post by Polly 29th April – how was it for you? Possibly you were at a bit of a loose … more →
