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“Calling women whores lets rapists go free”
This week has been replete with horrible news stories about our attitudes to sexual violence. First there was Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on whose claims to innocence I will not presume to cast judgement,...
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Thatcher ruined my Tuesday
Last night I found myself in London at an end-of-season party for the radio show I’m involved in producing (nothing like a bit of cross-platform self-promotion eh?). So much fun was had that I decided...
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Is SlutWalk the future of feminism?
Being a self-confessed feminist is a lot like having an STD. It’s anti-social, more common than you think, takes chutzpah to admit to and oh my gosh does it ever scare the boys off. I’ve heard it all:...
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The bald generation
There are certain things you learn when you temporarily abandon the sanctity of the public pool and start swimming at a gym. First, pop music at the moment is so ear-bleeding banal that it’s a wonder...
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Pregnant woman has brain shocker
Over the last 23 weeks I have discovered that people say strange things to pregnant women. Some people tell me they hope I have a particular gender baby, as though whatever spurious and offensive...
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The limits of tolerance
My oldest friend in the world was a boy called Brett Goldin. I met him at primary school, when we were both hideously awkward and navigating impossible minefields of social rejection. We were in Little...
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Six things I wish I knew six weeks ago
Look how cute she is! How hard can it be, right? As we all know, a new parent is but a gymnasium in which we may all practise these following very important skills: being patronising, being...
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Why I’m wary of KONY2012
Yesterday was one of those days when the internet exploded. From the moment I switched on my laptop till the point when I closed it and went to bed, Facebook and Twitter were awash with Uganda, with...
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The trouble with Twitter
There are a lot of things wrong, and a lot of things right, with our developing culture of social media anonymity. It gives people freedom, both to say things that are dangerous and to say things...
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Mining the Dumps
My Johannesburg childhood was spent in the shadow of the mines. My most exciting school trips involved being ferried out to Gold Reef City or Santarama Miniland to be told about the glories of the...
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