‘Benevolent Sexism’– Sideshow or Battleground?
Over on Telegraph Blogs today, Jenny McCartney is attacking a report on ‘Benevolent Sexism’, which basically entails very minor acts of goodwill that could still be construed as sexist. McCartney’s...
View ArticleWhy does the paid interns debate always have a London bias?
Yesterday, in a massively generous concession to the youth workforce currently suffering a 20%+ unemployment rate, the Lib Dems have said they will now pay for lunch and travel expenses for their...
View ArticleTop official: NHS hospitals “could close” under reforms
Sue Slipman, the head of England’s leading hospitals, is warning the public in today’s Guardian that NHS hospitals may be forced to shut under the government’s proposed health reforms. Other changes...
View ArticleNotes from a male dominated media industry
In the last two months I’ve been working as a freelance journalist for the first time, and I had an interview at a national newspaper for a job. Scenario 1: During my group interview for the job, there...
View ArticleThe left’s international way forward
I am working my way through Christopher Hitchens’ Hitch-22, which is at turns infuriating and enlightening, and often very funny. What struck me, however, more than any detail about Hitchens’ personal...
View ArticleIsn’t it right to prosecute someone for passing on HIV?
Zoe Williams wrote this week that not informing your sexual partner you are HIV positive should not be a criminal offence, taking her evidence from the current trial of Nadja Benaissa in Germany. Her...
View ArticleWhy are we still supporting the Monarchy?
Let us consider for a moment the first two lines of Canadian band Of Montreal’s ‘My British Tour Diary’. On my trip to England I noticed something obscene People there still actually give a shit about...
View ArticleA reply to Kate
Kate, This is a classic standoff between feminists. The old guard in your corner, and the new guard in mine. At the very least, unlike many women of my generation, I call myself a feminist. I know a...
View ArticleAm I the world’s freest woman?
I am twenty-one years old. Female. British. Middle class, and agnostic. I attended a good university, and came out with an arts degree. If I want to make money, I can, and if I don’t, I can borrow it...
View ArticleGreece bailout shows how subservient we are to financial markets
Writing in Le Monde yesterday, the economist Michel Aglietta looked at the long-term implications of the Greek bailout. His assessment was damning: Lazily imposing a crushing austerity on Greece that...
View ArticleWhere is the Libdem commitment to equality?
Can a Shadow Cabinet tell us anything about its future politics? That, it would seem, depends on the party. The Tories, for example, have been endlessly criticised for the makeup of their Cabinet...
View ArticleSarkozy humiliated in French elections
Sarkozyism is dead. French voters made it very clear this Sunday that any affinity they may once have had with their President is over. He has not made them richer, and he has not made them feel better...
View ArticleThe day without immigrants
On March 1st in France, immigrants were encouraged to stay at home, protest, and spend nothing as a nationwide protest against the country’s latent problems with immigration and national identity....
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