Feminism

I've been calling myself a feminist since the 1970s, but no-one these days even bothers to ask. Here are some of the things I've written about the subject.

#EveryWomanYouKnow: some advice for the nice men
I don't want to be inspiring. I just want to be safe.

How difficult is it to know how to treat people with respect? #MeToo
Sexual harassment was never “acceptable”. Why is that even something that even needs to be said?

Pancakes, International Women's Day and what not to say to a feminist
Why it's not big and clever to use the C word.

Identity
A theatre review, and some thoughts on 'women in rock'.

Yes I am a feminist II
Feminist rage shouldn't be left in the 1980s.

School's out
Schooldays in the 1970s, and the best we could hope to achieve.

David Cassidy and the concrete ceiling
Jackie magazine was great, but it didn't give you much to aspire to.

Why Patti Smith matters
A role models for girls in the 1970s.

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