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Pro-Choice Protest, tonight
In solidarity with everyone at the Pro-Choice protest tonight, outside the BPAS clinic in Bedford Square, Bloomsbury. Sadly I can’t be there, but do go along if you can, and oppose 40 Days For Life’s...
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Christianity and the Abortion Rights Battle
As a rule, I don’t blog about religion. Ever. Partly because my relationship with the Church is ambivalent at best, and partly because it lays me open to ridicule from secular feminists and abuse...
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The Father
The Father by August Strindberg, new version by Laurie Slade. Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. 31st March – 14th April 2012. Directed by Joe Harmston. As a follow-up to Nora, I went to see The Father on...
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Happy Birthday Mary Wollstonecraft
Today is the 253rd anniversary of the birth of Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Born on this day in 1759, Wollstonecraft was the mother of feminism – and the mother...
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In Defence of: The 1967 Abortion Act
Yesterday marked the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act’s implementation, on 27th April 1968. Last week, British TV presenter Jameela Jamil tweeted, “red lipstick, high heels, chocolate and Ryan...
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May: I’ve been reading…
The alternative title for this blog post is ‘Things I’d be blogging about properly if I wasn’t so overwhelmed by finals.’ Lately I’ve mostly been reading lots and lots of Shakespeare plays and...
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Judge tells woman to “adjust” to her husband’s domestic abuse
Originally published at Women’s Views on News. Sarah Graham WVoN co-editor An Indian High Court judge has been heavily criticised after telling a woman she should “adjust” to the domestic violence...
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Femme Fatigue
I spent last weekend in Bristol at UK Feminista’s Summer School 2012, staying with my good friend MadamJMo. After last year’s Summer School, I came away buzzing with energy and excitement about the...
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In the UK two women a week are killed by a current or former partner. 400,000 women each year are sexually assaulted in...
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Musical machinations – A review of Made In Dagenham: The Musical
Originally published at The F Word. As the name suggests, Made In Dagenham: The Musical is the latest retelling of the story of the fight for equal pay by an amazing group of women machinists from the...
View ArticleNew job!
So, a bit of work news that I’ve been keeping quiet for a while… In September I’m joining the brilliant team at Women for Refugee Women, for a 12-month, part-time role as their communications...
View ArticleStudy Shows How Distressing Anti-Abortion ‘Vigils’ Are For Women
I wrote for VICE’s new women’s channel, Broadly, about a new study into the impact that anti-abortion ‘vigils’ outside clinics have on women. The study, by Dr Pam Lowe and Dr Graeme Hayes of Aston...
View Article“What have I got to lose?” Hunger strikes and protests at Yarl’s Wood...
Originally published at New Statesman, written as part of my communications work for Women for Refugee Women: On Saturday, hundreds of protestors gathered in the muddy field outside Yarl’s Wood...
View ArticleCampaigners Lobby for ‘Full Decriminalization’ of Abortion in the UK
I wrote for VICE’s Broadly channel about We Trust Women, the campaign launched by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) calling for the full decriminalisation of abortion in the UK. The...
View ArticleWomen for Refugee Women: “In our hopeless condition, we give each other hope”
Last week I finished my 12 month sabbatical-cover contract at Women for Refugee Women (WRW). After a year of cramming my freelance work into two days a week, I’m now officially a full-time freelancer...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2017
Happy International Women’s Day! Today is one of my favourite days of the year, because it provides a focal point for celebrating women’s fantastic achievements, and campaigning on all the areas where...
View ArticleRecent work: Road to Equality, with Google Arts & Culture and the Mayor of...
“What draws men and women together is stronger than the brutality and tyranny which drive them apart.” – Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett Since February I’ve been working with Google Arts & Culture...
View ArticleRecent work: Road to Equality pt.2, with Google Arts & Culture
Another month, another (very) belated work update! Back in May I wrote about the first phase of my work on Road to Equality, a suffrage centenary project I’d been working on in partnership with Google...
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