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Friday, September 30, 2011

Do you live in Hull?

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If so you should definitely come to this: Research Seminar II Wednesday 23 rd November, 2011, Meaux Room, Staff House, University of Hull 4...
Monday, September 26, 2011

MY Home Town!

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[trigger warning] I was born in London and I'm not one for pointless displays of patriotism, but I like London, I like living here and b...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Memorandum to journalists about social media

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Hello all. Sorry for the round-robin message, I know it's only a small number of you who are letting the others down but I really think...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Ultimate Daily Fail line-by-line

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Who would have guessed the Daily Mail would have leapt on the bandwagon of a new film to let women know they need to stop trying to have car...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Infuriating BBC!

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Argh! Who allows this sort of thing to go out on air? A woman - Marine Debray - appeared on University Challenge and subsequently received...
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Thursday, September 01, 2011

Dorries, Lies, etc

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I had a piece published in the Huffington Post yesterday about abortion access and Nadine Dorries. Seems like since then there is some good...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Escaping the Asylum

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Some of the awesome women who I teach English to with WAST (Women Asylum Seekers Together, a part of Women for Refugee Women) have a photogr...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Still not sure if the criminal justice system is institutionally racist and sexist?

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This is one of the most heart-breaking things I've read in a long time . Makes me feel very petty for worrying about silly stuff like r...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Express Cru

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I'm quoted in today's Daily Express espousing the radical notion that women don't like having their arses randomly grabbed by m...
Monday, August 08, 2011

Edinburgh 2011

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Hello readers - so I'm up and running again at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe. All the info on my shows and what I'm up to Fringe wise w...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Pro-choice Pod

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I was interviewed for a podcast at the pro-choice demo a couple of weeks ago. You can listen in here .
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Do what I say!

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Just a short post but one everyone ought to read for your own safety. So Saturday night I'm coming home from my gig. The bus screeches...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Spot the Culturally Insensitive Difference

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So here's the Daily Star's shock horror exposé claiming Ryan Giggs had a "kinky frolic" (I think that means "dance...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Hello America

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It appears your news networks think they can feed you any old lies... ...now in case it's not clear (and it's REALLY not) the Pentag...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Woman of the Week

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I only just found out I won something! Apparently back in April I was Platform 51's Woman of the Week . They also describe me as ...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Cameron's brain-dead perspective

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According to a joyfully-written piece in the Daily Mail David Cameron is taking steps to reduce benefits to families with large numbers of ...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Instant Karma!

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Feel good about yourself right now, in your seat/pyjamas/office (delete as applicable, maybe all three). Mr Cru and I are running a 10k in ...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Smurthwaite vs The World

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...which frankly I think is what The Big Questions should be renamed when I'm on it! Anyway I was on it this morning and you can watch ...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Save Poppy Fundraiser tonight!

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If you are London-based then please please please come to this awesome fundraiser tonight ! The event: all-female cabaret show featuring for...
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Not paranoid enough about your body?

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Angela Epstein* can help. Apparently Cheryl Cole has fat ankles . Yes grab your sick bag (you may also need a magnifying glass to actually...
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