Joan Smith

Joan Smith is a novelist, essayist, columnist and campaigner for human rights. Her latest book is Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists (riverrun, 2019). She tweets at @polblonde

How can sexist officers investigate rape?

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There’s a difference between violence and criticism

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Starmer should not double down on trans radicalism

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What does Keir Starmer have to be proud of?

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Maybe turning Labour into the “some-women-have-penises” party isn’t such a popular electoral strategy after all

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Can a new report finally get rape victims out of the dock?

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Terrifying parallels emerge between domestic violence and the Ukraine invasion

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How have we reached a point where a former shadow women and equalities minster doesn’t know what a woman is?

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The Met can’t be left to clean up its own mess

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Why won’t Labour stand by women?

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