Victoria Smith

Victoria Smith is a feminist writer, with a particular interest in motherhood and intersections of misogyny and ageism. She is the author of Hags, on the demonisation of middle-aged women, and her new book Unkind, on how be kind entrenches sexism, is published in February. She tweets at @glosswitch

In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues

Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do

There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces

If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it

Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough

It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane

The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?

What Planned Parenthood’s turn to Botox tells us about feminism today

There are many different kinds of suffering to acknowledge when it comes to disabilities

Regret can’t measure the harms of gender medicine