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

Pseudo-progressives are resurrecting gender stereotypes

Don’t pretend that feminists are being “radical” for no reason

“Gender critical” feminists have represented the best of feminism

Trans activism is uniquely incompatible with anti-rape activism

Concerns about over-prescription should not be trivialised or problematised

We have to resist the mass gaslighting of women and girls

La Leche League and the pornification of breastfeeding

People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances

Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant