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

It’s too easy to focus on the Top Gear host

We need to talk about female physical disadvantage

You can’t have feminism without femaleness

An essential book that should not have had to be written

The shocking case of an assault victim denied life-saving surgery because she asked for single-sex facilities

They could be hiding in plain sight!

Older women are the true gender rebels

Our conception of ourselves is never wholly fixed