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

What is being done to some female bodies is changing what all female bodies mean

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Attempts to discredit the author are increasingly pathetic

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How the feminist campaign against the gender binary was subverted

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Female people are not small male people who lack penises

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Women are punished for becoming the objects they are required to be

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It is not kind or truthful to scare children into loyalty

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You don’t have to excel at something for it to be important to your identity

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We must distinguish between stories and their misuse

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Women are being objectified and dehumanised in the name of progressivism

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How should we talk about politics with our “evil” relatives?

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