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

Russell Brand and the performance of misogyny

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Real pluralism is about ideas, not just identity

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Civility is taken as proof of hidden ill-intent

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We know what sex is when men want something from women

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Our mental health discourse is deeply hypocritical

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Age comes for us all, and it makes us no less human

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In death and in life

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Why should feminists trust anyone again?

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All hail Sadiq Khan’s campaign against embarrassing sexists

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Starmer should oppose the two child benefit cap

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