"This fierce, impatient feminism needs to be recognised. I call it the new feminism because it looks very different fr…"

"[In an article on Germaine Greer's The Whole Woman (1999).] Greer's fundamental conclusion is that the pursuit of equ…"

"[On the promise of prominent women in the New Labour government elected in 1997.] I really felt that we were on an ir…"

"I was sitting on the floor of my study, with pieces of paper stacked up around me. I felt listless and overwhelmed by…"

"I fear that we are being set a trap and falling into it, by playing this role in a farce that we didn’t script. As ma…"

"We can’t sit back and wait for someone else to do the work that is needed, we each have to get on and do what we can …"

"We did win some battles at Women for Refugee Women – we helped to end the immigration detention of children, and we w…"

"I have been so struck by the number of women who have come up to me in the last few years saying that Living Dolls wa…"

"Honesty. I think all religions involve an element of self-delusion, and that’s no way to live your life. And freedom:…"

"[Review of Walter's book The New Feminism.] In its bid for sophisticated political adulthood, the new feminism also r…"