“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

About Janey Stephenson

Janey Stephenson is a campaigner and filmmaker who is interested in feminism, gender, social justice and human rights. She is passionate about ending violence against women and tweets @rebeljelly.

Articles by Janey Stephenson

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Clare Sambrook, investigative journalist, co-edits Shine a Light.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

You don’t have to be embarrassed to be vegan

Janey Stephenson 4 February 2018

The more welcoming and accessible veganism becomes, the closer we’ll get to our goal: a world free of cruelty.

The subversive power of joy

Janey Stephenson 26 June 2017

The unexpected, spontaneous and pleasantly disruptive nature of collective celebration is one of the great equalisers of social and political struggle.

When resting is resistance

Janey Stephenson 20 January 2016

Activists fixate on the future: impatient for the world we want to see. But falling into the capitalist trap of ceaseless productivity leads to burn out.

Why the monster Grendel has no place in activism today

Janey Stephenson 9 January 2014

I was at the anti-fracking protest at Balcombe in the UK when another activist said austerity is "a beast bigger than all of us". Then I started to see monsters everywhere.