Harriet Williamson is a freelance journalist who has written for a number of publications, including The Independent, New Statesman and Buzzfeed. Follow her on twitter @harriepw
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Published in: 50.50Fear and humiliation at the job centreThe lack of self-confidence among young women looking for a job in Britain, revealed in the ‘Work It Out’ report, is...
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Published in: 50.50Can porn be feminist? A conversation with Erika LustFeminist porn is sex on film showing women and men as sexual equals - that sex is something you do together, not...
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Published in: 50.50Can fashion’s commitment to feminism ever be more than lip service?Feminists have long critiqued the fashion industry, which has often responded by – at best – co-opting feminism as a...
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Published in: 50.50Counting violence against womenTreating acts of fatal male violence as 'isolated incidents' both downplays the frequency with which women are...
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Published in: 50.50Manic Pixies and Cool Girls: on female solidarity and the male gazePop culture tropes of ‘the girl who isn’t like other girls’ might seem subversive but they reinforce old sexist...
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Published in: 50.50Misogyny and homophobia: patriarchy, gender policing, and the male gazeUntil there is gender equality, we can’t live in a world free of homophobia.