Heather McRobie is a novelist, journalist, and former co-editor of openDemocracy 50.50. She has written for Al Jazeera, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Foreign Policy, amongst others. She researches and lectures on public policy at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and previously studied at the University of Oxford, University of Bologna and University of Sarajevo. Her latest book Literary Freedom: a Cultural Right to Literature explores the issue of hate speech in literature and the philosophy of freedom of expression. Follow her on twitter @heathermcrobie
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDiversity in the British judiciary: on the backburner for too longWith Britain's House of Lords reform on the cards, what about all the other powerful white men in white wigs?
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Published in: HomeCanada must not break its promise on Omar KhadrDetainees like Khadr remain both a relic of the Bush-era’s disregard for international and human rights law and a...
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Published in: 50.50Abortion access in the US military – time for the MARCH Act
A Congressional bill has been proposed that will finally repeal the severe restrictions on American servicewomen’s...
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Published in: HomeSrebrenica in 2012: carving out the space to rememberThis week, a funeral for five hundred genocide victims marked the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in...
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Published in: HomeArtemisia at the Musée Maillol: power, painting and perfumeArtemisia Gentileschi presents a problem for chronology, the question of how to fairly handle the dynamic between...
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Published in: 50.50Don’t bank on gender equality from the UK high street
Women are facing a double-bind, bearing the brunt of banks' practices both in the build up to, and in the wake of,...