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    Feb 1

    In other news, I’m writing a book. I definitely won’t mention this again.

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    11 hours ago

    Where are all the female writers in the history books? We celebrate unsung literary heroines from the past in response to :

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  3. 11 hours ago

    And STILL we don't get to see Jeremy Irons in chaps. Honestly, some days I don't know why I bother.

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  4. 11 hours ago

    Let's be honest, the whole cycle of this is revealing & depressing. One offhand remark is treated like a MAJOR INTERVENTION because it enables ti to become a) viral news fodder featuring endless pix of JLaw; b) an excuse for lots of men to shout at women for being "oversensitive'

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  5. 11 hours ago

    FWIW, Jennifer Lawrence (!) has responded to WarmCoatGate. I disagree with the idea that "anything a woman chooses to do" = feminism. Also, I felt like the whole "Jeremy Irons in chaps business" was a clue I don't think this is the biggest issue facing the world...

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    14 hours ago

    Can someone pls fetch a bodybag for Steve Baker we have a casualty here

    Steve Baker asked about Jeremy Corbyn comments
    Lunchtime political debate and films with @jo_coburn @afneil @BBCsarahsmith live six days a week when Parliament is sitting #bbcdp on weekdays - #bbcsp on Sundays
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  7. 14 hours ago

    EVENT: Have politicians lost the art of persuasion? What makes a great speech - and an awful one? Join me, and at the on March 19:

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  8. 18 hours ago

    Essentially, kneejerking to “maybe it’s her choice!” is a good way of ducking a whole discussion of how society shapes and limits our choices. Refugees *choose* to get on rickety boats across the Mediterranean. That doesn’t make it empowering.

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  9. 18 hours ago

    “Choice feminism is motivated by a fear of politics” - Michaele Ferguson

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  10. 18 hours ago

    Anyway, the vast waves of people telling me that maybe Jennifer Lawrence HATES coats and I should be celebrating her agency has led me to find a free version of one of the best recent pieces of feminist scholarship…

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  11. 18 hours ago

    The morning’s hate mail contains this gem. You can seduce people with something OTHER than a BA (Hons)? This changes everything.

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  12. Feb 20

    Ancient curse: may your feminist tweet go viral

    Replying to @helenlewis
    GET A LIFE FATTY!, only jealous women would attack other women. but of course, is JLaw she's the perfect clickbait for LOSERS like you to gain some likes and retweets.
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  13. Feb 20

    Shoutout to the hangover of the friend who texted me last night to say “the thing is Helen, all men are ducks”

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  14. Feb 20

    The only way I would care about your opinion is if it came with a free box of doughnuts.

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    Oh look, a leftist bore making a drama out of something entirely non-dramatic. Again.
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  15. Feb 20

    Admittedly, this is a compelling explanation.

    Maybe Jennifer Lawrence's ancestors came from Newcastle?
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  16. Feb 20

    True equality means either Jennifer Lawrence getting a coat, or Jeremy Irons having to pose for a photocall in assless chaps.

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  17. Feb 20

    This is such a quietly depressing (and revealing) image. Not least because I've been outside today and it's bloody FREEZING.

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  18. Feb 19

    Has anyone read anything good on Black Panther by an African writer? Would love some links ...

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  19. Feb 19

    I feel like both of those stories raise big questions for the party leaders. And yet neither of them has had much coverage.

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  20. Feb 19

    Last week the PM went to Belfast to make a deal on power-sharing and came away with nothing. Meanwhile, Corbyn gave an interview to a football YouTuber who had tweeted things like “Hitler was playing the Jew challenge”. (The Guardian took the transcript down.)

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  21. Feb 19

    It’s so odd how big stories that cast doubt on Corbyn & May’s competence and effectiveness aren’t getting any traction. (Rather than mad spy flam.) They’re like a binary star system, locked together, unable to escape each other’s orbit.

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