Here we go again. As in Plymouth: If you’re investigating whether a killer on a spree specifically targeted women, you’re investigating whether he was committing an “act of terror” against women

Misogyny is an “ideological motivation” we should challenge, not some kind of norm

Massive hailstones in Westminster! Quite the April day.

I look at these stories & think of all the good people I met in the Tory Party who hoped to be MPs

They gave up because selection requires spare cash, dodgy favours to local councillors & constant weekends with the party incompatible with active parenthood. So we get these guys

'Call the violent targeting of women what it is: a terror attack'

My column this week in the i newspaper looks at the Sydney Bondi Junction attacks, and the rise of terrorism against women.
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.Kate Maltby on Lloyd Evans, ogling female lecturers and how Lea Ypi (and all women) deserve so much better
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Always in awe of how much work this man produces.

Congratulations to Daniel Susskind on the launch of GROWTH: A RECKONING.

In today's paper ⬇️⬇️

Opinion I Call the violent targeting of women what it is: a terror attack

🖋️ Kate Maltby trib.al/UnxKHRk

Targeting a priest: “a terrorist attack”

Targeting women: “not a terrorist attack”

I've now written up this issue in my newspaper column this week.
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Very stimulating, & true vibe of the old programme Kate Maltby Takeshi Morisato Gemma Tidman Dorian Lynskey

This is what patriarchy looks like ⬇️⬇️

It seems impossible that these repeat incidents and the involvement of the police were not known in the community. Did the local Tory Party not care?

So true the candidate selection process is corrupt & you end up with these people in power Kate Maltby

A lot of sensible points from Anne-Marie Trevelyan here, confirming that she cannot support tonight’s Smoking & Vapes Bill ⬇️

Lea Ypi is a superb thinker on free markets, as the clip below shows, and her book ‘FREE’ should be read by anyone needing a lesson on the realities of totalitarian & anticapitalist states. One might expect a rightwing magazine to respect her…

Meanwhile, as we fight to have misogyny even recognised as a cause of terrorism, we have to deal with this rubbish.

Men fail to understand both the harassment experienced by women & the harassment experienced by transwomen if they call it interchangeable
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'The Sydney killings took place in a “Westfield”, the global brand of shopping centres known also for its malls in London. The apparent motivation, hatred of women, is every bit as global a product as any mid-market shopping experience.'
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The trend to smaller casts & one-person shows does mean fewer ensemble productions, as Mishal Husain says [ #BBCr4today ]. Beyond London, this has been developing over years. Kate Maltby & Fiona Mountford rightly identify money as a factor