sian and crooked rib

In May 2019 I wrote about the growing use of the "sex game gone wrong" defence in cases of fatal male violence. Unfortunately the website I wrote it for is no longer live, so I am reposting it he...

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2019/11/why-are-so-many-women-dying-in-sex.html

A dream come true! I got interviewed on BBC Women's Hour!  Me and Cath Bore are about 7 minutes in.

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/11/for-bbc-womens-hour-know-your-place.html

I really enjoyed writing this feature for Open Democracy 50:50 on women-only communities, organising and living down the ages.

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/11/for-open-democracy-5050-living-without.html

I wrote a first response for the New Statesman on the CofE guidance on sexist, transphobic and homophobic bullying.

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/11/for-new-statesman-if-youre-scared-of.html

On the anniversary of waking up to Trump, I wrote for the Pool about the trauma of that morning.

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/11/for-pool-trump-trauma-one-year-on.html

The NS used a different headline. Stop joking about Jacob Rees-Mogg – his views on abortion and rape are hurtful and harmful Male Twitter has of course decided I am the *worst* as a resul...

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-new-statesman-jacob-rees-mogg-is.html

Funny how so many people care about misogyny when it means they can have a go at people they don't like. I wrote this about how sexism isn't a pawn in your left-right game.

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-politicscouk-we-need-to-stop-using.html

I reviewed Cynthia Cockburn's newest, Looking to London . This also appeared in the print ed.

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-prospect-uk-review-of-cynthia.html

This was in response to MeToo and also as part of the wider Festival Future Cities work I was involved with. “Earlier this year, a boy hit me on the street near my house.”

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-city-metric-earlier-this-year-boy.html

A long time ago, the day after I got my hair cut into a 1920s style bob, a male colleague asked me if my boyfriend gave me a pearl necklace to go with my hairstyle.  I didn’t know what he ...

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/metoo-if-you-let-them-know-it-bothers.html

Let's stop romanticising the misguided, possibly dangerous actions of spurned men

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-pool-lets-stop-romanticising.html

THE DAMAGE TO SAMANTHA THE SEX ROBOT SHOWS MALE AGGRESSION BEING NORMALISED

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-new-statesman-damage-to-samantha.html

WHILE WE CELEBRATE A NEW ROYAL BABY, POOR FAMILIES ARE BEING PUNISHED FOR HAVING A THIRD CHILD

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-politicscouk-while-we-celebrate-new.html

WHERE'S CONSERVATIVE COMPASSION FOR AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS?

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-politicscouk-wheres-conservative.html

FROM TRUMP TO JACOB REES-MOGG, IT’S TIME TO START TAKING “ECCENTRIC” POLITICIANS SERIOUSLY

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/10/for-prospect-uk-from-trump-to-jacob.html

The cuts to legal aid are draining the legal sector of women solicitors specialising in domestic and sexual abuse. Former solicitor, domestic abuse support worker, and union superstar Taranjit ...

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/09/for-politicscouk-domestic-violence.html

I had my say about statues and slavery. Have a read.

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/09/for-bristol-247-bristols-silence-about.html

In the wake of fascism rising in the USA, I asked if it could happen here. Have a read.

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/09/for-dial-charlottesville-could-it.html

As part of Prospect's look back on the books of the year so far, I reviewed Fiona McFarlane's short story collection, The High Places. Have a read .

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/09/for-prospect-review-of-high-places.html

In the wake of Charlottesville, I wrote about the so-called alt-right, violent misogyny and white supremacist violence. It was pretty depressing. You can read it here .

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/08/for-prospect-uk-time-and-again-we-find.html

I wrote for politics.co.uk about Channel 4's TV show The Great Property Giveaway and how it's poverty porn for the housing crisis. Have a read .

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/08/for-politicscouk-channel-4s-latest.html

Well this is pretty cool. Elle magazine ran a writing competition, asking for a piece of memoir on 'the outfit I'll never wear again'. And out of nearly 1000 entries, I was a runner up! It ...

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/08/for-elle-magazine-outfit-ill-never-wear.html

I wrote a follow up to my piece about the Lola Ilesanmi case. This one covers the Home Office failings and the need for change. Have a read

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/07/for-politicscouk-lola-ilesnami-case.html

I wrote for the Guardian about Boots' decision to keep the cost of the morning after pill artificially high. Wake up, Boots. You can't judge women who need the morning after pill Today Boots ...

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/07/for-guardian-wake-up-boots-you-cant.html

I wrote about sex robots for the New Statesman. A RAPE-ABLE SEX ROBOT MAKES THE WORLD MORE DANGEROUS FOR WOMEN, NOT LESS It was horrible. 

http://sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/2017/07/for-new-statesman-rape-able-sex-robot.html