History Extra podcast: The dark side of Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys is well-known for his brilliantly evocative diary, which gives an unsurpassed insight into daily life in Restoration London. However, it turns out Pepys also had a sinister side.…
A History of Violence
On Gisèle Pelicot, Virginie Despentes, and post-#MeToo narratives
Reborn Again
The memoir of anti-colonial revolutionary Andrée Blouin
Blight of My Life
Sad Tiger BY Neige Sinno
Paris prosecutors investigating death of actress who accused Gérard Depardieu of sexual misconduct
Depardieu, 74, has been under investigation since December 2020 for rape and sexual assault, reportedly at his Paris home, following allegations from actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018. He has denied any criminal…
This Priscilla is all interiority
Sofia Coppola’s girls want, but do not get. Her films are about the muffled-scream agony of young, romantic women trying really hard to want less. They are heterosexual in a…
“A Clockwork Orange” Made Me Long to Be a Monster, But It Only Saw Me as a Victim
In the epic battle between good and evil for the fate of the soul, I had never been the soul in question; I had always been the stumbling block on…
consent is complicated
it is not as simple as yes or no
Responsibility
not punishment or blame
The Sarah Everard Case Proves That More Cops Won’t Make Women Safer
Sarah Everard’s murder and the response to it underscores that women’s safety requires more than “protection” by disciplinary actors of the state that—even when they aren’t, like Wayne Couzens, the…