Why telling victims not to ‘be victims’ is wrong

Kate Smurthwaite stands in defence of this battered word.

Demanding a solution revolution

Dear #MeToo backlash, we feminists have heard it all before… Kate Smurthwaite writes.

Why some punchlines are beyond a joke

Kate Smurthwaite asks: does mainstream comedy have the wrong targets in its sights?

Gay orgies are none of your God damn business

Isn't it time the Vatican admitted people are going to keep having sex whatever they say? Kate Smurthwaite asks.

The laws won’t work.

There is no country in the world that has a proud history of men making great laws about women’s bodies, writes Kate Smurthwaite.

Men and feminism: the Smurthwaite Deal

Kate Smurthwaite has an idea for how men can truly be feminist.

The BBC having Clegg and Farage debate immigration is a bad-taste joke

It’s like asking whether you should beat your wife weekly or daily, complains Kate Smurthwaite.