Laura Bates
Season 7, Episode 12
Laura Bates, writer and founder of Everyday Sexism, joins Robin and Josie in the studio. They chat about her new book Misogynation, the Everyday Sexism Project, witches, Naomi Wolf, Matt Haig, Katrine Marcal and much more.
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Also, please note, this episode contains discussion about sexual assault, sexual harassment, rape and subjects of that nature.
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Reading List
Laura recommends:
Misogynation by Laura Bates
Living Dolls by Natasha Walter
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The work of Bell Hooks
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner by Katrine Marcal
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The work of Louise O’Neill
The work of Meg Rosoff
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
Josie recommends:
Girl Up by Laura Bates
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Robin recommends:
Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates
The People’s Platform by Astra Taylor
I Hate the Internet by Jarrett Kobek
Misconceptions by Naomi Wolf
Backlash by Susan Faludi
Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
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