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Julie Bindel

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Julie Bindel

Julie Bindel (born 20 July 1962) is an English writer, radical feminist, and co-founder of the law-reform group Justice for Women, which since 1991 has helped women who have been prosecuted for killing violent male partners.

In the company of women: Judia, 19, came to the village of Umoja six years ago, having run away from home to avoid being sold into marriage. Umoja was founded in 1990 by 15 women who were raped by British soldiers. (Georgina Goodwin, the Observer)

The village where men are banned

Inside the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence.

A window on their world: The Fokkens sisters have almost 100 years of experience in prostitution between them.

Prostitution a Fokkens nightmare

Life has not been kind to the ‘oldest window girls in Amsterdam’, but the 70-year-old twins are enjoying their celebrity status.

Live flesh for vegans

Are you a man who cares about animals but thinks it is fine to treat women like one? Then Caso Diablo, the world’s first vegan strip club, is for you.

The political party that wants to ban PowerPoint

Matthias Poehm, founder of the Anti-PowerPoint Party, claims that €350bn could be saved globally each year by ditching the scourge of public speaking.

Good luck

Good luck, my princess

Sick of the same old pageants? Categories in Pride Pooch include super Staffie, best rescue dog, looky-likey, dandiest dog and prettiest bitch.

What straight men don’t understand about lesbians

The unmasking of two fake lesbian bloggers has shown that heterosexual men are deeply fascinated and wildly confused by gay women.

Who you calling bitch, ho?

A new film pushes stars to justify the genre’s violence and misogyny.

Self-improvement while you sleep

"While you sleep!" is a catchphrase on hundreds of internet sites selling products that are supposed to help you, for example, "overcome fear of clowns" and "master the…

Why are pregnant lesbians scary?

Last month came the news that Christian conservatives across the United States must secretly have been dreading. Long in love with the dastardly Vice-President Dick Cheney, they…

World Cup sex-slave fears

With less than a day to go until the first matches kick off in the Soccer World Cup tournament, shops are heaving with World Cup merchandise: football shirts and scarves. And…

Death of the spinster

Is anyone going to mourn the impending death of the word ”spinster”? It is described in the Cambridge dictionary as referring to ”a woman who is not married, especially a woman…

A life without compromise

There was a time, not so long ago, when Andrea Dworkin thought her life was over. Just more than four years ago, she wrote an article for New Statesman magazine about being…