Natasha Walter
@Natasha_Walter
Writer, campaigner, feminist. Author: Before the Light Fades; Living Dolls. Hon Prof @ccccjustice. Founder @4refugeewomen. Insta:@NatashaWalter_writer
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http://natashawalter.co.uk 12-02-2012 12:32:01
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Her case follows a slew of similar cases in which Saudi women have been sentenced for using social media to express themselves. They include Salma sentenced to 27 years, Fatima al-Shawarbi 30 years, Sukaynah al-Aithan 40 years, & Nourah al-Qahtani,45 years theguardian.com/world/2024/may…
Essential reading on sexual violence in Israel & Palestine by Azadeh Moaveni. No doubt it will be criticised by both sides. But this is vital: 'Sexual violence should never be used as a tool to legitimise further violence.' lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…
A family story of resistance from the acclaimed writer and thinker Natasha Walter, a moving memoir about the loss of a mother and honouring the legacy of a family.
💛'A fascinating story' Sarah Waters
Out 2nd May in paperback: brnw.ch/21wJjR6
Tomorrow May 1 Islington Climate Centre Gideon Mendel will be talking to Zed Nelson about Fire and Flood we are showing Portraits in Ashes too youtu.be/fcVk9JXwGLw Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 Media Tell The Truth XR Real Media Byline Times John Harris
Ruth and Nicholas Walter were also supremely convicted, believing like Ruth’s parents that truth has to be told often in action. Natasha Walter in Before the Light Fades implicitly inspires that there is a need to act accordingly today re climate change and migration especially.
Natasha Walter Bravery/foolhardiness is our most suppressed trait: modesty is most unbecoming. Sing your ‘naughty deeds’ as a badge of honour.
My dad was jailed and blacklisted in the UK for 25 years for the audacity of being a conshie when turning 16 in 1943, but would never talk about it
A 'clarion call' for #MeToo
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for my piece on what the overturning of Weinstein's conviction means for women's rights Natasha Walter The RAP Project Affordable Justice
✍️You can read it here & in this week's ES Magazine standard.co.uk/lifestyle/harv…
on this day, meet the sanest university president, Michael S Roth - Wesleyan University is lucky to have him