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Mary Ann Sieghart
Journalist & author
Mary Ann Sieghart is a journalist and author who spent 20 years as Assistant Editor and columnist at The Times and won a large following for her columns on politics, economics, feminism, parenthood and life in general. She has presented many programmes on BBC Radio 4, such as Start the Week, Profile, Analysis, Fallout and One to One.
Mary Ann Sieghart is a journalist and author who spent 20 years as Assistant Editor and columnist at The Times and won a large following for her columns on politics, economics, feminism, parenthood and life in general. She has presented many programmes on BBC Radio 4, such as Start the Week, Profile, Analysis, Fallout and One to One.
Mary Ann Sieghart Videos
The authority gap
How to work towards gender equality
The weaker sex?
Should we abandon the idea that men need to protect women?
Reigning men
Where does the future of feminism lie?
Mary Ann Sieghart Articles
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In Defense of Pornography
What kind of porn could be ok?
Against Meritocracy
Kwame Anthony Appiah | Merit is a mask of class
Rethinking Feminism
Is there a universal goal for women's rights?
Women and Conquest
Is modern sexual culture liberating?
The World After Men
Should we pursue matriarchy?
Sisters and the Sisterhood
Can elite women help all women?
Witches, Sluts, Feminists
Kristen Sollee | A History of Witch Feminism
Return to Radical Feminism
Finn Mackay | Has current feminism lost its way?
The Story of Romance
Do we need a new narrative for love?
A Politics of Hope
Where are the alternatives to injustice?
Equality and Difference
Should equality be applied to all aspects of life?
After Feminism
The traumatic force of feminism | Griselda Pollock
Beyond Men and Women
Should we fight prejudice or gender?
Equal Is Unfair
Inequality is not the foe | Yaron Brook
Victims and Conquerors
Prostitutes or clients, who holds the power?
Forbidden Fantasies
Is sexual desire dangerous?
The Self and the Selfie
Can focusing on oneself bring about happiness?
Greater Than Equal
Is equality of opportunity a misguided goal that legitimises inequality?
Real Men
Is the real man a fantasy?
Selling Ourselves
The body as a commodity
Dreams of Equality
What does mainstream feminism promise?
Dream Hoarders
Is the middle class to blame for inequality?
The Oldest Profession
Niki Adams | Should we decriminalise sex work?
When Women Rule
Do women make better leaders?
After Equality
Where is feminism going?
The Devil's Parties
Where Women Rule
The age of anti-patriarchy
Politics and the Patriarchy
Does Westminster still have a problem with women?
What's Right Anymore?
After Equality
Where is feminism going?
Drug Culture
How We Came to #MeToo
Linda Woodhead | The origins of sexual accusations
A Woman's World
Margaret Heffernan | On radical feminist futures
The Crisis of Masculinity
Can socialism and feminism help redefine manhood?
Exotic England: Europe's Most Promiscuous Tribe
People's promiscuity in multicultural England
Is Digital Thinking Different?
The internet revolution & the human brain
Dangerous Images
Acclaimed photographer Adrian Arbib uncovers the moment art and journalism clash with the law.
Who We Are: Beyond Black and White
Can we have a world where race does not matter?
Myths About Feminism
Why real feminism isn’t about women ruling the world.
How to Thrive in a Digital Age
The Sweetest Taboo
Democracy and Drugs
Should we legalise psychedelics as a treatment for mental illness?
Romancing Opiates
Theodore Dalrymple offer his personal take on the problems poppies pose
Visions of Disaster and Perfection
Women on Top
Gender equality and positions of power
The Sexualisation of Society
Diane Abbott | Do we think about sex too much?
The Skin We're In
Selling the body versus selling the mind
The End of Equality
Why the age of equality is a myth
Rationality and Drugs
Why our current policy to drugs is nonsense
More Than Equal
More Articles
Ritual, transcendence & psychedelics
The dangers of celebrity
Celebrity is power
Marx, Nietzsche and philosophy at Christmas
Addiction is not just a medical problem
The love lives of philosophers changed how we think
How we can predict fashion
Digital won't replace analog
Drowning in Drugs
The Deception of Genealogy
Narcissism is the new religion
The metaphysics of laughing gas
The dangers of a sober society
The dangers of freedom & the threats of community
Transcending the self and finding reality
How to be happy, despite modernity
Why it's easier to do evil than to do good
Why everyone's having less sex
The unexpected reason holidays matter
The virtues of virtue signalling
6 philosophers on the perils of gifts
Sex, art and technology
Psychedelic experience isn’t just brain chemistry
ChatGPT: the route to loneliness?
When to believe lies
The spiritual dimensions of rave culture
The farce of the fifteen-minute city
Solving the mental health epidemic starts with trust
Reclaiming the commons
Opening the black box