Who is the most interesting feminist alive today?
She suggested Julie Burchill and Doris Lessing, though Susan Faludi and Julie Bindel also got a mention. Many of you disagreed. Here’s what some of you thought: I would pick Julie Bindel. She has no idea how she has given me hope and strength by her writing. My sister was abused until her untimely death last May. So many doors have slammed in my face while trying to find justice for her. I felt like giving up until one day I came across Julie Bindel’s articles. I realised that a lot of us women are scared of the system that fails us so many times. But not Bindel. She inspired me to keep on knocking on those doors and not be afraid. Debra Hogan, US Katha Pollitt, American writer and journalist, for her brilliant and underrated books, Subject to Debate and Reasonable Creatures. Kathleen Hanna, musician, for mobilising young women and making it clear that fashion, fun, music and feminism are not mutually exclusive. Ilona Jasiewicz, London Julie Burchill a feminist? Is it because she loath
