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Katie Edwards

@KatieBEdwards

Katie Edwards is an author and broadcaster

<p>Politicians like Ron DeSantis claim that abortion goes against Christianity </p>
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Be careful quoting the Bible when it comes to abortion

<p>Under current rules, workers have the right to request flexible working, but employers aren’t legally obliged to agree </p>
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A four-day working week would help those who need it most – women

<p>I should feel grateful, one man admonished me as he adjusted the neck fastening of the St George’s flag he was wearing as a cape. ‘Or’, he asked as he swigged from his can of lager, ‘do you want to be raped?’ </p>
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I was at the Rotherham riots – this is what the far-right had to say

<p>‘The reasons for the deepening crisis are clearly complex, but there’s no doubt that Tate’s brand of misogyny has become a popular cultural phenomenon’ </p>
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The truth about Andrew Tate’s ‘teachings’

<p>‘Zara McDermott didn’t make any formal complaint about her treatment. But I don’t blame her’ </p>
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Strictly Come Dancing isn’t the problem – men are

<p>‘I’ve seen better singers and musicians than Taylor Swift in my time, but she has something that blows other stars away,’ Piers wrote </p>
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Please don’t let Piers Morgan ruin Taylor Swift for the rest of us

<p>Australian tennis ace Nick Kyrgios admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend, but avoided a criminal conviction</p>
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Why is a man who assaulted his girlfriend presenting Wimbledon?

<p>It’s not her first rodeo – for more than a decade, Kardashian has served up controversial looks; many of which appear anatomically impossible</p>
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Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala dress shows she’s a terrible role model

<p>Reinvention has always been a key part of Russell Brand’s public persona</p>
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Russell Brand’s Jesus complex has finally gone too far

<p>Ruth Wilson and Dominic West in ‘The Affair'</p>
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Dominic West has taken a leaf out of David Beckham’s PR playbook

<p>Scottish writer, novelist and traveller, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 -1894)</p>
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Why we should spend £800k on ‘decolonising’ Robert Louis Stevenson

<p>Religion isn’t irrelevant and undeserving of media interest just because more people in England are turning away from organised forms of religion</p>
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Goodbye Songs of Praise? We need religious TV now more than ever

<p>Dan judged his own showstopper to be a ‘dog’s dinner’ but, to be honest, he could have been talking about any of them</p>
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Thank goodness Bake Off is over – this was the soggiest season yet

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Thank goodness Bake Off is over – this was the soggiest season yet

<p>Dan judged his own showstopper to be a ‘dog’s dinner’ but, to be honest, he could have been talking about any of them</p>
<p>Has anyone checked on Andrew Tate? </p>
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What would women do without great ‘feminist’ Andrew Tate?

<p>It must be a red-letter day indeed for Hopkins and Robinson</p>
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Don’t bring back Katie Hopkins! Some people deserve to stay cancelled

<p>Stevie Nicks unveiled her ‘mini me’ Barbie on stage during a show at Madison Square Garden on 1 October </p>
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The problem with the ‘Stevie Nicks Barbie’

<p>Britney Spears dances with ‘carving knives’ in new Instagram video</p>
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We wanted Britney to be ‘free’ – now let her be

<p>Britney Spears dances with ‘carving knives’ in new Instagram video</p>
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We wanted Britney to be ‘free’ – now let her be

<p>Supermodel Irina Shayk walked the runway for Mowalola at London Fashion week sporting a shiner and a bruised lip</p>
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Take domestic violence and make it... fashion?

<p>Sienna Miller at Vogue World</p>
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Was Sienna Miller’s baby bump dress really progressive?

<p>Kanye West and Bianca Censori in Los Angeles in May </p>
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Hate Kanye West all you like – just leave his ‘wife’ alone

<p>Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apology video </p>
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What on earth were Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis thinking?

<p>Why has news of Rupert Murdoch’s latest relationship been met with so many vomit emojis on social media?</p>
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Let’s hear it for Rupert Murdoch, the incurable romantic

<p>This looks less like articulation and a lot more like self-sabotage</p>
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Starmer risks chop from voters for being such a green meanie

<p>I’m not sure I’d have left my house again if I’d been subjected to the same level of malice that she’s had to contend with</p>
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Time has shown Amber Heard is the real winner – not ‘wife beater’ Depp

<p>The fact that Depp’s jokes about the murder and rape of a woman have been so readily dismissed is significant</p>
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Johnny Depp finally has the comeback he deserves

<p>This looks less like articulation and a lot more like self-sabotage</p>
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Starmer risks chop from voters for being such a green meanie

<p>I’m not sure I’d have left my house again if I’d been subjected to the same level of malice that she’s had to contend with</p>
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Time has shown Amber Heard is the real winner – not ‘wife beater’ Depp

<p>The fact that Depp’s jokes about the murder and rape of a woman have been so readily dismissed is significant</p>
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Johnny Depp finally has the comeback he deserves

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I broke up with my ‘Work Wife’ and it broke my heart

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I broke up with my ‘Work Wife’ and it broke my heart

<p>The screening was apparently Ryan’s ‘first outing in six months’ </p>
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The fuss about Meg Ryan’s appearance makes us all look ugly

<p>If Wintour wants to maintain the Met Gala’s cultural clout, she’ll have to pull her designer socks up for next year</p>
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This year’s Met Gala wasn’t just boring – it was offensive

<p>Not all of us feel so positive about our previous relationships </p>
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What Scarlett Johansson says about relationships takes my breath away

<p>Friendship break ups can be devastating – more so than romantic ones</p>
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Jesy Nelson was right to end her toxic friendship with Little Mix

<p>Friendship break ups can be devastating – more so than romantic ones</p>
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Jesy Nelson was right to end her toxic friendship with Little Mix

<p>‘Naked Education’ might be trying to do some good</p>
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Naked Education may be a gimmick, but spare me the puritanical outrage

<p>The head of a school was forced to resign after showing an image of Michelangelo’s sculpture of David in a lesson about Renaissance art </p>
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Would you show this ‘pornographic’ statue to your kids?

<p>The tennis star admitted it, which is a good start</p>
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Nick Kyrgios’s apology isn’t worth a thing

<p>It’s not because these people don’t understand consent – it’s the lack of consent that gives the thrill</p>
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We are all Emily Atack and it’s the lack of consent that’s the thrill

<p>Morgan’s very particular about the company he keeps</p>
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Piers Morgan has proven himself Meghan Markle’s greatest fan

<p>Harry’s really gone and done it this time</p>
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Why Harry has really gone and done it this time

<p>Honestly, at this stage the world’s turned into a scene from <em>Night of the Living Dead</em></p>
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Can you believe what the woke brigade want to do with Christmas?

<p>I wonder about the celebrities who have shared health issues and been subjected to vicious and sustained online attacks</p>
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Is Louise Thompson’s honesty what we really want from our celebrities?

<p>Making fun of Jacob Rees-Mogg for being some kind of Victorian ghoul undermines his very real menace </p>
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Rees-Mogg is worse than a Halloween Victorian ghoul and this is why

<p>It feels to me like a kick to women’s collective solar plexus for Bonham-Carter to refer to #MeToo as a ‘bandwagon’ </p>
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Helena Bonham Carter has fallen into a familiar trap over Johnny Depp

<p>Three of Musk’s tips are related to the futility of meetings</p>
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Finally, Elon Musk has said something we can all agree with

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Finally, Elon Musk has said something we can all agree with

<p>Three of Musk’s tips are related to the futility of meetings</p>
<p>Players and pundits can’t – and shouldn’t – be apolitical or even pretend to be</p>
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No room for politics in sport? With respect, that’s absolute garbage

<p>Johnny Depp’s cameo is a bit… well, barmy</p>
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Johnny Depp at Savage X Fenty is a bizarre joke on us all

<p>But no, despite it all, easyJet haven’t thought this one through</p>
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Rejoice! EasyJet has solved the cost of living crisis

<p>William and Harry aren’t able to slug it out after a few too many pints</p>
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Are William and Harry the best of friends again? Don’t overthink it

<p>William and Harry aren’t able to slug it out after a few too many pints</p>
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Are William and Harry the best of friends again? Don’t overthink it

<p>Haven’t loads of white, middle-aged and over blokes been wise to this wheeze for decades already?</p>
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Quiet quitting isn’t new. Some men have been doing it for decades

<p>Part of Kardashian’s trajectory to ultra-celebrity has included the exposure of her private life, especially her sex life</p>
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Betting on who Kim Kardashian will date next? Don’t underestimate her

<p>Desperate, vulnerable women and girls face punishment through the application of archaic abortion laws designed to discipline women and control their bodies and choices</p>
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It’s a matter of time before abortion rights are sacrificed in the UK

<p>Everyone should feel troubled by the Supreme Court’s decision</p>
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Roe overturned isn’t a victory for life – it spells death for women

<p>Crowds of Depp supporters wait all day outside court – even dressed up as a turd</p>
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Why does the internet hate Amber Heard more than Putin?

<p>Then came Depp v Heard 2.0 – and all that has gone before seems to count for nothing</p>
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What have we learnt from #MeToo? Depp v Heard holds the answer

<p>Peterson seems to believe that his own authority to comment on women’s appearances should be tolerated</p>
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Jordan Peterson’s tweet about ‘authoritarian tolerance’ was a self-own

<p>Apparently, back in the day, Rebekah Vardy and Peter Andre had a bit of a fling and Vardy was neither discrete nor complimentary about it</p>
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Will everyone please stop talking about Peter Andre’s penis

<p>The concept of the WAG epitomised everything we’re taught to hate about women – boorish behaviour, profligate spending and vacuous vanity</p>
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The ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial is already screamingly sexist

<p>Christian Dior continue to stand by their man</p>
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Why is Johnny Depp still the face of Dior Sauvage?

<p>A Tory MP allegedly watched pornography on his mobile phone in the House of Commons chamber</p>
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Stop #NotAllMen and ‘few bad apples’ excuses – women are sick of them

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Stop #NotAllMen and ‘few bad apples’ excuses – women are sick of them

<p>A Tory MP allegedly watched pornography on his mobile phone in the House of Commons chamber</p>
<p>The socioeconomic context we’re born into that’s more likely to determine our potential rather than the dolls in Mattel’s latest line-up</p>
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A Queen Barbie isn’t the feminist symbol Mattel thinks it is

<p>The Bible is a culturally important and influential document – but it’s also complex, contradictory and inconsistent</p>
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If you use the Bible to condemn being gay, you’re reading it wrong

<p>It’s not the first time Rayner’s accent and grammar has been ‘critiqued’ </p>
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People are ‘accent policing’ Angela Rayner – why?

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Words I wish we could see the back of in 2022

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Words I wish we could see the back of in 2022

<p>‘My non-vinyl collection can’t be damaged, it doesn’t take up any physical space and it doesn’t collect dust’ </p>
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Vinyl sales are up – but owning records is a pointless endeavour

<p>Piers Morgan stormed off GMB after ‘trashing’ the Duchess of Sussex. This year hasn’t been a great year for those gobby bastions of TV grumpiness</p>
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Let’s leave the angry male TV presenters in 2021

<p>‘The scandals are coming so fast that we don’t get chance to focus on one story before the next comes whizzing in’ </p>
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Congratulations, Boris – now back to the mounting scandals

<p>‘Your ‘personal choice’ could kill my loved ones’ </p>
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Like Angela Merkel, I’d back mandatory Covid vaccinations

<p>Norway’s postal service released a Christmas advert titled ‘When Harry Met Santa’ to celebrate 50 years of the decriminalisation of homosexuality</p>
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Norway’s ‘gay Santa’ advert is something we should celebrate

<p>Former ‘Monty Python’ star John Cleese has cancelled his own appearance at an upcoming event </p>
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‘Self-cancelling’ is a way to boost your profile – ask John Cleese

<p>‘To be fair, John Lewis had a difficult brief this year. But is this it? Is this what we get?’ </p>
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This is the last straw – the John Lewis Christmas adverts have to end

<p>‘Long-suffering Susanna Reid is a martyr to saving Madeley from his own comments’ </p>
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Aha! It’s time for Richard Madeley to be off our screens

<p>‘It may seem particularly cruel to insult a teenager about her physique, but fat shaming at any age is nasty, bullying, and damaging’ </p>
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A message to men who call women like Tilly Ramsay ‘chubby’

<p>Spiking and violence against women has been normalised. This has to change </p>
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Wearing denim will not solve the problem of injection spiking in clubs

<p>‘Byrne, a former head of news at Channel 4, says she wants to ‘empower’ the women in the college’ </p>
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Women’s fertility is a ‘forbidden subject’ – since when?

<p>‘Passive-aggressive responses to non-drinking that I’ve come across include: “Oh come on! Just have one!” and “Are you sure? I’ll get you one anyway”’ </p>
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Why are we so suspicious of non-drinkers in Britain?

<p>Sean Connery and fellow cast members – including Molly Peters (Patricia Fearing), left – promote the new 007 adventure ‘Thunderball’ in 1965 </p>
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Why Bond being called ‘a rapist’ is more important than you think

<p>‘World Childless Week is doing essential and much-needed work but it’s a community I wish I didn’t belong to’ </p>
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We need to stop describing women based on their maternal status

<p>Tarana Burke, founder and leader of the MeToo movement, marches with others at a rally in Hollywood </p>
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Judith Butler is right – feminism is about inclusivity

<p>Protesters carry placards and banners during an animal rights march in London </p>
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It is meat eaters – not vegans – who are the preachy ones

<p>‘World Childless Week is doing essential and much-needed work but it’s a community I wish I didn’t belong to’ </p>
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We need to stop describing women based on their maternal status

<p>Tarana Burke, founder and leader of the MeToo movement, marches with others at a rally in Hollywood </p>
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Judith Butler is right – feminism is about inclusivity

<p>Protesters carry placards and banners during an animal rights march in London </p>
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It is meat eaters – not vegans – who are the preachy ones

<p>Craig is one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood </p>
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Daniel Craig’s ‘distaste’ for inheritance is galling for most of us

<p>For many during lockdown, their pet was their only company </p>
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What’s wrong with taking leave after your dog dies? I’d do the same

<p>Our prime minister made light of the decimation of former mining communities</p>
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Former mining communities are worth less to Johnson than a cheap laugh

Katie Price and her son Harvey
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We love to hate Katie Price – all because she is a working class woman

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, baila al final de un mitin en el aeropuerto de Carson City en Carson City, Nevada
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Comparing Trump to Jesus? Get real

<p>From the nativity scene to Christmas cards, the Virgin Mary is ubiquitous at Christmas</p>
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Is there room for the Virgin Mary in a 21st century Christmas?

Adele shared a tribute to Notting Hill Carnival on Instagram
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White women, it isn't our place to define cultural appropriation

Roxanne Pallet has quit the Celebrity Big Brother house
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CBB, and not Roxanne Pallett, should apologise for dropping the ball

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