Serena Kutchinsky
Prospect Magazine
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The SNP has a right wing—and here she is
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh of the SNP being sworn in as the MP for Ochil & South Perthshire in the House of Commons. © PA/PA Wire/Press Association Images “The beauty of the Scottish National Party is that it’s a mix of people from different backgrounds,” says Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, one of the SNP’s group of 56 Westminster MPs. “Some have come from the right, some from the left but everyone has… → Read More
The big ideas of 2016: the end of gender
Which gender are you? A simple question that as traditionally elicited a simple response. But the move of transgender culture into the mainstream has sparked an embrace of gender fluidity. “More and more young people are comfortable existing outside or in conflict with the gender binary,” said KJ Rawson, an American academic and Director of the Digital Transgender Archive, which collates… → Read More
The big ideas of 2016: the end of gender
Which gender are you? A simple question that as traditionally elicited a simple response. But the move of transgender culture into the mainstream has sparked an embrace of gender fluidity. “More and more young people are comfortable existing outside or in conflict with the gender binary,” said KJ Rawson, an American academic and Director of the Digital Transgender Archive, which collates… → Read More
Erica Jong: we need to get over our embarrassment about sex
As a ruler, the question you need to ask yourself above all is—do you want your society to go backwards or forwards? Do you want to live in the 21st century, or drag it back to the 5th? There are rulers like President Vladimir Putin who clearly want to be the dictator of the world. There are oligarchs who want to rule the world with their own circle of oligarchs. These people are dangerous. If… → Read More
If I ruled the world: Irvine Welsh
“There is a certain elegance in accepting that anything goes” © Richard Chambury/Rex The first thing I would do as ruler would be to set up an all-female government. Aside from myself there would be no men in power at all. The patriarchy has failed miserably, and it’s time for a fresh approach. There has always been the odd woman who assumes masculine characteristics in order to succeed, such as… → Read More