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Deborah Frances-White: The real shock in the Lindsay Clancy case is that the child-killer isn’t a man

Sep 22, 2026

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5 min read

Deborah Frances-White: The real shock in the Lindsay Clancy case is that the child-killer isn’t a man

‘Family annihilation’, where a spouse kills their partner and offspring – and often themselves – is an overwhelmingly male phenomenon. But masculine violence is too common to be big news, writes the Guilty Feminist

Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White: Gloria Steinem inspired sisterhood wherever she went

Sep 4, 2026

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Deborah Frances-White: Gloria Steinem inspired sisterhood wherever she went

The trailblazing women’s rights campaigner taught me that true progress is not about wins and losses, but about making the journey together, writes the Guilty Feminist

Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White: Andrew Tate’s too toxic to touch now. But look at the damage he’s done

Jul 28, 2026

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5 min read

Deborah Frances-White: Andrew Tate’s too toxic to touch now. But look at the damage he’s done

Languishing in prison, the manosphere’s favourite misogynist has been abandoned even by Trump. But thanks to him, male discourse around women, consent and empathy has been well and truly poisoned, writes the Guilty Feminist

Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White: No, Nigel, not all men are misogynist, and not all pubs are either

Jul 7, 2026

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6 min read

Deborah Frances-White: No, Nigel, not all men are misogynist, and not all pubs are either

When the erstwhile MP for Clacton defended a candidate’s crass comments about women, he called them something ‘you’ll hear in every pub in the country’. Our survey of pubs suggest that’s simply not true, writes 'the Guilty Feminist'

Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White: The far right find any excuse for rioting and racist violence. Imagine if women took vigilante justice on their male abusers

Jun 16, 2026

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Deborah Frances-White: The far right find any excuse for rioting and racist violence. Imagine if women took vigilante justice on their male abusers

The men who rush on to the streets to persecute immigrants in Belfast and beyond would be horrified by any act of feminist disorder, writes Deborah Frances-White

Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White: Women are being sedated, raped, filmed ... we can’t stop it on our own

Apr 28, 2026

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Deborah Frances-White: Women are being sedated, raped, filmed ... we can’t stop it on our own

Despite the Pelicot case, the uncovering of an extensive ‘sleep content’ abuse network has been under reported in the mainstream media. We desperately need influential and decent men to confront those who participate in this vile exploitation

Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White
Crop tops and thongs: how Epstein's friend Les Wexner sexualised children's fashion

Apr 17, 2026

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Crop tops and thongs: how Epstein's friend Les Wexner sexualised children's fashion

The paedophile’s close professional relationship with clothing billionaire Les Wexner coincided with a dark, Lolita-like period in fashion when girls were invited to age up and women to age down, writes Deborah Frances-White

Deborah Frances-White: the American Christian right has infiltrated the UK. We are on the road to Gilead, but it's not too late to change course

Nov 4, 2025

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13 min read

Deborah Frances-White: the American Christian right has infiltrated the UK. We are on the road to Gilead, but it's not too late to change course

Ten years ago I started the Guilty Feminist podcast. Since then, I’ve watched Trump's America roll back women's rights. As I see the same strategies being imported to the UK, I am starting a movement to fight back. Join me!

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