Laurie Penny

“I’M sick of being ashamed.” Three days ago, an anti-harassment activist said those words to me in a flat above Cairo’s Tahrir square, as she pulled on her makeshift uniform ready to protect women on the protest lines from being raped in the street. Published 13 Feb, 2013 10:01pm

TOBY Thorn wrote his suicide note on the back of a bank statement. The 23-year-old took his own life shortly after moving into a flatshare with friends, stressed to the point of breakdown about student loan and credit Published 06 Dec, 2012 02:01am