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Sally Feldman is on the editorial board of New Humanist and a trustee of the Rationalist Association. She is Head of the School of Media, Arts and Design at the University of Westminster, and used to edit Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4.

Articles by Sally Feldman

Germaine Greer

Golden girls

A generation of feminist writers is approaching old age. But the same debates, about beauty, wealth and power, rage on, writes Sally Feldman

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Danger zone

Centuries of fear and loathing mean the vagina remains taboo. Can a new generation of feminist writers rehabilitate this troublesome organ?

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Happy day

Oh, happy day

Sally Feldman, a humanist wedding celebrant, welcomes a rational breakthrough in the marriage laws

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Fairest of them all

Each retelling of Snow White holds a mirror up to contemporary attitudes to women. Sally Feldman ventures into the woods to find out more

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Saint for all seasons

The front runners are men, but could a woman born more than half a millennium ago hold the key to the French elections? asks Sally Feldman

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Brain rot

What is neuroscientist Susan Greenfield on about? asks Sally Feldman

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Favourite things

Is it a noble instinct or a destructive desire? Sally Feldman delves into the pathology of collecting

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Kitchen sink drama

On International Women's Day Sally Feldman asks is it a coincidence that women are being driven back into the home?

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Love

A many splendour’d thing

Moons and Junes, hearts, diamonds and red, red roses – this Valentine's Day, what could be more humanist than passionate romance? But, warns Sally Feldman, it may also be a dangerous delusion

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Great pretender

Feminist icon, anti-Catholic fabrication – or just a woman battling in a man’s world? Sally Feldman uncovers the mysteries of Pope Joan

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Abs fab

Men are living longer than ever before. But, asks Sally Feldman, is that any cause for rejoicing?

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Exposed!

Is the desire to know other people’s secrets a natural instinct – or a vulgar vice? Sally Feldman lifts the lid on eavesdropping

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Going to the ladies

From the latrine to the loo, the pissoir to the powder room, Sally Feldman explores the sexual politics of toilets

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Dangerous liaisons

Will the new Policing and Crime Act protect prostitutes – or persecute them? Sally Feldman plunges into the underworld

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Digging for Darwin

In our final tribute to Darwin year, Sally Feldman celebrates the life of Mary Anning, the woman whose work helped to lay the foundations for the theory of evolution

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Keeping it holy

Sunday may be the ultimate symbol of Christian dominance. But, argues Sally Feldman, it could have value for humanists too

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Red alert

Is it a symbol of submission or of authority? Of glamour, lust or danger? Sally Feldman uncovers the myriad shades of lipstick

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Days of atonement

Visiting Israel just weeks before the current Gaza conflict, Sally Feldman found that rising religious bigotry is one of the biggest barriers to peace

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Speak up

Why do women screech when men shout? Sally Feldman explores the sexual politics of the voice

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Gender traitors

From 19th century anti-suffragists to today’s anti-feminists, Sally Feldman finds a common link between women who turn against themselves

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Heights of madness

As Sex and the City totters on to the big screen, Sally Feldman celebrates the agony and the ecstasy of the stiletto

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A Tsar is born

As a new theatrical tribute to Catherine the Great opens in Russia, Sally Feldman wonders what Putin’s people will make of the Empress of the Enlightenment

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Spoil yourself

Luxury may mean excess, vulgarity and obscene waste. But, argues Sally Feldman, it’s also a basic humanist instinct

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Check republics

The game of chess has its roots in rationalism. And, like the Enlightenment itself, argues Sally Feldman, it’s a force for both liberation and tyranny

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Heaven scent?

As the long awaited film version of Patrick Süskind's celebrated novel is released in the UK, Sally Feldman sniffs out the sacred and profane promise of perfume

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Slice of life

For some it's barbaric, for others a religious imperative. But why, asks Sally Feldman, is circumcision still the most frequently performed operation in the world?

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Change, change, change

Will you be a dentured crone, a leotarded granny, mutton dressed as lamb or an overweight harridan? Sally Feldman enters the mid-life maelstrom

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Clouded judgement

Its not just the flickering flames, the calm and cool that humanists are giving up, argues Sally Feldman. It's a precious part of themselves

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Till death us do part?

Weddings may be as popular as ever, but, as Sally Feldman discovers from our own survey, the chimes they are a changing

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Mussolini in knickers

What's so funny about all those Twankeys and Trots strutting onto centre stage up and down the country? Sally Feldman defrocks the pantomime dame

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Car wars

Why do women drivers get such a dreadful press? Sally Feldman steers through the sexual politics of wheel power

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Coming out on top

With nipple counts at an all-time high, inflated sales of silicon implants, and the relentless rise of topless celebrities, Sally Feldman puzzles over the sexual politics of breasts

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Dickens and Jones

Are you being served?

As two new TV series about the early days of the department store hit UK screens, we revisit Sally Feldman's paeon to the all too human(ist) urge to shop

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Points of departure

More and more people are choosing humanist funerals. But what if you're after something a little more exotic? Sally Feldman suggests a new marriage of the secular and the sacred

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Take it on the chin

Having banned the wearing of Muslim headscarves in schools, the French government is now considering excluding beards if worn for religious reasons. Sally Feldman wonders what other reasons there might be…

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Stripping Assets

As speculation mounts about who will be the new owner of Britain's best-selling conservative broadsheet, the Daily Telegraph, so does disgust at the prospect of a 'pornographer' as proprietor. But how much do his detractors actually know about his business? Sally Feldman delves between the covers

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