Ideas around feminism might change over time, but the battles feminists face have alarming continuity. Dr Hannah Dawson, historian of ideas at King's College London, has charted feminist thought from 1405 through to the present day in The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing. In the fifth episode of our International Women's Day 2021 series, she chats to Jen about just that, the writers that shaped her, and the absolute bloody joy of Jeanette Winterson.
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