Senior staff writer and podcast panellist at The Week. Formerly journalist at The Guardian, The Times, The Independent & others. Writes our free weekly newsletter, Global Digest: https://theweek.com/globaldigesthttps://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mvku3yykzc23How is it possible that every outlet under the sun has commissioned an opinion take on Sydney Sweeney, like it's an ADVERT you're literally doing its job for it15 Sep 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvku3yykzc23https://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mvfnpofv3s27Imagine being called a nerd in the Sunday Times I fear I'd never recover13 Sep 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfnpofv3s27https://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mv4eutitjc27I'm old enough to remember when a Labour government condemned a bunch of grannies to jail for protesting an ongoing genocide. And also when the Met tackled women to the ground at a vigil for Sarah Everard [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4eutitjc27https://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mv2wkih2h22iThe great thing about having a cat is they're so independent and dignified and definitely never try to velociraptor their way into the bathroom to find you09 Sep 2026 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2wkih2h22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3muxitgpulc25I know I phrased this facetiously but in all seriousness, I genuinely believe we can't properly tackle the root of violent thuggery and weaponised rioting without acknowledging the gender dimensions [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxitgpulc25https://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3muxfrdhowc2gCan I just reiterate out that if the "concerns" really were legitimate and this was all driven by feelings of anger at being deprived and "left behind" then there would be just as many women in black masks out there as men07 Sep 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxfrdhowc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mulzltyo722mI was forced to sit through the 25-minute "trailer" gameplay for Grand Theft Auto VI and anyone who tries to claim this is going to be a "more feminist interpretation" of the franchise or "empowering for women" I have a visible thong to sell you03 Sep 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulzltyo722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3muhktleqic2rNot to be all "this is why men are temperamentally unsuited to power" but [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhktleqic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mtxryrjv222aWe did a podcast episode in April on why the great Dolly Parton seemed to be the most unifying figure in America, and whether her "Dollitics" were really as apolitical as she claimed. I adored her https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZwGONpwk7AljS2ltQVBvi?si=wUjcEYgySP2b0ohb5YPXhQ&utm_source=copy-link26 Aug 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxryrjv222ahttps://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mtravzythk24I'm just gonna say it. I went to Cambridge and some of the professors, and people working in the recruitment / HR-like bureaucratic infrastructure, were some of the most blindly stupid people I've encountered. But they were too impressed with their own intellectual "grandeur" to realise [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtravzythk24https://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mtmh4lxv4s2xyou can practically hear them slobbering!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmh4lxv4s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/harriet1marsden.bsky.social/post/3mtgimpotas2qWhat else is the point of a historic majority but to hold firm on policies that save children's lives?? [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:5p7vv3ef2cv3vrqwvs5vssat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgimpotas2q