Articles by Jessica Abrahams
Jessica Abrahams / March 25, 2015
It treats a huge bloc of people living very different lives as though they were a homogenous group
Jessica Abrahams / February 19, 2015
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? by Katrine Marçal (Portobello, £12.99)
“How do you get your dinner is the fundamental question of economics.” So writes the Swedish author Katrine Marçal....
Jessica Abrahams / January 30, 2015
Raif Badawi in 2012 © Ensaf Haidar
Human rights abuses may not be uncommon in Saudi Arabia, but the cruelty of Raif Badawi's case has been front-page news in the west and sparked protests from...
Jessica Abrahams / January 27, 2015
Newcastle Crown Court, where a panel of experts will observe rape trials for the next six months © Mick Gallagher/Flickr
Rape trials are, notoriously, one of the areas in which the justice system...
Jessica Abrahams / January 26, 2015
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Defenders of Page 3—and there are many, many women among their ranks—tend to argue that true feminism supports the right of women to do whatever...
Jessica Abrahams / January 23, 2015
The mansion at Bletchley Park © ShaunArmstrong/mubsta.com
There has been a recent fascination with Bletchley Park, the centre of Britain's codebreaking efforts during the Second World War. The...
Jessica Abrahams / January 22, 2015
The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig (Macmillan, £20)
Margaret Sanger was the 20th century’s greatest campaigner for birth control. When contraception was still illegal in the US, the...
Jessica Abrahams / December 11, 2014
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore (Scribe, £20)
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“With the speed of Mercury and the strength of Hercules—she is known only as Wonder Woman,...
Jessica Abrahams / December 10, 2014
Cash still rules in the UK—but only just
Jessica Abrahams / November 26, 2014
Tzipi Livni, who voted against the bill, is interviewed at a press conference in 2009. Photo © Itzik Edri
Next week, the Israeli parliament will vote on legislation that would define the country's...