Difficult Women: The Defining Fights of Feminism, with Helen Lewis and Caroline Criado Perez

Published: March 6, 2020, 1:15 p.m.

b'In this episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast we are joined by Helen Lewis, staff writer for the Atlantic, who claims that\\xa0too many pioneers of women\\u2019s rights have been whitewashed or forgotten because society likes its heroines to be cuddly and safe.\\xa0Lewis believes it\\u2019s time to reclaim the history of feminism as a history of difficult women, and on Tuesday February 25 she came to the Intelligence Squared stage to set out the arguments of her new book,\\xa0Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights.\\xa0She appeared in conversation with the feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez and BBC broadcaster Samira Ahmed.\\xa0\\n\\nSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\\n\\nSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'