The Irrational World of Kate Smurthwaite

KrisK_lvin · 2016-01-30T13:06:10+00:00

This is very good, actually.

The ‘glass waterfall’ vs. ‘glass cliff’ was a classic foot in mouth and as for her execrable joke about what atheists should name their children … Christ.

Which brings me to a point I’ve raised on here before - how on Earth did she ever managed to get invited onto TV in the first place?

Her 'comedy’ does such violence to the meaning of the word it begs the question as to whether it should be applied to her output at all and as far as her Feminist credentials go - what are those?

She’s not an academic feminist such as Claire Chambers, she’s never written a book on Feminism or Feminist theory such as Germaine Greer (or if she has, it’s so unknown she might well have never written it), she doesn’t have a regular column in the press such as Laurie Penny or Jessica Valenti and her moment of fame came when Goldsmith’s students had her no-platformed for having expressed the ‘wrong’ Feminist viewpoints on prostitution.

But she is posh and Oxbridge.

What’s the betting that she got her first break on TV through a personal connection? A relative or someone she used to be close friends with in university?

My guess is it’s very high.

JohnKimble111 · 2016-01-30T04:57:51+00:00

Great video.

ee4m · 2016-01-30T08:36:54+00:00

I don't like to see the vast majority of feminist take down videos from youtube here, because most of them are jokey, targeted at nobody feminists and have no place here, imo.

This one is really good and takes on a feminist of significance.

Title	The Irrational World of Kate Smurthwaite
Author	JohnKimble111
Upvotes	7
Comments	3
Date	January 30, 2016 4:57 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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