The VOICE JOURNAL
Rants. Plus poems about rage, motherhood, politics, grief, awakening and the refusal to be quiet. New work posted as it happens. Read, share, feel something.
One Mistress, No Master
Labour has existed for 126 years, calls itself the party of equality, and has never once chosen a woman to lead it. This week it did it again. The reason is the oldest deal in the book: a woman can have power, as long as she doesn’t frighten the men who already have it.