Jan 25 2024 35 mins
My guest on today’s episode of Period Story is Maya Oppenheim, the Women’s Correspondent at the Independent, which is the only role like this at a UK news outlet.
In this episode, Maya shares:
- How she pitched and landed her role as the first Women’s Correspondent at a UK news outlet, where she writes stories from a women’s and gender angle
- The range of topics she covers in this role, including domestic abuse, abortion rights, childcare, poverty, periods, the criminal justice system
- The story she’s most proud of - ‘The Murky Online World of Andrew T*te and Pick Up Artists’ and the troubling, misogynistic content she uncovered in her investigation
- The trolling she receives online and the topics that tend to result in the most angry responses
- The inspiration for her first book, The Pocket Guide To The Patriarchy
- And of course, the story of her first period
Maya says that the way that each person chooses to shine a light on injustice will be different, but it’s important, whatever it is that you want to do, to do something to try to make the world a better place.
Thank you, Maya!
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Her book - The Pocket Guide To The Patriarchy
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