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• ‟ I was into Black Power, and my practice Oxbridge essay was a rant. The headmistress said I'd never get in with that, but she was probably wrong. I was the ideal combination: a swot who was also a bad girl.

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• ‟ One of the downsides of working in antiquity is that you don't have many female voices, but you certainly have a lot of male terror about the potential of women's power. It shows you very clearly that the most oppressive cultures tend to be afraid of those whom they oppress.

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• ‟ If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than women?

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• ‟ I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis.

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• ‟ Gender is a key marker of power and powerlessness. Most of the structures of how our world works are biased in terms of men.

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• ‟ I used to think that the British press were particularly awful to Cherie Blair. I think Blair's foreign policy was a complete disaster, but the British press, when they wanted to explain why Blair took unexpected moves, they did create Cherie as the power behind the throne.

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