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Natasha Walter

@natashawalter.bsky.social
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Writer, feminist. Out now: Feminism for a World on Fire (Virago) Previous books: Living Dolls, Before the Light Fades, A Quiet Life Hon Professor Centre for Climate Justice, QMUL Founder Women for Refugee Women natashawalter.co.uk

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 1h
So glad to hear today from @viragopress.bsky.social that Feminism for a World on Fire is being reprinted. We keep hearing that political non fiction is dead. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the readers who are bucking the trend and buying the beautiful hardback. 🔥
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Mark Lattimer @mglattimer.bsky.social · 22h
A ceasefire in name only. I spoke to Al Jazeera on the anniversary of the #Gaza ceasefire agreement and just 3 days after the anniversary of the 7 Oct attacks. mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/tYhucl...
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Feminism for a World on Fire is 99p on kindle right now. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter review – hope amid the hopelessness
A writer and activist links the climate crisis to battles for justice around the world in this vital book
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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Angels 4 Peace, are you aware that I've marched openly on the Palestine solidarity demonstrations for years, joined the boycott, & written about why it isn't antisemitic to criticise Israel? Please take your anger elsewhere, I get enough abuse from the other side.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🙏🙏
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is so, so good and so, so troubling on the current crisis of the Green Party and why it matters. I came into the party for, as John says, that 'mixture of radical, empathetic social democracy & urgency about the fate of the planet', now being lost to shrill 'flimsy, pious gesture politics'.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Jane Doe is being harassed and threatened offline and online. Those who profit, from X to YouTube to Substack, should be held accountable.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'Jewish people are just as loyal to Britain as other British people' Green agree 73%. Reform 61%. 'I am just as open to having Jewish friends as other friends' Green agree 95%. Reform 81%. 'Jewish people can be trusted as much as others in business.' Green agree: 85%. Reform 70%. Con 76%. '
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On political parties and antisemitism. Worth remembering this Yougov/CAAS poll carried out in 2025. On the statement: 'Jewish people chase money more than other people do.' Green supporters agree 7%. Reform 24%. Conservative 17%. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/CA...
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Green European Journal @greeneujournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
With parts of the feminist movement drifting towards personal empowerment and green actors emphasising cost of living issues, few voices remain connecting the dots between ecological and feminist struggles. In her latest book, Natasha Walter centres eco-feminism, arguing the struggles are connected:
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Don’t Lean In: Natasha Walter on Ecofeminism
“Environmentalism without feminism is a patriarchy in the forest, but the women’s movement without environmentalism is a women’s centre on a dead planet.”
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Love to Margaret
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Jacky @jacky3344.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's a cracking read this week, @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/rachel-mar...
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‘I see what’s happening to Rachel; it scares me’: the woman who dared to face down Piddington’s anti-migrant storm
Natasha Walter talks to Rachel Marsh, the resident of the newly ‘independent’ Oxfordshire village whose anti-racist BBC interview led to abuse, doxxing and death threats
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🙏🏼
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s much much harder now to be an anti racist than it is to be a racist. That’s one of the things I learned from talking to Rachel Marsh, who has been doxxed and abused for standing up to the far right. www.thenerve.news/p/rachel-mar...
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‘I see what’s happening to Rachel; it scares me’: the woman who dared to face down Piddington’s anti-migrant storm
Natasha Walter talks to Rachel Marsh, the resident of the newly ‘independent’ Oxfordshire village whose anti-racist BBC interview led to abuse, doxxing and death threats
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I spoke to Rachel Marsh, the Piddington resident who courageously spoke out against the far right, and has received doxxing and abuse as a result. What does her treatment tell us about where Britain is heading - and what we need to do now? www.thenerve.news/p/rachel-mar...
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‘I see what’s happening to Rachel; it scares me’: the woman who dared to face down Piddington’s anti-migrant storm
Natasha Walter talks to Rachel Marsh, the resident of the newly ‘independent’ Oxfordshire village whose anti-racist BBC interview led to abuse, doxxing and death threats
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fantastic article, so cheering 👏🏽
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When climate protesters - some elderly women - lay down in the street, they were jailed: the men of the far right, on the other hand, disperse without being arrested. I talked to @natashawalter.bsky.social about the crackdown on eco-protestors in the UK. www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/dont-lean-in...
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Don’t Lean In: Natasha Walter on Ecofeminism
“Environmentalism without feminism is a patriarchy in the forest, but the women’s movement without environmentalism is a women’s centre on a dead planet.”
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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"I just find it insane, the level of repression, and how little mainstream liberals and conservatives have stepped up to this.” I interviewed @natashawalter.bsky.social for @greeneujournal.bsky.social about eco-feminism & the climate protest crackdown. www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/dont-lean-in...
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Don’t Lean In: Natasha Walter on Ecofeminism
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy birthday dear Sian! ❤️
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another day, another article about staying out of politics from a Times writer. As so many Times columnists express ever more grim xenophobia, its cultural writers have been busy explaining exactly why politics aren't really that important. Feels political to me. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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I’m convinced… I don’t know what to think
From confusion about our polarised politics to uncertainty over AI, suddenly it’s harder to take a firm stance on anything — and that’s OK
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 17/09/2026
“These men are not only careless people, but cruel people. They are destroying communities and ecosystems”: @natashawalter.bsky.social on @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social’s new book, and why we need to work together to oppose apocalyptic oligarchs www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-wa...
Natasha Walter, pictured in a stylised blue and pink image: The end-times oligarchs are weary of Earth. But we should stand and fight for our home.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Allison Pearson in the Telegraph is celebrating people who want to shoot asylum seekers. As she says, things could turn dark very quickly. And why is that? Because more and more people are spreading this kind of hate and fear.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
'The fiery feminist book I can't stop thinking about.. the most vital book of the year' Wow, thank you to @jamieklingler.bsky.social for this positive and vivid review of Feminism for a World on Fire in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/jamie-klingl...
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The fiery feminist book I can’t stop thinking about
Natasha Walter’s Feminism for a World on Fire has convinced me to leave my lane - it’s the most vital book of the year
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 12/09/2026
Congratulations to +972 Magazine’s investigative reporter Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor on winning the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival for their film “NAZA.” NAZA draws in part on investigations published by +972 Magazine, @theguardian.com & @mekomit.bsky.social
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Incredibly sad to see how the poisonous rhetoric against refugees and asylum seekers is being echoed everywhere. I know people here don't love Mumsnet but I don't remember it being such a recruiting platform for Restore/Reform, back in the day. www.mumsnet.com/talk/in_the_...
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Women of Piddington | Mumsnet
As a primary school teacher living not too far away from the village of Piddington, where the local village people are soon to be outnumbered 10-1 by...
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Love this. www.instagram.com/reel/Dc8nyXk...
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Ева on Instagram: "Happens sometimes... 🤷‍♀️✨️ #feminist"
185 likes, 25 comments - birdwholovescherrys on September 6, 2026: "Happens sometimes... 🤷‍♀️✨️ #feminist".
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today, so many Jewish people feel deep sympathy with Ed Miliband as he stands up against (some of) Israel’s crimes and faces the inevitable charges of self hate and antisemitism. We know this is the right direction. We urge him to do more. www.theguardian.com/politics/vid...
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UK foreign secretary announces sanctions on trade with Israeli West Bank settlements – video
In the strongest condemnation ever issued by a UK government, Ed Miliband said it would take the official position that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was unlawful in its entirety. The sanctions...
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I read this article and send up thanks to the heavens that my teenage son is safe at home with me. Why is demonising kids who run for their lives across hostile borders so acceptable? Thank you @diane-writer10.bsky.social for keeping humanity alive in dark times. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Drones, teargas, riot squads: why has the UK gone to war against asylum seekers already fleeing conflict? | Diane Taylor
Burnham and Macron have committed to going further in the crackdown on French beaches. But little is being done to offer refugees safe alternative routes, says human rights writer Diane Taylor
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Looking through holiday photos today, the last day of summer. Here are 2 photos I havetaken 8 years apart looking towards the sublime Mont Blanc massif. My son has doubled in size. The glaciers have halved. We are destroying the world they are growing up in. 💔
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I presume Steven Pinker et al. will be signing the inevitable petition to protect this academic’s freedom?
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thank you.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Raking the dead leaves on a dead lawn is now a task for August. I don’t know when I have ever felt so sad in my garden, once such a haven, now full of reminders of our burning world.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
thank you so much.
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Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Read @natashawalter.bsky.social’s book & reconnect with your hope.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
‘Refreshing and exhilarating.’ I’m grateful to @samanthaellis.bsky.social for this insightful review of Feminism for a World on Fire in @theguardian.com There is so much hate and fear in the world right now, but also so much joy in resistance. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter review – hope amid the hopelessness
A writer and activist links the climate crisis to battles for justice around the world in this vital book
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Another day, another Guardian article normalising plastic surgery and presenting it as a positive choice. What’s going on? We do not have to be living dolls. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Are you tweaking on your partner? From secret boob jobs to Botox on the sly, people explain why they keep their cosmetic procedures hidden
Daniel’s boyfriend thinks his youthful complexion is down to fancy skincare, and Jessica’s nearest and dearest still don’t know she’s had a breast enhancement …
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
‘The call for a global, grassroots movement… a compelling case.’ Review of Feminism for a World on Fire today in the Financial Times @financialtimes.com by @isabelberwick.ft.com 🔥🔥 www.ft.com/books
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The recent article I wrote about divisions in feminism left some readers with questions. If you want a deep look at feminist history, analysis of the current backlash & exploration of where hope is stirring internationally, I’ve written a book… 😀 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/femi...
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Feminism for a World on Fire
GLOBAL IN SCOPE, FEARLESS IN TONE AND DARING ABOUT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NEXT'The world is on fire, and this is the book we need in this moment' ANGELA SAINI, author of THE PATRIARCHS'Fantastic and timel...
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wrote for the Guardian today about feminism, solidarity and the far right. 💪🏽🔥
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hmm. I don't doubt that these pple feel these pressures. But I wish the Guardian had also interviewed people, esp women, who don't dye their hair, don't have botox, insist on respect for their work not their looks - & find that works. You do not have to comply. www.theguardian.com/fashion/ng-i...
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Do you have to be hot at work? Eight people on how looks influence their jobs
Due to the rise of GLP-1s and cosmetic surgeries, professionals who weren’t usually subject to high beauty standards are facing new pressures
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Nice to know Andy Burnham has been thinking about how to help us overcome the challenge of cancelling Disney Plus. I’d love to know something, anything, of what he is thinking about how we overcome the challenge of living through one of the harshest droughts in UK history.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our Prime Minister has had a lot to say today about subscriptions. Meanwhile, huge parts of the country are in drought. We're about to enter our fifth heatwave of the year, killing more people. Are we going to get anything from the Government? Literally anything?
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Thank you Sian! ❤️🔥
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In this week’s newsletter I recommend @natashawalter.bsky.social’s Feminism for a World on Fire
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Last week for @thenerve.news I wrote about the horrifying shift we are now seeing on the right and in the centre, from climate denial to fatalism. www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-wa... This article today in the Telegraph is an even more shocking example of this amoral fatalism.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Even the Telegraph cannot deny reality any longer. Only last year, Telegraph columnists like Allison Pearson were still doing their ‘just like 1976’ denial. But while denial is out, I fear fatalism is in. Even this column ends with a plea for a rain dance rather than net zero.
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