Oxford (UK), 1986

British feminist writer, collaborates with The Guardian among other publications. She founded the Everyday Sexism Project website in April 2012. Her first book, Everyday Sexism, was published in 2014. She previously worked as an actress and babysitter, a period when she experienced sexism at auditions and found that the girls she cared for were too concerned about his image. During an interview for The Daily Telegraph in April 2014, Bates stated: “Feminism means to me that everyone should be treated the same, regardless of gender. We have to stop judging women by their appearance. "A man can be a father, a doctor, a politician or a lawyer, without commenting on his sex," he told Anna Klassen of The Daily Beast. It is not about men against women, but people against prejudice ». On the website's third anniversary in April 2015, Everyday Sexism had reached over 100,000 entries. Bates has also had to deal with online abuse. "Some talk about serial killers they admire and would like to emulate," she told Lucy Kellaway, "and the different weapons they would use on us." She was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2015 for gender equality services and received the Ultimate New Feminist Award from Cosmopolitan magazine in 2013.