FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Susanna rustin | History Defined

The new EHRC code isn’t just about trans people’s access to toilets - it’s about protecting other vital single-sex spaces

From the start, feminists have fought for spaces that are less visible but which have special status: prisons, refuges, rape crisis centres, lesbian groups, women’s health centres and sports, says social affairs journalist Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1

The UK has a chance to pioneer pornography regulation – it must take it

The crime bill proposes a stronger model of consent – and with violent imagery and child sexual abuse soaring, who, really, can argue against it? says author Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31

Collecting memories and stories of feminists

Letters: Sue O’Sullivan and Miriam David on being part of the women’s liberation movement, in response to a long read by Susanna Rustin on the Sex Discrimination Act. Plus a letter from Paul F Faupel

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025

The trouble with T-levels and the academic/vocational divide

Letters: John Butcher and Karen Ahmed respond to Susanna Rustin’s article on the vocational qualifications

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025

T-levels are a disaster – and young people are suffering because ministers won’t admit it

They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but they’re not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025

Zuckerberg, Musk, answer me this: what about the child abuse scandal playing out online?

Victims of ‘grooming gangs’ have been badly let down, but children must be protected online as well as in the real world, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2025

The threat to BTec courses in England is the educational scandal no one’s talking about

Snobbery and a lack of transparency around Labour’s review may be why there isn’t more outrage, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

These trailblazing feminists may be gone, but they are certainly not forgotten

Letters: Dr Alison Ronan says feminism has been shaped by the courage of the many, not just the few; while Mary Evans is glad that many people still turn to the Women’s Library

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024

Dramatic deeds are remembered, but too many feminists of the past are forgotten

It’s grassroots, collective action – rarely commemorated – that pushed women’s rights forward, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024

Sexed by Susanna Rustin review – the fraught battle for feminism

A historical overview of the often chaotic fight for equality in Britain celebrates the pioneers who elbowed their way into male-only spaces

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024