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Naomi Alderman

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it was all fine for the Edinburgh Seven for their first couple of years - they attended lectures at the back, paid for private classes in dissection etc. the male students went har har har. then they took exams and one of the women won the prize for best paper. and THEN it all kicked off.

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Naomi Alderman's avatar Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social
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anyway, I did a programme about this for Radio 4! here it is:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Matt Steinglass's avatar Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social
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Most men still hate having a woman be visibly smarter than them, can’t imagine how much worse it would’ve been back then

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