Julie Bindel

Julie Bindel is a journalist, author and feminist activist who has campaigned against male violence against women and girls since the age of 17. In 2007, Julie broke the story of the grooming gangs in towns and cities across the North of England, which led to an independent inquiry in 2013 into child sexual abuse in Rotherham.

As well as Straight Expectations and The Pimping of Prostitution, Julie is the co-author of Exiting Prostitution, and The Map of My Life: The Story of Emma Humphreys. Straight Expectations was shortlisted for the Polari Prize. She is a regular columnist for the Guardian, and also writes for the Spectator, New Statesman, the Independent, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Times, Unherd and a number of other publications in the UK and US.