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Maya Oppenheim

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Maya Oppenheim is a freelance journalist and author of The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy (Trapeze, 2023).

Maya Oppenheim is a freelance journalist and author. Maya is the author of The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy - a 22-chapter book that has been endorsed by the UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, actor Olivia Colman, and Amnesty International UK, among others. Her book explores abortion, policing, domestic abuse, men and the far right, mental health, sexual violence, intersectional feminism, transphobia, sex work, toxic masculinity, women’s sexual pleasure, the criminal justice system and more. Maya is the former Women's Correspondent at The Independent and was the first and only person to have this job title at a UK news outlet. She can be found on Instagram, BlueskyX and Substack.


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