Kat Lister
Freelance journalist.
I write about women and culture
PROJECTS
the-pool.com
Periods aren’t simply a rite of passage – they’re a dangerous threat
Yet, as a new book lays bare, the silence around menstruation and its effects on girls around the world is deafening. Kat Lister reports
the-pool.com
There’s a danger of forgetting what nursing is – the capacity to love strangers
A new nursing memoir makes an impassioned appeal for a return to kindness. Kat Lister speaks to its author, Christie Watson
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“I left everything behind: my family, my friends, my childhood”
Kat Lister talks to Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini about her perilous journey from Syria to Europe, her new memoir, Butterfly – and what it really means to be a refugee
the-pool.com
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe could face more time in jail – and she needs us to be outraged
The British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been told she could be charged with further ‘undisclosed’ crimes. Kat Lister talks to her husband, Richard
the-pool.com
Sadiq Khan: “Men must join women and girls in the fight for equality”
Kat Lister sat down with London mayor Sadiq Khan to discuss #MeToo, the gender pay gap – and why he’s proud to be a feminist
the-pool.com
Richard Ratcliffe: “Nazanin’s imprisonment in Iran amounts to torture”
It’s a new year. And Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband is still asking when his wife and daughter will return home
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Revisiting my miscarriage, 1 year on
High above the bustling city of Osaka, hidden deep within Mount Kōya – Japan’s holiest mountain – women quietly come and go with the temple chimes. Weaving through the towering cedar trees, they come to grieve for their unborn children
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Tarantino’s defence of Roman Polanski is just as revolting, 15 years on
Perhaps this resurfaced footage tells us how pivotal the #MeToo moment is, says Kat Lister
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Does Melania Trump actually want to be saved?
Everyone loves a mystery to solve, says Kat Lister. America’s first lady is, arguably, the strangest enigma of all
the-pool.com
Weinstein sabotaged Salma Hayek’s career – and distorted Frida Kahlo’s legacy
Kat Lister’s love of Frida Kahlo was ignited by Salma Hayek’s biopic. She didn’t know there was a monster behind the movie who sought to diminish them both
the-pool.com
20 years on, Monica Lewinsky has much to teach us about slut-shaming
Having endured an international public humiliation, Lewinsky can understand the performative misogyny of the internet better than most
the-pool.com
Mary Beard’s new manifesto exposes the mythology behind misogyny
Kat Lister talks to the outspoken classicist about Medusa, Hillary Clinton – and the barriers that still prevent women from gaining power
the-pool.com
How can we allow a British-Iranian woman to be imprisoned for five years?
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is serving time for “non-specific charges” in a Tehran prison. In October, her husband, Richard, talked to Kat Lister about the devastating sentence
huckmagazine.com
The Afghan girls defying death threats to pursue their passion
Zohra is the first ever all-female music ensemble in Afghanistan’s history, with its members facing death threats and family rejection just for doing what they love. Writer Kat Lister hears their incredible story.
Medium
Hillary Clinton, Sean Spicer, And Who Gets To Speak
Our engagement with Spicer and Trump speaks volumes about who we’re prepared to listen to, in spite of the very real dangers they pose, and who we are not.