Laura Bates, a perpetually (and unjustifiably) anxious Special Snowflake, aka The Everyday Whining Project, inaugural member of The Whine Club, makes an effort to appear calm and cheerful:
Our thanks to Belinda for this. The academic in question is Joanna Williams, we’ve frequently linked to her pieces on Spiked. We’ve added her book Women vs Feminism: Why We All Need Liberating from the Gender Wars to our Recommended books list.