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Julie Bindel
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Bindel in 2015
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| Born | 20 July 1962 Darlington, County Durham, England
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| Occupation | Journalist, writer, cultural critic |
| Organization | Co-founder of Justice for Women |
| Known for | Law reform, advocacy journalism |
| Movement | Radical feminism, lesbian feminism |
| Partner(s) | Harriet Wistrich |
Julie Bindel (born 20 July 1962) is an English radical feminist writer.
Bindel has written or co-written over 30 book chapters and five books. She is also the editor, with her partner Harriet Wistrich, of The Map of My Life: The Story of Emma Humphreys (2003). She has written regularly for The Guardian, the New Statesman, The Spectator, The Sunday Telegraph magazine, and Standpoint.
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Early life
Bindel and her two brothers (one older, one younger) grew up on a council estate in Darlington, north east England, after moving there from a terraced house that had coal fires and no indoor toilet. She is of mixed Catholic and Jewish heritage. She attended Branksome Comprehensive School from 1973 to 1978, leaving a year early without anyone noticing, she wrote. She came out as a lesbian in 1977 when she was 15. While growing up, Bindel wrote in 2009, the thought of heterosexual conformity was totally unappealing.
When she was 17, Bindel moved to Leeds and joined the Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group.
Research and activism
Academic positions
Bindel has served as the assistant director of the Research Centre on Violence, Abuse and Gender Relations at Leeds Metropolitan University (1990s), researcher at the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University (2000s), Visiting Journalist at Brunel University London (2013–2014), and Visiting Researcher at the University of Lincoln (2014–2017).
Justice for Women
Bindel's research into violence against women in domestic and personal relationships has been a central feature of her work. In 1991, together with her partner, Harriet Wistrich, a solicitor, and Hilary McCollum, Bindel co-founded Justice for Women (JFW), a feminist law-reform group that campaigns against laws that discriminate against women in cases involving male violence against partners.
Opinion journalism and interviews
Bindel writes for The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph magazine, the New Statesman, Truthdig and Standpoint, and is often interviewed by the BBC and Sky News. She began writing for newspapers in November 1998, while she was working at Leeds Metropolitan University, when The Independent published her article about the Leeds Kerb Crawlers Re-education Programme.
Personal life
Bindel identifies as a political lesbian.
