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Suzanne Moore
Moore on Novara Media in 2017
Born
Suzanne Lynn Moore

(1958-07-17) 17 July 1958 (age 66)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
EducationNorthgate Grammar School for Girls
Alma materMiddlesex Polytechnic
OccupationJournalist
Years active1980–present
Children3
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Suzanne Lynn Moore (born 17 July 1958)[1] is an English journalist.

Early life and education

Moore is the daughter of an American father and a working-class British mother, who split up during her childhood.[1] She grew up in Ipswich and attended Northgate Grammar School for Girls.[1][2]

After various jobs in Britain and overseas, including waitressing, shop work and door-to-door sales, Moore embarked on a psychology degree at Middlesex Polytechnic, but soon switched to cultural studies. She began a PhD and journalism career simultaneously after graduation, but ceased work on her doctorate after 18 months.[1]

Journalism career

During her career Moore has written for Marxism Today,[3] The Mail on Sunday, Daily Mail, The Independent, The Guardian, and the New Statesman. In The Guardian in 1995, Moore falsely stated that Germaine Greer had undergone a hysterectomy at 25. Greer responded by accusing Moore of possessing "hair bird's-nested all over the place, fuck-me shoes and three fat inches of cleavage."[4]

In January 2013, a remark about "Brazilian transsexuals" in an essay by Moore, which had been reprinted by the New Statesman,[5] was criticised on Twitter as transphobic.[6][7]

In March 2020, following the publication of an opinion piece written by Moore, titled "Women must have the right to organise. We will not be silenced." in The Guardian,[8] the paper received a letter, with over 200 signatories, which rejected Moore's implication that "advocating for trans rights poses a threat to cisgender women". The letter was signed by politicians such as Siân Berry, Christine Jardine, Nadia Whittome and Zarah Sultana, writers and journalists including Ash Sarkar and Reni Eddo-Lodge. The newspaper published the letter alongside others received in response to the article, both supportive and critical.[9]

On 16 November 2020, Moore announced she had left The Guardian[10][11] after being there a number of years since the 1990s. In UnHerd, she later wrote that she had never fitted in at The Guardian, saying: "The personal becomes political at the moment you never feel clean enough. I was always somehow inappropriate [there]."[12]

Politics

Moore stood as an independent candidate for the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington in the 2010 UK general election due to her disillusionment with the main political parties.[1] She finished sixth with 0.6% of the vote, losing to Diane Abbott and forfeiting her deposit.[13]

Personal life

Moore has lived in the Hackney area since the early 1990s, and is a single mother. She has three daughters from various relationships.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cochrane, Kira (30 April 2010). "Suzanne Moore: 'Vote for me, I'm flawed'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ Parker, Pat (20 September 2011). "Rebelling against Suffolk". East Anglian Daily Times. Ipswich. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. ^ Moore, Suzanne (23 July 2015). "When I worked at Marxism Today, my desire to earn a living proved to be somewhat déclassé". New Statesman. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ^ Thackray, Rachelle (21 February 1999). "Germaine smacks her sisters". The Independent. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ^ Moore, Suzanne (8 January 2013). "Seeing red: the power of female anger". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 March 2020. We [women] are angry with ourselves for not being happier, not being loved properly and not having the ideal body shape – that of a Brazilian transsexual.
  6. ^ McCudden, Louise (14 January 2013). "To Julie Burchill, Suzanne Moore and all feminists: The absence of trans people in the media is as important as the absence of women in the media". The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ Maganti, Brooke (14 January 2013). "We don't need Suzanne Moore and Julie Burchill to police the borders of womanhood". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  8. ^ Moore, Suzanne (2 March 2020). "Women must have the right to organise. We will not be silenced". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Differing perspectives on transgender rights". The Guardian. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  10. ^ Moore, Suzanne [@suzanne_moore] (16 November 2020). "I have left The Guardian. I will very much miss SOME of the people there. For now thats all I can say" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Massie, Alex (16 November 2020). "Suzanne Moore's departure is a sad day for the Guardian". The Spectator. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  12. ^ Suzanne, Moore (25 November 2020). "Why I had to leave The Guardian". UnHerd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Election 2010: Hackney North & Stoke Newington". BBC News. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
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