What I want is a world where neither gender nor sex are destiny. Where no child is ever told there's anything they can't do, or must do, 'because you're a boy' or 'because you're a girl.' It's not a world… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Claude Cahun is a fascinating artist - one of the few women to be part of the surrealist movement, she and her partner Suzanne Malherbe took on men's names and made artworks that investigated female identity long before 'The Second… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Our culture tends to denigrate things that are associated with women. It's OK for women to wear trousers, for example, but not OK for… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I was there on 9/11. I watched the towers falling from my office window, at which point I decided I would give up my… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
The value of the arts cannot be measured by its ability to preserve life but rather to enhance existence. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
We all know that the desire for perfection can get in the way of authenticity and enjoyment; it's the same with games. There's a… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Games don't cause racism. But the real-time chat makes nasty comments hard to moderate and easy to spread. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“She had been here for the protests three years earlier; yes, she had held up her banner and shouted and signed her petitions. “It was like being part of a wave of water,” she says. “A wave of spray from the ocean feels powerful, but it is only there for a moment, the sun dries the puddles and the water… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share
I've always had a real interest in the way that science fiction can portray a world that could be different to our world, which… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
