“You have been taught that you are unclean, that you are not holy, that your body is impure and could never harbour the divine. You have been taught to despise everything you are and to long only to be a… — 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… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
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
The species will continue, whatever apocalypse we manage to unleash. It just won't be much fun to live through. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“intuition is just like that: sudden and complete, as if there were machinery working behind her eyes that even she has no access to.… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Writers of feminist dystopian fiction are alert to the realities that grind down women's lives, that make the unthinkable suddenly thinkable. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
