Uncommon Ground Contributor Madelaine Hanson

Madelaine Hanson

Anthropologist, Liberally Jewish, Cat enthusiast, Nuance extremist.

Articles by Madelaine Hanson:

Stop Telling Secular Western Women to be Quiet

April 8, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
Today, I got up and opened my laptop. Immediately, I see a barrage of comments and inbox messages calling me a ‘feminazi’ a ‘slut’ and a ‘stupid c****’. My crime? I made a sarcastic post on modesty culture. Did I ‘ask for it’ by publicly flaunting my views? Should I just shut up? It’s 4pm […] Read more

Livingstone’s comments are dangerous for the Jewish community

April 5, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
Despite the different interpretations you may be hearing, there are many reasons that the comments made by former London Mayor Ken Livingstone in relation to the Holocaust are deeply offensive for Jewish people. Contrary to the perception that he is being ‘told off for comparing Nazism to Israel’, there is actually a continued narrative within […] Read more

Am I a Radical? Identity Problems in the Electric Generation

April 5, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
I’m 18 and in the car chatting to my mother, and she’s unusually quiet. She’s probably not listening to me as I’ve spent the last half an hour raving about my new friend Haleema’s coursework. She pulls into the drive and stares ahead, silent. “Maddie, I need to ask you something.” “I’m not pregnant, don’t […] Read more

Why Elitism is the Enemy of Discourse

April 4, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
I get that speaking to students, young people and the uninformed is boring. But they are the people who will really get this country addressing the issues you care about. A few years ago, I just started to wake up to the problems within Islamism and cultural relativism. This left me in a rather awkward […] Read more