Naomi Alderman
I grew up an Orthodox Jew, and now I'm not an Orthodox Jew. So I have sympathy for people who lose their faith.Collection: Sympathy
The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time.Collection: Politics
The women's movement gave me a set of tools to think about things like my body and how people react to me and the way that my dating life was going. It's a very practical movement - yes, it's about issues like how we can get more women MPs elected, but it's also about how feminism affects things like your relationship.Collection: Dating
People who were always hardbodies love that competitive style of team-sports activity: they come up with timers and fitness contests and personal bests. But for the vast majority of people, competition in exercise is not fun. It's no fun to compete if you know you can never win.Collection: Fitness
Traditions are always puzzling to those who don't share them. I'm Jewish, so the idea of a 'perfect family Christmas' is foreign to me.Collection: Christmas
When we learn to TOLERATE boredom, we find out who we really are.Collection: Boredom
Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time you step out of your front door to do some exercise.Collection: Hero
What is freedom, in the end, but that no one cares any longer to try to restrain us?Collection: Trying