Gender diversity Lionel Shriver On Love, Trump And Why The #MeToo Movement ‘Rapidly Degenerated’ An intimate conversation with the author of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin'. By Helen McCabe Published 30 September, 2022 Gender diversity Lionel Shriver On Love, Trump And Why The #MeToo Movement ‘Rapidly Degenerated’ An intimate conversation with the author of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin'. By Helen McCabe Published 30 September, 2022 Previous article Play Time Is Not Over Next article ‘The Founder Journey, It’s A Marathon Not A Sprint’: Founders Share Their Greatest Advice American author Lionel Shriver has returned to Australia expressing a disinterest in feminist causes and criticising the #MeToo movement for pettiness.Three years after she was at the centre of a controversy involving Sudanese-Australian writer Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Shriver was again fearless in her language and views. https://twitter.com/overingtonc/status/1168130335747391488 Shriver who is often called an iconoclast describes herself as a Liberal Democrat. So far she is a supporter of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and scathing of the United States President Donald Trump, urging the Democratic Party to elect a candidate to defeat the Republican President in 2020.“Trump is an idiot and I really mean it, his IQ is medically low and then add to that wilful ignorance,” Shriver said. “Boris Johnson is extremely bright. He is very well educated. He’d never make any of the kind of foot mouth crap Trump has. The podcast of the interview between Helen McCabe and Lionel Shriver will be available on the Bookoccino website. #MeToo Best Of Future Women Leadership “That is not luck. That is culture.” By Melanie Dimmitt Leadership “This is something to celebrate.” By Melanie Dimmitt Leaders 5 things in this year’s Budget for women By Iona Bulford Leadership “If I was a bloke, I would have said, ‘Yes, I nailed that’.” By Melanie Dimmitt Leadership “I didn’t have time to be sick – and that’s a problem” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture Emojis and AI: Tech abuse is evolving, but banks are too By Sally Spicer Culture The DV fact that shocked one of Australia’s most respected researchers By Sally Spicer Leadership It’s time to put your AI oxygen mask on By Melanie Dimmitt Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
