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Charlotte Raven: 'I see myself as a recovering narcissist' Charlotte Raven: 'I see myself as a recovering narcissist'
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When I was a teenage Marxist I thought feminism was just for middle-class women gathered around pine coffee tables. At university in Manchester I became re-politicised.When I was a teenage Marxist I thought feminism was just for middle-class women gathered around pine coffee tables. At university in Manchester I became re-politicised.
The inevitable glitches when Feminist Times was finally launched meant I was as sleep deprived as a new mother; the two births were weirdly similar.The inevitable glitches when Feminist Times was finally launched meant I was as sleep deprived as a new mother; the two births were weirdly similar.
Julie Burchill [Raven's sister-in-law and former partner] emailed me earlier apologising for being bitchy about the magazine. I want to publish it as breaking news: "Burchill Apologises!"Julie Burchill [Raven's sister-in-law and former partner] emailed me earlier apologising for being bitchy about the magazine. I want to publish it as breaking news: "Burchill Apologises!"
I loved being in the [hard-left] Militant Tendency at 14, because lying was legalised. We had to pretend we didn't exist, which was amazingly glamorous. There was a rota for sleeping over to look after the printing press. I snogged a guy instead of keeping watch.I loved being in the [hard-left] Militant Tendency at 14, because lying was legalised. We had to pretend we didn't exist, which was amazingly glamorous. There was a rota for sleeping over to look after the printing press. I snogged a guy instead of keeping watch.
When I was young I'd plan in detail what I'd say if I ever met Bob Dylan. What I'd tell him so he'd know I wasn't like all the rest of them.When I was young I'd plan in detail what I'd say if I ever met Bob Dylan. What I'd tell him so he'd know I wasn't like all the rest of them.
I wrote a magazine article about considering suicide when I was diagnosed with Huntingdon's disease. I received a lot of letters. One person emailed about the photograph. They wanted to know where I got my wallpaper from. I wrote a magazine article about considering suicide when I was diagnosed with Huntington's disease. I received a lot of letters. One person emailed about the photograph. They wanted to know where I got my wallpaper from.
I feel the onset of Huntingdon's is around the corner. Feminist Times feels like it's the right idea at the right moment. If it works now, though, it would be bitterly ironic. I feel the onset of Huntington's is around the corner. Feminist Times feels like it's the right idea at the right moment. If it works now, though, it would be bitterly ironic.
I am constantly looking for symptoms, constantly having cognitive tests. My nine-year-old daughter wants to know when she can be tested, because it's hereditary and she looks like me. I tell her that that's not how it works.I am constantly looking for symptoms, constantly having cognitive tests. My nine-year-old daughter wants to know when she can be tested, because it's hereditary and she looks like me. I tell her that that's not how it works.
Empathy is a political act. It neutralises anger and rage.Empathy is a political act. It neutralises anger and rage.
"Can you be a feminist and still like shoes?" It feels like these kinds of questions have diverted feminist attention for so long that they've stopped them doing anything else."Can you be a feminist and still like shoes?" It feels like these kinds of questions have diverted feminist attention for so long that they've stopped them doing anything else.
Shopping is miserable. That's an open secret – we need to lay bare the ennui of consumerism.Shopping is miserable. That's an open secret – we need to lay bare the ennui of consumerism.
Feminism is a process. It's not a set of fixed ideas but a navigation between the personal and the political. By changing something in yourself, you change the world.Feminism is a process. It's not a set of fixed ideas but a navigation between the personal and the political. By changing something in yourself, you change the world.
I see myself as a recovering narcissist.I see myself as a recovering narcissist.
When I think of happiness I think either of the adrenaline rush of the 1990s or of lying on the Dorset coast with my family in a rare moment of sunshine. Today I'm more content than I've ever been.When I think of happiness I think either of the adrenaline rush of the 1990s or of lying on the Dorset coast with my family in a rare moment of sunshine. Today I'm more content than I've ever been.
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• This article was amended on 13 October 2013 to correct the spelling of Huntington's disease.
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