Zoe Williams

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Zoe Williams (born 1973) is a British columnist and journalist who was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford where she read Modern History. Williams writes regularly for The Guardian and the New Statesman, though her work has also appeared in other publications including The Spectator and the London Cycling Campaign's magazine London Cyclist. Much of her work for The Guardian is in the form of short, lighthearted, topical pieces, but she also writes political comment, interviews and reviews

Her political views are left-wing and feminist and she frequently covers feminist issues in her columns. She is also a supporter of Humanism.

Williams lived in Camberwell until early 2007 and often referred to the area in her writings. She now lives in Earlsfield.

[edit] Quotes as a Columnist

Williams writing for The Guardian was highly critical of the March 8, 2007, Channel Four documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle noting, "You can feel its insincerity, even before some frothy, patronising "scientist" bounces on to the screen to say: "If you had x-ray eyes, what appears as a nice yellow ball would appear as a raging tiger! -(That is Calder again. Talking about the sun)". [1]

Williams writing for The Guardian on March 29, 2007, claimed actor Rhys Ifans shouldn't have apologised for making a joke about paedophilia, Ifans later apologised for making a joke ("why is paedophilia so popular? Because kids are so fucking sexy.") at an anti-slavery benefit concert in London, Williams commented, "That really irks me. It irks me also that Ifans' people have "apologised"; which earthly part of this is meant to have been a mistake?". [2]