Zoe Williams
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Zoe Williams (born 1973) is a British columnist and journalist, who read Modern History at Lincoln College, Oxford.
Williams writes regularly for The Guardian and the New Statesman but she also writes political commentary, interviews, and reviews. Her work has also appeared in other publications, including The Spectator, NOW Magazine and the London Cycling Campaign's magazine London Cyclist.
Her journalism earlier appeared in The Evening Standard where she wrote columns on subjects including 'could you ever sleep with a man who bakes cakes or reads poetry aloud?' [ES 26/10/2001] and a diary about being a single girl in London.
Williams' political views are self-described as left-wing and feminist: she frequently covers feminist issues in her columns. She is also a supporter of humanism.
In May, 2008, she was quoted in a Guardian article by Siobhain Butterworth (regarding Williams' earlier piece about Boris Johnson) as admitting: "I'm not a reporter. I write comment. I tell people what to do all the time. I don't expect them to take me seriously." [1]
She also writes a column in The Guardian about being the mother of a baby despite saying in the Evening Standard of 07/09/2001: 'I have about as much interest in babies as I have in cavity-wall insulation, and yet I know the following things; although they are very small, they are nevertheless too large to pop comfortably out of the body. In consequence, there are a number of medical procedures, all of which I could list and explain, only it would make me feel nauseous and I'd have to cross my legs. Once they're born, they cry incessantly, and one's response to this ranges from symptoms of sleep deprivation to depression and possibly infanticide. You may have to wee in the bath for ages afterwards, which is disgusting, but not as disgusting as the random venues your baby will choose. The babies in question rarely do anything which is even interesting to their own mothers before the age of two - and for the rest of us, their purpose is pretty much unclear until they are 18.'
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