I am Professor of Political Philosophy and Fellow of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. I’m a political philosopher specialising in feminist theory, contemporary liberal theory, theories of social justice, theories of social construction, and bioethics.

My latest book aimed at a general audience is Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body. It discusses the overwhelming pressure to change our bodies, introduces the idea of shametenance, and argues for the radical political significance of allowing the body to be good enough just as it is. Intact was published in hardback by Allen Lane and as a Penguin orange spine paperback. It’s available from bookshops including Blackwells and Waterstones, and is currently being translated into Korean and Chinese.

My latest academic book, Freedom & Equality: Essays on Liberalism and Feminism, has just been published by Oxford University Press. It covers a range of topical questions, including the justification for women’s sport, whether the state should recognise gender, and feminist perspectives on the gendered division of labour.

I’m also the author of:
Against Marriage: An Egalitarian Defence of the Marriage-Free State (Oxford University Press, 2017)
Sex, Culture, and Justice: The Limits of Choice (Penn State University Press, 2008)
Teach Yourself Political Philosophy: A Complete Introduction with Phil Parvin (Hodder, 2012)
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality edited with Brian D. Earp and Lori Watson (Routledge, 2022)

I’ve written numerous articles and chapters on political philosophy, and I make regular media appearances.

My agent is Sophie Scard at United Agents.