Clementine Ford
"Boys are given the universe in which to carve out their identities, the promise of infinite space for them to expand into and contract upon.."
Clementine Ford is a world-renowned feminist, author, and public speaker. She rose to fame writing columns for the Sunday Mail in Adelaide and for online marketing news site The Drum.
She is also a highly respected author, and solidified her place as an activist with her 2016 release of Fight Like a Girl, which discussed in depth about the inequalities of the world and how women can demand change. She followed this up with Boys Will Be Boys in 2018, where she turns her attention to toxic masculinity and misogyny. Next, Clementine wrote a memoir, How We Love, which explores love in all its forms.
Clementine has also released a stunning treatise to women everywhere, I Don’t, on the case against marriage for modern women.
Meet Clementine Ford
Clementine Ford was born in 1981, and spent many years growing up in the Middle East before moving with her family to England. It wasn’t until her teenage years that she moved to Adelaide, where she struggled with bullying, mental health, and an eating disorder.
During her time at the University of Adelaide, she took a course in gender studies, which was the spark that set her on a course that would define her lifetime. Here, she also orked as a contributor and editor for the university’s student newspaper.
In 2007, Clementine began her column for the Sunday Mail and started writing for The Drum. She tackled hard-hitting topics such as abortion and women’s rights, and quickly made a name for herself as a well-spoken, out-spoken feminist.
In 2020, she began a podcast called the ‘Big Sister Hotline’ and continued to discuss modern feminist issues.