Maya Oppenheim
Author and Freelance Journalist
Maya Oppenheim is a freelance journalist and author. Maya is the author of The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy - a 22-chapter book that has been endorsed by the UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, actor Olivia Colman, and Amnesty International UK, among others. Her book explores abortion, policing, domestic abuse, men and the far right, mental health, sexual violence, intersectional feminism, transphobia, sex work, toxic masculinity, women’s sexual pleasure, the criminal justice system and more. Maya is the former Women's Correspondent at The Independent and was the first and only person to have this job title at a UK news outlet.
TikTok is obsessed with the hormone-free birth control debate: why is everyone telling you to stop the pill?
Many of us are ditching the pill and opting for more natural methods. Where did this anti-pill sentiment come from, is it valid, and how does it play into politics? Maya Oppenheim investigates
The orgasm gap rages on – and wider inequality is to blame
Maya Oppenheim uncovers the origin of the orgasm deficit in her new book