Russell Brand's 'love of a good woman' is not what feminism needs

On Thursday night, with all the solemnity of a foreign correspondent announcing a ceasefire, the Facebook account for the No More Page 3 campaign posted: "Twitter. Tonight." And here was a photograph of Russell Brand holding a "No More Page 3" T-shirt and tweeting: "And finally, through the love of a good woman, teenage, sexist me was slain." The reaction on Twitter was ecstatic. Dozens of feminists – including the No More Page 3 account itself – sent messages of congratulations to Russell Brand for renouncing sexism. ...