Laura Bates
The Burning was partly inspired by my experiences working with young people in schools over the past decade - particularly their experiences of sexism, slut-shaming and revenge porn. And it was also inspired by the true stories of the Scottish witch trials, a craze that swept Scotland over 400 years ago and saw thousands of women wrongly burned at the stake
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