Williams, Amy

15/09/2009

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Amy Williams, is from Middlesbrough and has a three year old son called Gabriel. She comes from a matriarchal background which has influenced her interest in modern feminist theory and socialism. The men in her life have also influenced her, she believes they have taught her to be laid back and think before she speaks. Amy has just completed her English studies degree at Teeside university and wrote her dissertation on how working class women are marginalized in novels. She feels that women still have a long way to go to achieve equality especially in Middlesbrough since it is still suffering the consequences of deindustrialization. She is interested in Marxist theory because she currently works with people who live below the poverty line. Amy talks in depth about her political beliefs on the class system, poverty and unemployment. With her time on the plinth she wants to change peoples perception of Middlesborough after the city was voted the worst place to live on "Location Location Location" she feels that the title created a self-fulfilling prophecy for the people of Middlesbrough and was an irresponsible programme to be broadcast on Channel 4.