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Sarah Harte: Attack on Nicola Coughlan shows it’s open season on women’s bodies again

Professing to enjoy Coughlan’s acting skills and 'lovely face' while using demeaning words like 'trundling', Strimpel concluded: 'She is not hot.'
Sarah Harte: Attack on Nicola Coughlan shows it’s open season on women’s bodies again

Nicola Coughlan asked people to stop body-shaming her and insisted on doing naked sex scenes in ‘Bridgerton’. Picture: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP

Wed, 05 Jun, 2024 - 15:11
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Sarah Harte is a lawyer, a published, prize-winning fiction writer and works as a strategist for a domestic violence organisation.

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