Suzanne Moore
A sharp, unflinching columnist whose feminist and political commentary cut through the noise of British media for decades.
Born 1958 (age 68)·English journalist·Birthday: July 17·Baby Boomers
Biography
Suzanne Moore built a career as a forthright and often controversial voice in British journalism. Starting at the New Statesman in the 1980s, she became a columnist for major publications like The Guardian and The Mail on Sunday, known for her left-leaning politics and incisive cultural criticism. Her writing, which frequently tackled gender, class, and power, resonated with a broad readership and often sparked national conversation. Moore was a key part of the wave of feminist writers who brought a new, combative energy to the mainstream press. Her career, marked by a willingness to challenge orthodoxies on both the right and the left, cemented her status as a formidable and independent commentator.
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Suzanne was born in 1958, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Suzanne Was Born
The biggest hits of 1958
#1 Movie
South Pacific
Best Picture
Gigi
#1 TV Show
Gunsmoke
Suzanne's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1958Born
NASA founded
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $11,050Min wage: $1.00/hrPresident: Dwight D. Eisenhower"Volare" — Domenico ModugnoBest Picture: Gigi
1963Started school
JFK assassinated in Dallas; Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $13,100Min wage: $1.25/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"Sugar Shack" — Jimmy Gilmer & The FireballsBest Picture: Tom Jones
1971Became a teenager
Voting age lowered to 18 in the US
Gas: $0.36/galHome: $18,100Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Richard Nixon"Joy to the World" — Three Dog NightBest Picture: The French Connection
1974Could drive
Nixon resigns the presidency
Gas: $0.53/galHome: $22,600Min wage: $2.00/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"The Way We Were" — Barbra StreisandBest Picture: The Godfather Part II
1976Could vote
Apple Computer founded; US bicentennial
Gas: $0.59/galHome: $29,300Min wage: $2.30/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"Silly Love Songs" — WingsBest Picture: Rocky
1979Turned 21
Iran hostage crisis begins; Three Mile Island accident
Gas: $0.86/galHome: $37,900Min wage: $2.90/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"My Sharona" — The KnackBest Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
1988Turned 30
Pan Am Flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
Gas: $0.90/galHome: $74,800Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Faith" — George MichaelBest Picture: Rain Man
1998Turned 40
Google founded; Clinton impeachment
Gas: $1.06/galHome: $107,300Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"Too Close" — NextBest Picture: Shakespeare in Love
2008Turned 50
Barack Obama elected first Black US president; financial crisis
Gas: $3.27/galHome: $153,100Min wage: $6.55/hrPresident: George W. Bush"Low" — Flo RidaBest Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
2018Turned 60
Royal wedding of Harry and Meghan; Parkland shooting
Gas: $2.72/galHome: $211,800Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Donald Trump"God's Plan" — DrakeBest Picture: Green Book
2026Age 68 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Was a founding columnist for The Independent newspaper when it launched in 1986.
- Won the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2010 for her political commentary.
- Her 2013 column on feminism and the female body, which mentioned 'Brazilian waxes', became a flashpoint in a major public debate about trans issues and led to her departure from The Guardian.
Did You Know?
She briefly played in an all-female punk band called The Jane Does in the late 1970s.
She has a tattoo of a dagger on her arm.
She co-authored a book about the pop star Kylie Minogue.
“I write to puncture pretension and to describe the world as I see it, not as it should be.”
