Catherine Lenore Itzin (29 May 1944, in Iowa City, Iowa, US – 9 March 2010),[1] also known as Cathy Itzin, was a critic specialising in alternative theatre and later an advisor on women's issues.
[4] She was drama critic of Tribune for about a decade, and wrote a history of the alternative theatre movement, published as Stages in the Revolution: Political Theatre in Britain Since 1968 (1980).
She was an Honorary Research Fellow in the Violence, Abuse and Gender Relations Research Unit, Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Bradford.
The editor of Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties, a collection of essays published by Oxford University Press which explores the impact pornography has on the perception and treatment of women.
[5] She was for a time a member of the Executive Committee of the Liberty pressure group.