[2] She has appeared on British television and radio as a pundit, offering opinion and comment on subjects ranging from politics to religion.

After leaving university, she worked in London and Japan as an investment banker, specifically within convertible bond research for UBS Warburg.

[8] In 2011, Smurthwaite toured as support for Shazia Mirza[9] and also returned to the town she grew up in and opened the Bury St Edmunds Fringe festival.

The day featured debate and discussion on radio, television and online, in which the participants were asked to give their opinion on the position of women in the 21st century.

[32] Other Edinburgh Fringe shows Smurthwaite has appeared in include Spank!,[33] which she has hosted as well as being a guest performer, Political Animal, Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour, and SetList.

[34] Smurthwaite is the vice-chair and media spokesperson for British NGO Abortion Rights UK,[35] and a member of London Feminist Network and the National Secular Society.

[citation needed] In October 2009, Smurthwaite took a place on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth as part of Antony Gormley's One & Other project, impersonating with permission the Irish pro-choice campaigner Goretti Horgan who was unable to attend.

[37][38] In July 2010, Smurthwaite protested at the lavish funeral of writer Sebastian Horsley with a sign reading "Where are the horse-drawn carriages for the VICTIMS of prostitution?

[43] Smurthwaite performed at the five-year anniversary party for the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain,[44] and has hosted and spoken at a number of conferences including Feminism in London in 2008, 2009 and 2010[45][46][47] and Intersect in Bristol in 2012.