  fay weldon cbe frsl (born 22 september 1931) is an english author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. in her fiction, weldon typically portrays contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of british society. ==biography== weldon was born in birmingham, england, to a literary family, with both her maternal grandfather, edgar jepson (1863â1938), and her mother margaret writing novels (the latter under the nom de plume pearl bellairs, alter-ego of the eponymous character in aldous huxley's short story, "farcical history of richard greenow"). weldon spent her early years in auckland, new zealand, where her father worked as a doctor. at the age of 14, after her parents' divorce, she returned to england with her mother and her sister jane â never to see her father again. while in england she attended south hampstead high school. she studied psychology and economics at the university of st andrews, scotland, but returned to london after giving birth to a son. soon afterwards she married her first husband, ronald bateman, who was a headmaster 25 years her senioremine saner "'i'm the only feminist there is â the others are all out of step'", the guardian, 22 august 2009 and not the natural father of her child, and moved to acton, london. she left him after two years, and the marriage ended. in order to support herself and her son, and provide for his education, weldon started working in the advertising industry. as head of copywriting at one point she was responsible for publicising (but not originating) the phrase "go to work on an egg". she once coined the slogan "vodka gets you drunker quicker". she said in a guardian interview "it just seemed ... to be obvious that people who wanted to get drunk fast, needed to know this." her bosses disagreed and suppressed it. at 29 she met ron weldon, a jazz musician and antiques dealer.elizabeth grice "fay weldon: 'dying? i don't want to do that again'", daily telegraph, 12 march 2009 they married and had three sons, the first of whom was born in 1963. it was during her second pregnancy that weldon began writing for radio and television. a few years later, in 1967, she published her first novel, the fat woman's joke. for the next 30 years she bui
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