In case people in the UK think this vile stuff has no connection to our own gender critical hegemony: The Heritage Foundation fund SEGM. People associated with SEGM train and run the new NHS youth gender service. www.erininthemorning.com/p/nhs-trans-...

I think if you squint you can see the sense here, but my god the optics are fucking terrible. search.app/8QM1B

The thing is, not just is this not true (of current Reform intenders or especially their 2024 vote), but it's actually somewhat unusual in British politics to be the most popular party and have a support base as deviant from the median voter.

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

This is a stunning 90 minutes of poddery

Kind of extraordinary for the health secretary to stray so far outside their brief to bat for the right to express violent transphobia. But then it's Wes, so not a big surprise.

Another excellent post on this: a reminder that the fact that the evidence for gender-affirming care is weak DOES NOT justify a ban. And yes, what is happening at the moment in the UK is a ban on medical transition in youth by any other name.

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

if we really *have* to write badly-evidenced culture-war reports about how neurodivergence and mental health conditions are overdiagnosed and getting an EHCP is too easy and it's all the parents' fault, can we at least make them shorter?

Your periodic reminder that there is not, in fact, a systematic problem with over diagnosis in neurodevelopmental conditions in the UK. But Policy Exchange have never let facts hold them back before... www.theguardian.com/education/20...

I mean, there is no other way to look at this than blatant racism is there?

Leaving aside the difference of opinion, just look at the disparity of approach: one person reflecting on what she has got wrong, looking for dialogue, the other flinging shit from her yacht. How does Rowling still command any sympathy? www.bbc.com/news/article...

I disagree pretty strongly with this! It's not inherently coercive to casually date or hook up. To me the entire goal is to break men out of thinking this way and teach them how to indicate interest without devaluing women or making them feel uncomfortable.

I do wish people yelling at Ian would actually read the article first, which addresses the exact points they make. Sigh....

This defence of the principles of the online safety act seems... sensible? But it's hard to find anyone on Bluesky with a good word to say about the act. Am I wrong? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don't take a chance folks!

I never cease to be grateful that Ian lends his talents to this vital cause- trans people are being legally erased, and much of the government and media are just watching it happen.

Well, well. One of the planks of the Cass narrative, that social contagion is driving female-assigned young people to become trans in disproportionate numbers, falls apart on exposure to date.. Well, well. share.google/6Hr8eLM63tTB...

I am not given to patriotism, but I am proud of our talent for a combination of whimsy and irony. Here's the crowd at Truck festival dancing to the sugar plum fairy, as played by the Oxford symphony orchestra.

For the evening crowd: how the 1980s were an alien world, making it hard for generations to comprehend each other.

No, because it's a hopelessly inconsistent and meaningless category

Five go camping (In a Honda jazz)

I've found it- a Gif that literally brings me close to tears. What a man. What a show. What a moment.

Infuriating. If you think something is genuinely an emergency, you should be prioritising the rapid roll-out of renewable infrastructure and climate-friendly initiatives etc that will actually make a difference to the situation. Otherwise it's just empty posturing for the sake of eco headpats.

Looks like my google calendar is serving up movie spoilers now. (yes, it is Bin night)

Thank you to Max for inviting and hosting us on the podcast! Most importantly, thank you to our research participants for their time and raw honestly which made our paper possible. #adhd #adhduk #adhdresearch #adhdinwomen

New podcast episode! I talk to @hkobayashiwood.bsky.social and @chimpanzeve.bsky.social about their new paper on late diagnosis of women with ADHD. They were so brilliant, passionate and absolutely floored me at the end of the episode. Its a good one! zencastr.com/z/Jr_wK-NO

New book review! Been looking forward to @jonnelledge.bsky.social's History of the World in 47 borders and it did not disappoint. Well, maybe a tiny, teeny bit... open.substack.com/pub/playandw...

Do have a look at James's work, which I reviewed a while ago: open.substack.com/pub/playandw...

I look forward to the UK government making clear that this censorship is not acceptable and that children need a wide variety of role models in literature... Any time now... Just... A... minute www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.

Sorry, this is mad. They commissioned a gender critical academic to do an 'independent' report on whether her fellow gender criticals have been treated fairly. You'll never guess what she concluded... www.theguardian.com/education/20...

I love it when @dorianlynskey.bsky.social threatens me with a good time. What would British culture be like if Oasis had never existed? | Oasis | The Guardian share.google/wTVFxcZA8vg9...

New podcast episode! We explore the links between trauma and ADHD with Catherine Fava Check it out! zencastr.com/z/DEz-Cz96

Really need people to understand that there wasn’t like a switch someone flipped on January 30, 1933 and bam suddenly you had a solid, identifiable thing called “Nazi Germany”.

Amazing how gender critical organisations have pivoted from "ban transition until we have better evidence" to "ban it 4eva". Terrifying that these people are taken seriously in government.

This is such a dumb article. Tries to make the case that the lab leak theory isn't a conspiracy theory then makes many of the same conspiratorial errors that the theory's proponents constantly make. Yes, it's not left Vs right, it's science Vs wing nuts. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Once again, Cass was a biased editorial trying to gloss a broadly positive if uncertain evidence base while inserting gender critical taking points.

I'm not exaggerating, that is the transphobes' *entire argument*: The near-unanimous positive findings on youth transition do not count because we have methodological quibbles with the research. In any other field you would look at early, promising research and go "yep, keep expanding."

There's a lot that is admirable about starmer, but his social conservatism is starting to grate www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Gonna try "you are being updated this week" on my kids. See how that goes.

Whenever bad things happen to the weak and helpless it's always punishment for their overreach. It's the mindset of the bully and the predator, which is becoming our national ethic.

Everything you love, everything you find meaningful, every authentic cultural artifact you’ve ever held close will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to people you hate.

Unfortunately, exactly the adverse outcomes some of us predicted when the unnecessary and disproportionate puberty blocker ban came in have come to pass. Not too late to change course... paedspoliticsbiscuits.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/y...

I mean... Every day, another gender critical person complaining about being silenced. In a major publication. When this is now the politically dominant ideology in the UK. Some people just can't accept it when they've won. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I mean... Why wouldn't you read this

I'm absolutely willing to accept that her impulses are genuine. I just wonder why another lengthy inquiry is necessary to do what sounds like some quite basic things

“Thick for clicks” is one of the most pernicious intellectual trends of our age

Obviously we need to give the benefit of the doubt at least until Monday, but this is... odd, given there's already been a national inquiry fairly recently. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Finally caught up with Captain America Brave New World and it's a surprisingly entertaining film. Ford and Nelson aren't great, but it's pretty solid, fairly grounded and makes sense. Not sure why all the hate, really.