Misogyny the Manosphere and Online Content

Earlier this year the Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament held a consultation on misogyny and the manosphere. Unfortunately, it was a rigged consultation with hand picked experts/activists. The committee has become ideologically captured and almost exclusively looks at issues affecting women and even then from only one perspective. This problem has got… Continue reading Misogyny the Manosphere and Online Content

Carol Vorderman

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1835377554514981252 A rather disappointing performance from Carol Vorderman on an LBC chat-show. I like Carol Vorderman, some of her posts in the run-up to the 2024 General Election, exposing the hypocrisy and malfeasance of the then Conservative Government were quite brilliant. This, however, was a shabby and lazy performance. Okay, we all fall short sometimes,… Continue reading Carol Vorderman

Feminism: Building the Rhetorical Fortress

Feminism has become an unassailable ideology. It occupies a position in the media, academia, and NGOs akin to that occupied by the church in the 19th century. That has been achieved by turning it into a rhetorical fortress that is almost impossible to criticise. The motte and bailey fallacy A motte and bailey is a… Continue reading Feminism: Building the Rhetorical Fortress

The Glass Blindspot*

(What do Will Knowland, James Damore, Allessandro Strumia, Larry Summers and now Glass Blind Spot have in common?) Feminists like to claim that it is they who lack power but were they to ask themselves two simple questions they might reach a different conclusion. First, how many feminists have lost their jobs for expressing often… Continue reading The Glass Blindspot*