Details of the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) here where you can also find details of future book events.

What some of the reviewers have said:

Inventive, compassionate and tenacious, Wistrich…[is] a magnificent, radical, uncompromising warrior of a woman.

Melanie Reid, The Times

Wistrich’s skill lies in her innovative use of legislation…she thrives on perseverance.

Yvonne Roberts, The Observer

Through these enraging and astonishing stories, Wistrich… shows us the best of humanity. [She is] empathetic, dogged, canny, always up for the fight.

Fiona Sturges, The Guardian

A history of her three-decade career, peppered by some of Britain’s most significant cases of violence against women.

Suzanne Moore, The Telegraph

Highly accessible and beautifully written…Wistrich’s strong sense of fairness and justice runs through every word.

Chris McCurley, Legal Action

A devastating indictment of a justice system that routinely fails female victims of male violence.

Richard Scorer, New Law Journal

Shownotes:

https://www.justiceforwomen.org.uk/

Both me and Harriet in this photograph, in 1988, at a protest against Section 28. Guess which is which correctly and I will gift you a free sub!

Pam Spurr is presently a BPS chartered academic, teaching and research psychologist. She started working in the media during her time at Guy’s/in the NHS, largely as an agony aunt, starting on GMTV, the BBC, and then got her first radio show at Heart FM London in 1997.

Pam presented at Heart for five years before moving to LBC for 4 ½ years where she had the evening slot, for which she won a Sony Radio Award.

She has written 15 self-help books on topics from happiness to dating, relationships and sex, dream interpretation to emotional eating and other topics. Over the years Pam has been a commentator on many TV programmes.

After trying for two years, she finally found a publisher for her first children’s book, published in April, 2024.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eva-Bear-Magic-Snowflake-Spurr/dp/1035821036/ref=sr_1_1

Jalna Hanmer at the International Tribunal on Crimes against Women, March 4–8, 1976 in Brussels. The event was created with the intention to "make public the full range of crimes, both violently brutal and subtly discriminatory, committed against women of all cultures."

Sophie Ottoway

IN 1986, Sophie Ottaway was born with a very rare condition which required immediate surgery.

Cloacal exstrophy happens when the organs in the abdomen do not form correctly in the womb, resulting in babies born with organs such as the bladder or intestines outside the body.

Doctors had to operate to save her life.

Sophie was actually a boy, with a tiny, damaged penis but healthy testes.

But doctors advised Sophie’s parents that their baby’s male ­genitalia should be removed to avoid further complications.

The baby had to be registered by the following day, which meant they had to decide whether to tick male or female on the form.

Sophie’s parents Karen and John followed the surgeons’ advice.

In this episode we talk about her life, how she discovered the truth. We also discuss puberty blockers, gender ideology, and how to keep kids safe from unnecessary medical interventions.

Rosie Duffield

We talk the mess of the Labour Party; feminism and male violence; men being plonkers generally; and the dudebros on the Left (as opposed to the sexist trad men on the Right). Oh, and we mentioned the Russell Brand scandal:

An unnamed misogynist somewhere or other

Maya Forstater (middle) and colleagues at the launch of the #RespectMySex campaign, 2022

Since 2004, when trans activists first came after me, I and many others had fantasised about what it would be like to engage with them under the normal rules of public debate. The whole LGBTQQIA2Spirit+ Rainbow Community has been drip fed no debate by Stonewall for years, and I used to dream of a scenario where a group of us, five on each side, had been locked in a building and, becoming bored with the lack of Netflix or booze we ended up having the argument. It would be filmed of course, and subsequently leaked to the world.

This kept me going during the bleak years where few spoke out about the danger of trans identified men invading single sex spaces. But suddenly, despite the odds, this wish came true, thanks to Maya challenging this crazy ideology in court.

The debate, much to the chagrin of the blue fringe brigade, was aired during a three-week employment tribunal during which the Emperor appeared buck naked, his lady dick waving for all to see. Even the cute pink and blue trans flag could not cover his humiliation.

In October 2018 Maya Forstater was employed as a consultant by the US-based non-profit Centre for Global Development (CGD). Some staff in the Washington DC office raised internal concerns about a number of her tweets, which they claimed were “transphobic.” An internal investigation followed, and weeks later, her contract as a consultant at CGD was ended, and subsequently, an offer to continue as a visiting fellow was withdrawn.

Maya decided to sue CGD on the grounds of discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, but in November 2019, the Employment Tribunal ruled against her. They held that her “absolutist” beliefs, that trans women are NOT actual, literal women, and that sex and gender identity are not the same, are “not worthy of respect in a democratic society.”

She appealed the judgement, and in June 2021 the decision was published. Maya had won and would be able to continue with a discrimination claim. A fresh tribunal was convened which was tasked with the job of deciding whether Maya’s behaviour in the office amount to harassment of, or discrimination against, trans people, and whether she herself was discriminated against on the grounds of her beliefs.

The rest is history. And earlier this year, Maya was awarded over £100.000 in compensation. Too bloody right.

Here she is. Enjoy the chat.

Jenny and Cooper (he refuses to identify as a lesbian, but Jenny does)

Jenny Watson runs weekly lesbian speed dating evenings in a London pub. Or at least she did, until trans activists complained to the management about – you guessed it – men being excluded, lipstick not withstanding.

Following a number of incidents involving trans-identified males claiming to be lesbians attending her events, Jenny was compelled to remind would-be participants that ‘lesbians don’t have penises’. She even stated, ‘If you are male, please refrain from coming’ on the basis that the evening was for the ‘protection of sex-segregated spaces for lesbian women’. According to Jenny, one trans identified man pushed himself against a lesbian in the toilets, and another, clad in purple lycra, was sporting a visible erection.

The pub in Bloomsbury received a number of complaints about her comments, and as per usual, the venue chose to launch an ‘inquiry’, rather than support one of the city’s few lesbian social events.

Jenny’s forthcoming event (if the venue doesn’t cancel - I will keep you posted)

Having worked for 15 years working for the Arts Council England, Denise felt she had no choice but to resign, following what a targeted campaign of bullying and harassment because she made it clear that she did not approve of the LGB Alliance being referred to as the ‘Ku Klux Clan’ of the LGBT movement in a meeting.

When a petition was circulated to all staff on the company's intranet objecting to ACE employing people like Denise, who many of her colleagues declared to be 'transphobic', it was clear she had to get out, and, subsequently, take action.

Denise Fahmy

I talk to Vaishnavi about her film (currently in production) Behind the Looking Glass

Teaser link:

Crowdfunder: http://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EMKWNQ5HBJFCU

Have a listen to their story, and also hear some of their gorgeous music

Maia

At the age of 12, Maia discovered the idea of gender transition. As a young adult, she moved to the Middle East and embarked upon building a new life for herself as a man. She seamlessly integrated herself within deeply religious communities of Palestinian Muslims and Orthodox Jews. Very few people in her life knew that she was actually female.

Among her exciting adventures, she prayed on the men’s side of the Western Wall and entered mosques without needing to cover her hair. However, living undercover as a man began to take its toll as she questioned the trajectory of her future. After deep soul searching, Maia realised that she had never allowed herself to live as a lesbian.

Julie Szego was a star masthead writer at The Age newspaper in Australia, until, earlier this month, she was told that her services were no longer required, after 25 years of writing for them. It happens, right? Things move on, new writers are hired. But covering a range of issues –including feminism, state education, parenting and immigration, as well as other topics lapped up by a broad swathe of The Age’s soft left, middle ground readers.

Previously a lawyer, she started writing for The Age in her thirties, working as a staffer for 12 years before taking voluntary redundancy. “Two years later, I was delighted to be invited back to be a columnist, fortnightly and for the last two years, weekly.”

“In the last few years, I was probably a bit more of a dissenting feminist voice,” Szego tells me when we speak. “I tended to take an unorthodox position on things like the cult of female fragility, puritanism in the workplace, and some aspects of excessive moments in the #MeToo movement.”

Feminist journalists, household names, being sacrificed at the altar of extreme transgender ideology. Journalism is supposed to be about truth telling on the mainstream media a platform for a myriad of ideas, opinions and debates. But it would appear that Szego joins a long and growing list of women pushed out of newspapers for daring to state facts and stand up for the rights of women.

If you want to read more about Milli, here are some links:

Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Milli-Hill/e/B00RITKBBE

Her story of being bullied: https://www.millihill.co.uk/2021/07/10/i-will-not-be-silenced/

About consent: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11574412/British-women-Consent-during-childbirth-is-a-joke.html

Roxanne Tickle

Today I'm speaking with Sall Grover, an Australian businesswoman who is the co-founder of the female only networking app Giggle, and I can tell that you are already guessing where this story is going.

Roxanne Tickle, a man who identifies not just as a transwoman but as female is taking Sall to court and saying that his gender identity is protected under the Sex Discrimination Act, because unfortunately, Australia passed this bonkers law a few years ago. Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female Prime Minister who made the big ‘misogyny speech’ in parliament, subsequently sold women’s sex-based rights down the river. Under her leadership, gender identity trumped sex in an amendment to current sex discrimination laws.

Men like Tickle can now legally challenge female only spaces, businesses, laws - you name it.

Tickle (Instagram)

Well, Sall's not having it, as you will hear. She is going to challenge Roxanne Tickle all the way through the courts because Sall is arguing that the Sex discrimination Act as it currently is with its gender, woo woo is unconstitutional.

She needs our support against this creepy dude.

And you know what, Roxanne, if you like, come for me too, and I'll see you in court.

Martina has been a bit quiet lately as she has been focusing on health issues, but in recent days she has been back in the press, thanks to her comments to trans-identified male swimmer, Lia Thomas on Twitter.

'They're using the guise of feminism to sort of push transphobic beliefs,' said Thomas.

'I think a lot of people in that camp sort of carry an implicit bias against trans people, but don’t want to, I guess, fully manifest or speak that out. And so they try to just play it off as this sort of half-support.’

Thomas' statements prompted Martina to tweet in response, 'stop explaining feminism to feminists.'

'Lia- it's not fair. We shouldn't have to explain it to you over and over,’ she told him.

I got to know Martina back in 2010 when I interviewed her for the Guardian. We became friends, and I am delighted that she agreed to be the Patron of the Lesbian Project, set up this year by myself and Kathleen Stock:

I caught up with Martina following her final radiation treatment this week. We talk about the unfairness of male athletes demanding to compete alongside females; lesbians across the generations; and how to combat male violence. I hope you enjoy our chat.

Umut Özkırıml

Louise Perry

Victoria Smith

Faika El-Nagashi addressing Austrian Parliament

http://www.thelesbianproject.co.uk/

Linzi, with her granddad, at the beautiful game

Linzi, a lesbian and a supporter of rights for same-sex attracted people, was the subject of a four-month investigation by a special unit set up to expose so-called hate speech in the game after she posted on trans issues on X.

Newcastle began investigating Linzi following a complaint. In November 2023 she received a letter from the club saying she was banned until 2026 for breaching its equality policy, which forbids 'discriminatory' comments.

Linzi is taking legal action to overturn the ban, stating that it is her right by law to express ‘gender-critical’ views and that the Premier League's actions were a breach of data protection laws.

Jalna Hanmer at FiLiA, 2021

Jalna is a former professor of Women's Studies, who was responsible for bringing women's studies as a discipline in academia to the UK before, of course, it all went horribly Judith Butleresque wrong and we saw it replaced with ‘gender studies’ or ‘queer studies’.

She was a founder of the National Women's Aid Federation in 1974, and a key organiser of the hugely influential conference on all forms of male violence towards women and girls held in Brighton in 1996, which was a driver of the globalisation of the global women's movement against male violence.

Jalna is now 91 years old but has not quite retired. She once told me she would stop doing feminist activism when they carry her out in a box. Jalna lives with her family just outside Barcelona in Spain, and in February I visited her at home. Jalna is a very dear old friend who helped change the course of my life.

London-based vegan chef Kalvinder (Kally) Chaggar has an enthusiasm for exotic ingredients and fascination with foods that boost the body’s immune system. She has recently launched the *umami seasoning blend Umazing.

Kalvinder with Bobbie (and Max) in Bobbie’s kitchen

*Umami is the fifth taste (sweet, sour, bitter, and salty being the others). Its intensity comes from many foods including mushrooms, miso, seaweed, tomatoes, and cheese.

If you want to try Umazing use this voucher - 25% off for my listeners. The code is UMAZINGJULIE

https://umazing.co.uk/

Hannah Barnes

Speaking on a TV debate, Moutot said of trans-identified males in prison: “They will become women in prison, administratively speaking, and they will be transferred to women's prisons. You end up with some men, I'm sorry to say, who rape their fellow inmates. I'm not saying that all trans people do this, far from it. But we have to be wary of people with penises as women.”

This would appear to be a problem, the truth I mean. I spoke to Dora to discover what the living hell was happening:

Tonje Gjevjo and the group Hungry Hearts competing for Norway at the Eurovision Song contest, 2016

Well, here is an update to her case, involving a women-only party, the dark art of lesbian shenanigans, a CANCELLED hooley, some complaints from a very angry trans activist…..and AN ABJECT APOLOGY! Listen in, dear terven

You can support Cathy by donating to or simply just sharing this Crowdjustice appeal:

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/support-lecturers-in-education/

German brothel during COVID

One of the many multi-storey brothels in Munich

Hadley Freeman

Emma Milne, Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Durham University and author of Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide

https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ethics-law-life-sciences/about-us/news/cells-blog/murdering-a-foetus-by-taking-drugs-while-pregnant/

I talk to the man who wanted to be a woman, had his penis removed, became a transactivist, rejected some gender ideology, and once wore a T-shirt with the slogan “trans, women are men, including me”.

We talk about how autogynephilic men stop fancying themselves after a while; how perhaps wearing marigolds for the Times photoshoot wasn’t a good idea; and why I do not believe in the concept of transsexuality in any way, shape, or form.

Have a look at the website:

http://www.hortonwhc.org.uk/

Support James's CrowdJustice fund!

Labour Women's Declaration

British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) launched an investigation into Amy in November, 2020, in response to public complaints about her opinions and comments. Amy’s crime? Endorsing JK Rowling’s support for sex-based rights.

BCCNM Inquiry Committee referred the matter to a Disciplinary Panel. The charge against Amy reads: “Between approximately July 2018 and March 2021, you made discriminatory and derogatory statements regarding transgender people, while identifying yourself as a nurse or nurse educator. These statements were made across various online platforms, including but not limited to, podcasts, videos, published writings and social media.”

The hearing will resume on October 24 to 27, 2022.

Cathy Boardman

The trans train, driven by Stonewall, Mermaids and propaganda machines such as Pink News is derailing. Mermaids, drowning in scandal is truly on the rocks.

Eddie Izzard is a man who decided recently he wanted to live permanently in “girl mode”. He wants to be member of Parliament for Sheffield Central. I. spent an evening in the city, asking people what they thought.

My talk in the library car park

I spoke to FiLiA Spokeswoman and Trustee Raquel Rosario Sanchez about the forthcoming event, and why it is so important for feminists from around the world get to meet up in person.

Raquel is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. Her academic research focuses on men who pay for sex. As a writer and campaigner, her advocacy focuses on ending male violence against girls and women. In recent years, much of her work has focused on promoting and/or strengthening sex-based rights on an international level.

This week I'm speaking with Ray Blanchard, a psychologist, sexologist, who coined the term autogynephilia to describe those men that identify as women, often transitioning to live as women, who get a sexual excitement from imagining themselves as women.

And of course, this has got him into trouble from trans extremists.

When he praised a book The Man Who Would Be Queen by Michael Bailey he got into even more trouble.

Ray is fascinating because he also has a lot to say about whether or not being same-sex attracted is immutable, and also about various paraphilias or kinks as they are often referred to.

I visited Ray Blanchard at his home in Toronto, not that far away from Kenneth Zucker's home, who I had interviewed the week before.

https://kathleenrichardson.org/

Kathleen completed her PhD at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Her fieldwork was an investigation of the making of robots in labs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After her PhD she was fortunate to become a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (BAPDF), a position Kathleen held at University College London. Her postdoctoral work was an investigation into the therapeutic uses of robots for children with autism spectrum conditions. In 2013, Kathleen was part of the Digital Bridges Project, an innovative AHRC funded technology and arts collaboration between Watford Palace Theatre and the University of Cambridge.

She am author of An Anthropology of Robots and AI: Annihilation Anxiety and Machines (2015) and Challenging Sociality? An Anthropology of Autism, Attachment and Robots (2018). Kathleen has another book in the pipeline on sex robots.

In 2015 she launched the Campaign Against Porn Robots to draw attention to problematic effects of new technologies on human relations, and their potential impact to create new layers of inequalities between men and women and adults and children. Kathleen is developing a theory of robotics inspired by anti-slavery abolitionist and second-wave feminism.

Kathleen Richardson

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Kiranjit Ahluwalia, free at last following a campaign led by Southall Black Sisters to overturn her murder conviction. Pragna Patel in the long, black coat, second from left.

1992, outside the Old Bailey.

EHMP

https://emmahumphreys.org/category/ehmp/

The Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize has, since 1998, been awarding prizes to groups and individuals campaigning to end male violence towards women. I am a co-founder of the prize, and remain a trustee and also a judge.

Nominations are now open for the EHMP and Centre for Women’s Justice Award 2022! The closing date for nominations is Friday 16th September. We all know many incredible women who deserve recognition for the work they do to end violence against women and girls.

The prizes will be awarded on the evening of 2nd December at the Canal Museum, London, King’s Cross, and tickets will be on sale soon.

In this podcast episode, I talk to two winners from 2021, and ask what difference it has made to their work.

You can support Shahrar’s case here:

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/worthy-of-respect-in-a-political-party/

Shahrar Ali