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#570 - Helen Lewis - Investigating The World Of Modern Gurus

Modern Wisdom

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The Pick Up Artist

"I felt very bad about the fact that I fundamentally disagree with Will on, you know, the merits of drinking your own piss," he said. "It's a difficult line to walk when you're presenting someone with extreme views like that." He found the pick up artist really difficult to deal with because having written about feminism for so long and knows how deliberately cruel those communities can be. The manosphere seemed to absolutely delight in trashing anybody who crossed them; it was about leveling the plane for 'settling a score'

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