Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing

Faika El-Nagashi, Budapest, October 2024 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

Joan Smith, in Rome (where else?)Listen to Joan explain why and how she took on the incredible project of uncovering the true stories of twenty-three women closely associated with the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome. These were the wives, mothers and daughters of the emperors from Augustus to Nero, via their cruel and deranged relative Caligula. These highly privileged women lived under the shadow of these men, abused, controlled, dominated, and, in several instances, murdered. Only five of the women appear to have died of natural causes.Joan links the femicide then to modern day slaying of women by men known to them, and asks what lessons can these women and girls of the Roman Empire tell us? Ancient misogyny, even from 2000 years ago, looks similar to the plight of women today. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

Outside the WPATH conference. Five minutes after this photograph was taken, the organisers called the police on JuanaJuana and EricEricShow notes:WPATH Fileshttps://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/wpath-filesGenspecthttps://genspect.org/Juana’s crowd funder for legal feeshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-me-get-justice-for-Eric This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/john-boyne-why-i-support-trans-rights-but-reject-the-word-cis-1.3843005 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

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 TimesWistrich’s skill lies in her innovative use of legislation…she thrives on perseverance.Yvonne Roberts, The ObserverThrough 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 GuardianA history of her three-decade career, peppered by some of Britain’s most significant cases of violence against women.Suzanne Moore, The TelegraphHighly accessible and beautifully written…Wistrich’s strong sense of fairness and justice runs through every word.Chris McCurley, Legal ActionA devastating indictment of a justice system that routinely fails female victims of male violence.Richard Scorer, New Law JournalShownotes: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! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

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 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

MaiaAt 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. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

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. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

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. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe

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. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliebindel.substack.com/subscribe