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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. 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

If you want to read more about Milli, here are some links:Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Milli-Hill/e/B00RITKBBEHer 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 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

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. 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

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. 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

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Louise Perry 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

Victoria Smith 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