Julie Bindel's podcasts and writing

Sophie OttowayIN 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. 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

Rosie DuffieldWe 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 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

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

Jenny Watson, organizer of lesbian speed dating evenings, discusses the challenges of exclusionary policies due to trans activism. They emphasize the importance of women-only spaces and touch on workplace challenges and the value of face-to-face socializing for lesbians.

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 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 Vaishnavi about her film (currently in production) Behind the Looking GlassTeaser link:Crowdfunder: http://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EMKWNQ5HBJFCU 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

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

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