Author: Mick Hartley

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er side of sex.

Beauvoir’s difference from Butler matters because without sex, feminism loses its compass. If we cannot name sex, how do we name sex-based oppression? 

What’s so scandalous, though, is that Pickard’s views aren’t even allowed. Clearly there’s strong disagreement about what Beauvoir was really saying, and in a sane world these differing takes should be discussed out in the open, but in the world of institutional gender-capture there can be no debate. Anyone who opposes the official line is not wrong, but evil. They can’t be debated; only silenced. It’s ideological capture – Stalinist-style ideological capture. And the bold “progressives” can’t even see it.

f Nandy’s latest statement. “Women’s sport is not a consolation prize for non-conforming males. Women’s sport belongs solely to females.” Tracy Edwards, the round-the-world yachtswoman, said: “It is beyond depressing that we finally have so many women in government and most of them don’t know what a woman is.”

Or, as shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho put it:

“Time and again, Labour has sided with radical trans activists instead of the women fighting to protect their changing rooms and toilets from biological men. Labour cannot be trusted to protect the privacy, dignity, and safety of women and girls.”

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Under the chestnut tree.

Kenwood bench.

Absolutely incredible story of a reporter who wanted to write up a Palestinian redemption story about a Gaza woman who he thought would have reformed after Israel saved her life twice over.

What he discovered interviewing her shocked his conscience.pic.twitter.com/QkSlrcf5JI

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) October 1, 2025

In other words, as I’ve noted before, it’s all about Islam.

From Facebook: Derrida’s contribution to postmodern philosophy.

Not just Derrida: it was the house style of French post-structuralism – Lacan, Althusser, the whole crowd. Which was then copied to America and became the house style for a whole generation of postmodern academics – most notably, perhaps, Judith Butler.

John Searle died a couple of weeks ago, aged 93.

One of the great things about living near the Forth at this time of the year is the geese migration. Tonight’s showing was one of the best I’ve seen in years. Here’s a short snippet. pic.twitter.com/aXWZ4qGcdd

— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) September 30, 2025

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As there are three ponds – men, women, mixed – there’s absolutely no reason to be “inclusive” and allow trans women into the women’s pond.

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But she doesn’t understand the law.

And now Lisa Nandy:

Trans women should be able to compete in some women’s sports despite the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of gender, Lisa Nandy has suggested.

The Culture Secretary said there were some sports in which it was “perfectly possible to include everybody” and still keep competition both safe and fair.

Women’s sports have been warned that they will face legal action if they fail to ban trans players after the Supreme Court ruled in April that a woman was defined as a “biological female”….

But Ms Nandy said the issue of trans athletes competing alongside biological women was still not clear cut, despite the April ruling.

Oh yes it is. Trans women are men, and men have no business in women’s sport. It’s as clear cut as it’s possible to get in this complicated world. Nice-but-dim Nandy, alas, can’t see it.

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