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Fox News is a conservative American media organization that publishes consistently anti-transgender content. 2025 analysis revealed that Fox News covered anti-trans executive orders from the Trump Administration twice as much as other outlets.

On-air personalities

A number of former and current on-air personalities at Fox News are noted to anti-transgender activism, including:

  • Maria Bartiromo
  • Tucker Carlson
  • Kellyanne Conway
  • Ben Domenech
  • Greg Gutfeld
  • Sean Hannity
  • Brit Hume
  • Caitlyn Jenner
  • Brian Kilmeade
  • Tomi Lahren
  • Mark Levin
  • Jesse Watters

References

Adamczeski, Ryan (March 12 2025 ). Fox News covers transgender issues almost twice as much as other major networks. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/news/fox-news-transgender-coverage

McNeill, Zane (March 12, 2025). Trump’s Anti-Trans Orders Get Most Airtime on Fox News, Report Finds. Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-anti-trans-orders-get-most-airtime-on-fox-news-report-finds/

Baragona, Justin (11 March 2025 ). New analysis reveals the extent of Fox News’ obsession with Trump’s anti-trans orders. The independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-transgender-executive-orders-fox-news-cnn-b2712988.html

Tirrell, Alyssa [with Harrison Ray & Rob Savillo] (March 11, 2025). Fox News outstripped CNN and MSNBC in first month covering Trump’s anti-trans executive orders. Median Matters https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-outstripped-cnn-and-msnbc-first-month-covering-trumps-anti-trans-executive-orders

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Andrew Sullivan is a conservative gay cultural critic and anti-transgender extremist. The Advocate noted that Sullivan “represents everything wrong with the gay rights movement.”

Sullivan is an LGB separatist who subscribes to the “gay erasure” conspiracy theory that healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth is a plan to eliminate gay, lesbian, and bisexial people.

Sullivan says Catholic upbringing and values inform this conservatism. Sullivan’s gender critical views include:

  • Criticizing legal protections based on gender identity
  • Criticizing affirmative care for gender diverse youth
  • Promoting the ex-transgender movement
  • Stating that trans youth should wait until 16 for health services
  • Citing anti-trans research like Lisa Littman’s “rapid onset gender dysphoria“

Sullivan believes that “Stonewall was the downfall of the gay movement” and that “the gay movement was hijacked in the seventies” by activists.

Background

In 1986, Sullivan took a role at The New Republic, rising to editor in 1991 before leaving in 1996.

Sullivan wrote for The New York Times Magazine from 1998 until getting fired in 2002. During that time Sullivan started a blog called The Dish that ran until 2015. From 2016 to 2020 Sullivan wrote for New York magazine, then moved to Substack.

Anti-trans activism

Sullivan frequently appears in the media to attack trans people, especially gender diverse children.

Sullivan has collaborated with anti-trans activists, including Katie Herzog, Megyn Kelly, Bill Maher, Konstantin Kisin, and Francis Foster.

Podcast

In October 2020, Sullivan began the Dishcast, which has hosted many anti-trans activists, including David Frum, Michelle Goldberg, Rod Dreher, Eric Kaufmann, Lionel Shriver, Nellie Bowles, Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins, Abigail Shrier, Carole Hooven, Pamela Paul, Leor Sapir, Vivek Ramaswamy, Hannah Barnes, Nicholas Wade, Ben Appel, Matt Taibbi, Glen Loury, Louise Perry, David French, Douglas Murray, Bari Weiss, Jonathan Haidt, Kathleen Stock, Christopher Rufo, Michael Shellenberger, Ann Coulter, Steven Pinker, Ross Douthat, Wesley Yang, Katie Herzog, Charles Murray, Niall Ferguson, Julie Bindel, Emily Yoffe, Sally Satel, Glenn Greenwald, Kmele Foster, Caitlin Flanagan, Meghan Daum, Matt Yglesias, and Coleman Hughes.

Sullivan has also hosted conservative trans activist Buck Angel, ex-trans activist Helena Kerschner, and centrist trans activists Mara Keisling and Dana Beyer.

References

Reis, Elizabeth (July 16, 2025). Our Bodies, Our Decisions: A Response to Andrew Sullivan’s NYT Essay. Nursing Clio https://nursingclio.org/2025/07/16/our-bodies-our-decisions-a-response-to-andrew-sullivans-nyt-essay/

Urquhart, Evan (June 26, 2025). NYT Publishes Andrew Sullivan’s Incoherent Mishmash of Anti-Trans Politics. Assigned Media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/new-york-times-andrew-sullivan-incoherant-anti-trans-politics

Coyne, Jerry (June 26, 2025). An important article by Andrew Sullivan. Why Evolution Is True https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/06/26/an-important-article-by-andrew-sullivan/

Hays, Gabriel (June 26, 2025). Gay journalist says LGBTQ movement has gone from civil rights success to ‘madness.’ Fox News https://nypost.com/2025/06/26/us-news/gay-journalist-says-lgbtq-movement-has-gone-from-civil-rights-success-to-madness/

Brantley Will [ed.] (2024). Conversations with Sarah Schulman. University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1-4968-4836-9 https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.10782311.10

Schindler, Paul (February 1, 2018). The Trouble With Andrew Sullivan. Gay City News https://gaycitynews.com/the-trouble-with-andrew-sullivan/

Marr, Rhuaridh (December 30, 2020). Gay conservative Andrew Sullivan complains about lesbians ‘becoming men’ in anti-trans column. Sullivan’s complaints about lesbian women not tending to him while sick led to confusion on Twitter. Metro Weekly https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/12/gay-conservative-andrew-sullivan-complains-about-lesbians-becoming-men-in-anti-trans-column/

Finke, Leigh (April 28, 2021). From Andrew Sullivan to Terry Schilling: Framing Transition as Evil. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/4/28/andrew-sullivan-terry-schilling-framing-transition-evil

Belonsky, Andrew (October 12, 2007). Andrew Sullivan Supports Barney Frank. Queerty http://www.queerty.com/andrew-sullivan-supports-barney-frank-20071012/

Selected anti-trans writing by Sullivan

Sullivan, Andrew (June 26, 2025). How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/gay-lesbian-trans-rights.html alt headline: Gay People Won. So Why Does It Feel As if We’re Losing?

Sullivan, Andrew (October 18, 2024). Rachel Levine Must Resign. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/rachel-levine-must-resign

Sullivan, Andrew (April 12, 2024). Will Big Trans Be Held To Account? The Cass Report has definitively destroyed their case for child sex-changes. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/will-big-trans-be-held-to-account-3ad

Sullivan, Andrew (March 15, 2024). The Transqueers Take The Mask Off: Judith Butler and Andrea Long Chu explain their gender revolution. It’s wild! Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-transqueers-take-the-mask-off-f7c

Sullivan, Andrew (February 2, 2024). The Meaningless Incoherence Of “LGBTQ+.” Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-meaningless-incoherence-of-lgbtq-d47

Sullivan, Andrew (June 23, 2023). Gay Rights And The Limits Of Liberalism. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/gay-rights-and-the-limits-of-liberalism-be4

Sullivan, Andrew (May 19, 2023). The Queers Versus The Homosexuals. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-queers-versus-the-homosexuals-cfd

Sullivan, Andrew (March 24, 2023). Culture War Politics And The English Language. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/culture-war-politics-and-the-english-706

Sullivan, Andrew (April 8, 2022). Who Is Looking Out For Gay Kids? Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/who-is-looking-out-for-gay-kids-a19

Sullivan, Andrew (February 18, 2022). The Backlash Against Trans Extremism. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-backlash-against-trans-extremism

Sullivan, Andrew (February 18, 2022). The Trans Movement Is Not About Rights Anymore. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-trans-movement-is-not-about-rights-67e

Sullivan, Andrew (October 8, 2021). Dave Chappelle Is Right, Isn’t He? The comedian defends reality. Which is currently under siege. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/dave-chappelle-is-right-isnt-he-b23

Sullivan, Andrew (April 9, 2021). A Truce Proposal in the Trans Wars. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/a-truce-proposal-in-the-trans-wars-c49

Sullivan, Andrew (November 1, 2019). The Hard Questions About Young People and Gender Transitions. Intelligencer http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/andrew-sullivan-hard-questions-gender-transitions-for-young.html

Sullivan, Andrew (September 20, 2019). When the Ideologues Come for the Kids. Intelligencer https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/andrew-sullivan-when-the-ideologues-come-for-the-kids.html

Sullivan, Andrew (February 1, 2019). The Nature of Sex. Intelligencer https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/andrew-sullivan-the-nature-of-sex.html

Sullivan, Andrew (June 2, 2014). Engaging The T. The Dish https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/threads/engaging-the-t/

Media

The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan and Brianna Wu (December 27, 2024). Brianna Wu On Trans Life. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/brianna-wu-on-trans-life

Club Random with Bill Maher (March 2, 2023). Why Being Gay is now considered Bigoted w/ Andrew Sullivan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gf3RRGDM0

Megyn Kelly (October 10, 2022). The Lies of “Gender Affirming Care” Grow More Extreme, with Andrew Sullivan. The Megyn Kelly Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c87CuvD5j24

TRIGGERnometry with Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster (June 29, 2022) Andrew Sullivan: “Leave Kids the F*ck Alone!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8f_f-lhuUw

Real Time with Bill Maher (June 24, 2022). Overtime: Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog, Christine Emba | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7QITC__mV4

Andrew Sullivan (February 26, 2021). Mara Keisling On The Trans Debate. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/mara-keisling-on-the-trans-debate

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Janice Turner is a British writer and anti-transgender extremist. Turner is a key historical figure in the oppression of trans and gender diverse people.

Background

Turner was born April 8, 1964 in Wakefield and attended University of Sussex. Turner edited several publications before freelancing as a columnist focusing on media criticism.

Anti-transgender activism

Turner joined The Times and began writing dozens anti-trans articles. Turner has supported other anti-trans extremists, including JK Rowling, Abigail Shrier, Jesse Singal, and Kathleen Stock.

References

07454-18 Belcher v The Times. Independent Press Standards Organisation https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=07454-18

Staff report (April 26, 2019). Activist loses IPSO complaint against Janice Turner column in Times about trans suicides. Press Gazette https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/activist-loses-ipso-complaint-against-janice-turner-times-column-about-trans-suicides/

Selected anti-trans writing by Turner

Turner, Janice (July 7, 2023). Lesbian tribunal win is good news for us all: Victory over trans charity Mermaids strikes a blow for pluralism and against the creeping tyranny of the gender lobby. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lesbian-tribunal-win-is-good-news-for-us-all-9x8kn9ngk

Turner, Janice (May 31, 2023). We hid in a broom cupboard: my mad day at Oxford with Kathleen Stock. It took police and three security guards to get her there — but this week the gender-critical academic spoke at the Oxford Union. Janice Turner went with her. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oxford-union-kathleen-stock-trans-gender-debate-2023-zk85xm50l

Turner, Janice (April 7, 2023). Let’s settle this toxic matter once and for all: Crucial restatement of the facts of biological sex is a challenge that Keir Starmer and Labour can’t afford to duck. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lets-settle-this-toxic-matter-once-and-for-all-k7vx5cshm

Turner, Janice (February 24, 2023). Trans U-turn is belated victory for free speech: After years of all but ignoring an epidemic of gender dysphoria, The New York Times will allow journalists to report it. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trans-u-turn-is-belated-victory-for-free-speech-bk3jb32xg

Turner, Janice (February 14, 2023). Time to Think by Hannah Barnes review — exposing the collapse of Tavistock’s gender clinic. This dogged, brave investigation shows what happens when self-righteous ideologues capture a field of medicine. Review by Janice Turner The Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/time-to-think-by-hannah-barnes-review-the-inside-story-of-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-s-gender-clinic-z7wwj9rtw

Turner, Janice (February 10 2023). Schools fuel trans angst by sidelining parents. Teachers are happy to keep a child’s name-change secret — Gillian Keegan must end this cruel betrayal of families. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/schools-fuel-trans-angst-by-sidelining-parents-60fq85x95

Turner, Janice (January 27 2023). There’s a better way to treat trans prisoners. Feminists have long warned of the dangers of male-bodied rapists in women’s jails and Scotland proves them right. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/theres-a-better-way-to-treat-trans-prisoners-cz939bmbk

Turner, Janice (January 20, 2023). ‘It might never happen, love’ is no basis for law. Debate over SNP’s gender self-ID bill has opened the floodgates to furious men who cannot bear to hear our opinion. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-might-never-happen-love-is-no-basis-for-law-kqc68cm8d

Turner, Janice (December 12, 2022,). JK Rowling launches sex abuse centre for women only. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-rowling-new-service-women-sexual-violence-8k570kdt2

Turner, Janice (December 2, 2022). Women who can’t define a woman are sunk. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/women-who-cant-define-a-woman-are-sunk-chq8qc68n

Turner, Janice (December 14, 2022). Someone who never loses out? That’s a man. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/someone-who-never-loses-out-thats-a-man-k9djv572x

Turner, Janice (November 18, 2022). Nicola Sturgeon’s gender law is another blow to women. The Scottish government’s fast-track route to self-ID fails to protect the vulnerable and is out of tune with the times. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicola-sturgeons-gender-law-is-another-blow-to-women-5hvglzvhb

Turner, Janice (October 28 2022). There’s more to womanhood than high heels: The idea that Eddie Izzard can flick between ‘boy mode’ and ‘girl mode’ whenever he feels like it is a self-serving travesty. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/theres-more-to-womanhood-than-high-heels-nqft78d5q

Turner, Janice (July 29, 2022). Gender clinics face scrutiny of science at last. Hilary Cass’s report vindicates the many whistleblowers who for years had raised concerns about the Tavistock Centre. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gender-clinics-face-scrutiny-of-science-at-last-q900wkrth

Turner, Janice (June 28, 2022). What went wrong at the Tavistock clinic for trans teenagers? Since 2010, the number of teenage girls referred to the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service has increased by 5,000 per cent. Now former patients and staff members are speaking out. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-went-wrong-at-the-tavistock-clinic-for-trans-teenagers-v5cfcw77n

Turner, Janice (June 3, 2022). Civil servants are being fed gender drivel. What passes as ‘training’ on trans issues turns out to be anti-scientific nonsense with little regard for existing laws. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/civil-servants-are-being-fed-gender-drivel-kkxv6zhc2

Turner, Janice (February 11, 2022). Keir Starmer can’t keep hiding in the gender wars. Feminist Labour members who face a Maoist inquisition over their ‘lack of remorse’ finally have an ally in Tony Blair. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-starmer-cant-keep-hiding-in-the-gender-wars-ffzk2qdh6

Turner, Janice (January 28, 2022). At last, there’s a champion for women’s rights. Self-ID campaigners have grown used to getting their way but the equality commission has now drawn a line in the sand. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/at-last-theres-a-champion-for-womens-rights-mlt5s95pk

Turner, Janice (December 24, 2021). Let’s celebrate the bravery of JK Rowling. The billionaire author could easily have stayed silent in the argument over sex and gender but, like a handful of other courageous women, she refuses to deny material reality. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lets-celebrate-the-bravery-of-jk-rowling-xf2f392t7

Turner, Janice (November 19, 2021). Professor Kathleen Stock and the toxic gender debate. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-kathleen-stock-and-the-toxic-gender-debate-8lbp9jwl9

Turner, Janice (July 31, 2021). Be more Samoan to avoid Olympic injustice. We can learn about fairness from the islanders who have lost out since trans women were allowed to compete against females. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/be-more-samoan-to-avoid-olympic-injustice-s22rkn0rw

Turner, Janice (January 23, 2021). War of words risks wiping women from our language. he US has joined a growing list of countries seeking to eradicate the language of biological sex in order to appease the influential trans lobby, says Janice Turner. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/war-of-words-risks-wiping-women-from-our-language-djhp2mwjg T

Turner, Janice (December 30, 2020). Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier review — resisting the ‘transgender craze.’ This fearless book shows how girls’ bodies have become collateral damage in adult culture wars, says Janice Turner. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/irreversible-damage-by-abigail-shrier-review-resisting-the-transgender-craze-8mzrt3gk9

Turner, Janice (February 21, 2020).  Giving puberty blocker to ‘trans’ children is a leap into the unknown. A landmark legal review will examine claims that confused young people are being subjected to a giant medical experiment, says Janice Turner. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/giving-puberty-blocker-to-trans-children-is-a-leap-into-the-unknown-x3g37sb7f

Turner, Janice (September 21, 2019). Cult of gender identity is harming children. The idea that biological sex can be ignored is now so pervasive that the BBC is peddling it to primary school pupils. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cult-of-gender-identity-is-harming-children-pjvbkjzxq

Turner, Janice (October 20, 2018). Suicides should never be a political weapon. The Times. https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/activist-loses-ipso-complaint-against-janice-turner-times-column-about-trans-suicides/

Turner, Janice (September 8, 2018). Trans rapists are a danger in women’s jails. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trans-rapists-are-a-danger-in-women-s-jails-5vhgh57pt

Turner, Janice (June 30, 2018). This gender battle is harder to solve than Brexit. Long-promised consultation on trans rights will show how fierce the arguments are and how vulnerable both sides feel. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/this-gender-battle-is-harder-to-solve-than-brexit-0jc0pn867

Turner, Janice (November 11, 2017). Children sacrificed to appease trans lobby. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/children-sacrificed-to-appease-trans-lobby-bq0m2mm95

Turner, Janice (November 11 2017). Meet Alex Bertie, the transgender poster boy. More girls are changing their gender from female to male than ever before. And it’s YouTube star Alex Bertie’s example that they’re following. What’s behind the surge in numbers? Janice Turner investigates. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-alex-bertie-the-transgender-poster-boy-z88hgh8b8

Turner, Janice (September 16, 2017). The battle over gender has turned bloody: Women who believe that their rights are threatened by transgender activists now find themselves at risk of assault. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-battle-over-gender-has-turned-bloody-2wpkmnqhh

Turner, Janice (July 29, 2017). How do you solve a problem like men in women’s changing rooms, Maria? The Tory champions plans to make gender switching a matter of ‘self-definition.’ The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-men-in-women-s-changing-rooms-maria-v3hhxmk3p

Turner, Janice (May 14, 2016). The trans lobby peddles a pink and blue world. Being a girl who likes trucks or a boy who wears nail polish doesn’t make you gender fluid, it just makes you human. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-trans-lobby-peddles-a-pink-and-blue-world-j3kqmv8lk

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. The Times and sibling publication The Sunday Times are considered newspapers of record in the UK. Both publications produce consistently anti-transgender content.

Media critic Jane Fae of Trans Media Watch described The Times‘ trans coverage as part of “a concerted campaign of disinformation” in a 2020 submission to the UK government.

Background

The newspaper began in 1785 as The Daily Universal Register. In 1788, the name was changed to The Times. An American edition of The Times began in June 2006. In 1981, The Times and The Sunday Times were bought by Rupert Murdoch.

Notable incidents

On November 11, 2017, anti-trans extremist Janice Turner wrote a piece titled “Children sacrificed to appease trans lobby.”

On April 8, 2019, The Times published four anti-trans articles in one issue:

  • a front-page piece by Lucy Bannerman titled “Calls to end transgender ‘experiment on children.'”
  • another piece by Lucy Bannerman titled “It feels like conversion therapy for gay children, say clinicians”
  • a third piece by Lucy Bannerman titled “Families ‘exploited by gender lobby groups pushing for treatment’”
  • a piece by Carl Heneghan titled “Doubts over evidence for using drugs on the young.”

References

Owen, L. (2022). “Parasitically Occupying Bodies”: Exploring Toxifying Securitization in Anti-Trans and Genocidal Ideologies. Peace Review, 34(4), 481–494. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2022.2129000

Turnbull‐Dugarte, S. J., & McMillan, F. (2022). “Protect the women!” Trans‐exclusionary feminist issue framing and support for transgender rights. Policy Studies Journal, 51(3), 629–666. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12484

Gwenffrewi, Gina (). Punk Mood, Junk Food: Portrayals of Transgender Apocalypse. In Women and the Abuse of Power https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-334-220221008

Armitage, L. (2020). Explaining backlash to trans and non-binary genders in the context of UK Gender Recognition Act reform. Journal of the International Network for Sexual Ethics and Politics (Internet), 8, 11-35. https://doi.org/10.3224/insep.si2020.02

Serano, Julia (November 27, 2017). Transgender Agendas, Social Contagion, Peer Pressure, and Prevalence. Medium https://juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-agendas-social-contagion-peer-pressure-and-prevalence-c3694d11ed24

Stokoe, Ash; Gwenffrewi, Gina; Galpin, Charlotte (October 28, 2022). Hunting Mermaids: Exploring media representation of the trans+ community. University of Birmingham https://blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciencesbirmingham/2022/10/28/hunting-mermaids-exploring-media-representation-of-the-trans-community/

Fae, Jane (26 November 2020). Written submission to The Women and Equalities Select Committee: Call for Evidence in respect of the Government response to Reform of the Gender Recognition Act. [auto-download Word document] https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/17432/default/

Carrell, Severin; Brooks, Libby (Fri 17 May 2019). Times editor defends paper’s coverage of transgender issues. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/17/times-editor-defends-papers-coverage-of-transgender-issues

Strudwick, Patrick (17 May 2019). The Editor Of The Times Of London Has Denied It Is Transphobic. BuzzFeed https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/editor-times-denied-newspaper-transphobic

Nolan, Megan (December 7, 2017,). Lily Madigan and the Hunt for Past Transgressions. VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/lily-madigan-and-the-hunt-for-past-transgressions/

Duffy, Nick (November 29, 2017). Jo Cox women’s leadership scheme rebukes The Times over attacks on transgender teen. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2017/11/29/jo-cox-womens-leadership-scheme-rebukes-the-times-over-attacks-on-transgender-teen/

McCormick, Joseph (November 25 2017). The Times attacks trans teenager for applying to Jo Cox leadership programme. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2017/11/25/the-times-attacks-trans-teenager-for-applying-to-jo-cox-leadership-programme/

Jones, Owen (15 Dec 2017). Anti-trans zealots, know this: history will judge you. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/15/trans-backlash-anti-gay-zealotry-section-28-homophobia

Jackman, Josh (Nov 12 2018). Times columnist Rod Liddle ‘identifies as young, black, trans chihuahua.’ PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/11/12/rod-liddle-transgender-black-chihuahua/

Milton, Josh (8 April 2019). Trans people slam The Times for calling trans kids therapy an ‘experiment’: The four articles were published in today’s issue of The Times in the UK. https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/the-times-four-transphobic-articles/ [archive]

Parsons, Vic (May 26, 2022). Meet the Trans Storytellers Fighting British Transphobia. them https://www.them.us/story/trans-storytellers-fighting-british-transphobia

Coverage in anti-trans media

Kirkup, James (8 April 2019). It is now ‘transphobic’ to report doctors’ fears about trans’ children’s health. The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/it-is-now-transphobic-to-report-doctors-fears-about-trans-children-s-health/

Selected anti-trans writing

note: see the Lucy Bannerman profile for a list of hundreds of anti-trans pieces.

Turner, Janice (November 11, 2017). Children sacrificed to appease trans lobby. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/children-sacrificed-to-appease-trans-lobby-bq0m2mm95

Massie, Alex (May 24, 2025). If biological truth is transphobic, then we’ve lost our minds. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/if-biological-truth-is-transphobic-then-weve-lost-our-minds-dfsqkcq3s

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Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues.

Transgender topics

CJR has published a number of pieces involving opinion, criticism, and analysis of transgender coverage in the media, like this piece from Alexandria Neason:

Controversial stories like Jesse Singal’s cover story for The Atlantic, on how parents of transgender teens approach their desire to personally or medically transition, come to mind. The story was fact checked, but according to many readers, journalists, and activists in the trans community, was transphobic—and all wrong. The difference between fact and truth is yet another example of why newsrooms, and publishing houses, desperately need to invest in employing and representing diverse writers, editors, agents, and fact checkers alike.

References

Neason, Alexandria (January 25, 2019). The perils of publishing without a fact-checking net. Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/analysis/journalism-book-fact-checking-jill-abramson.php

Ad Fontes (2025). Columbia Journalism Review Bias and Reliability. https://adfontesmedia.com/columbia-journalism-review-bias-and-reliability/

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Pew Research Center project on Journalism & Media is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues. Pew was previously called the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ).

Selected trans coverage

Rachel Minkin, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Luona Lin and Dana Braga (May 29, 2025). The Experiences of LGBTQ Americans Today. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/05/29/the-experiences-of-lgbtq-americans-today/

Staff report (May 20, 2025). 3. Views of how much discrimination transgender people, gay and lesbian people, women and men face in the U.S. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-transgender-people-gay-and-lesbian-people-women-and-men-face-in-the-u-s/

Staff report (February 26, 2025). Americans have grown more supportive of restrictions for trans people in recent years. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/26/americans-have-grown-more-supportive-of-restrictions-for-trans-people-in-recent-years/

Juliana Menasce Horowitz (January 24, 2025). U.S. teens are less likely than adults to know a trans person, more likely to know someone who’s nonbinary. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/24/us-teens-are-less-likely-than-adults-to-know-a-trans-person-more-likely-to-know-someone-whos-nonbinary/

Carrie Blazina and Chris Baronavski (September 15, 2022). How Americans view policy proposals on transgender and gender identity issues, and where such policies exist. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/09/15/how-americans-view-policy-proposals-on-transgender-and-gender-identity-issues-and-where-such-policies-exist/

Michael Lipka and Patricia Tevington (July 7, 2022). Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/07/07/attitudes-about-transgender-issues-vary-widely-among-christians-religious-nones-in-u-s/

Kim Parker, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, and Anna Brown (June 28, 2022). Americans’ Complex Views on Gender Identity and Transgender Issues. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/

Anna Brown (June 7, 2022). About 5% of young adults in the U.S. say their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/06/07/about-5-of-young-adults-in-the-u-s-say-their-gender-is-different-from-their-sex-assigned-at-birth/

Anna Brown, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Kim Parker and Rachel Minkin (June 7, 2022). The Experiences, Challenges and Hopes of Transgender and Nonbinary U.S. Adults. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/07/the-experiences-challenges-and-hopes-of-transgender-and-nonbinary-u-s-adults/

Rachel Minkin and Anna Brown (July 27, 2021). Rising shares of U.S. adults know someone who is transgender or goes by gender-neutral pronouns. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/27/rising-shares-of-u-s-adults-know-someone-who-is-transgender-or-goes-by-gender-neutral-pronouns/

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Hannah Barnes is a British author and anti-transgender activist. Barnes is a key historical figure in the oppression of trans and gender diverse youth.

Barnes was an invited speaker at a 2023 conference organized by SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Barnes frequently writes anti-trans pieces for The New Statesman.

Background

Barnes earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Oxford in 2005 and a degree from City University of London in 2006.

After roles at DeHavilland and GCap Media, Barnes joined the BBC in 2014. Barnes is a significant contributor to anti-trans publication The New Statesman.

Anti-trans activism

Barnes is a key figure in FUD propaganda around healthcare for gender diverse youth, with a special focus on medications for unwanted puberty.

Time to Think

Barnes authored the 2023 book Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. The Tavistock was typical of bureaucratic centralized federally funded clinics that have emerged under nationalized healthcare systems. These clinics often deliver substandard care due to unacceptable wait times. Countries like Canada and the UK have closed these kinds of clinics in favor of decentralized options.

The acknowledgements list many key figures in global anti-trans activism:

This book would never have been written without the endless support of my husband, Pat, who has kept our family on track while allowing me to research, conduct interviews, write and rewrite. Enormous thanks are also due to my parents and step-parents for their love, and for their help with looking after their amazing grandchildren. To all those who shared their experience of GIDS as service users or as their family members, thank you for telling your stories. Ellie, Jack, Phoebe, Hannah, ‘Jacob’, ‘Michelle’, ‘Diana’, ‘Harriet’ – thank you for trusting with me with such personal accounts, and, in some cases, highly sensitive information.

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of the GIDS clinicians who have given me their time, shared their thoughts – whatever they may be – and who met or spoke with me, even if they did not feel comfortable being interviewed. To Anna Hutchinson, who patiently shared her experiences over many hours, to Matt Bristow, Will Crouch, Kirsty Entwistle, Sue Evans, Az Hakeem, Melissa Midgen, Natasha Prescott, Anastassis Spiliadis, and to the many, many others who have spoken on condition of anonymity – thank you. For some, I am aware it has been a difficult experience, and I do not take lightly how daunting it might have been to share your views – for a variety of reasons. There are also further, unnamed clinicians who have spoken out over several years, and who have tried to bring about change away from the public eye. Thanks too to all who have spoken with me who work or worked in the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, or were charged with its governance: Sonia Appleby, Juliet Singer, David Bell, Marcus Evans, Stanley Ruszczynski, David Taylor, Marilyn Miller and those who do not wish to be named. Paul Moran, Donal O’Shea, Russell Viner, David Freedman and Stephanie Davies-Arai also deserve my thanks, as do Lucy Bannerman, Susan Matthews and Richard Stephens.

My first, and exceptionally brilliant, reader was my uncle, Robert Barnes, and I thank him for his many thoughtful, wise suggestions and feedback. My second was Julia Murphy, who managed to squeeze in reading alongside work and family life. Thank you. This book would also not have been written without the encouragement of Innes Bowen, who convinced me that I had it in me. Nor would it have been possible without my agent Toby Mundy, who took it – and me – on, and who has been a consistent voice of calm when I have needed it. And to Mark Richards and Diana Broccardo at Swift Press, who were brave enough to publish it. For bringing coherence to the many, many references, thank you to the ever-patient Alex Middleton. The seeds were sown at BBC Newsnight, and there would have been no book without the original backing and courage of my former editor, Esmé Wren, and my friend and former colleague Deborah Cohen, as well as support from deputy editors Dan Clarke, Verity Murphy and Stewart Maclean. Finally, thank you to everyone who has sent me source material or shared information, and to those whose names I don’t know who have had the wisdom to archive hundreds of webpages. I am indebted to you all.

Selected anti-trans writing by Barnes

Barnes, Hannah (14 June 2025). Do our politicians understand the Supreme Court’s gender ruling? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-report/2025/06/do-our-politicians-understand-the-supreme-courts-gender-ruling

Barnes, Hannah (27 May 2025). Exclusive: Why Wes Streeting changed his mind on cross-sex hormones. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/05/exclusive-why-wes-streeting-changed-his-mind-on-cross-sex-hormones

Barnes, Hannah (23 April 2025). Labour’s cynical shift on biological sex. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025/04/labours-cynical-shift-on-biological-sex

Barnes, Hannah (26 March 2025). How gender ideology corrupted government data. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/03/how-gender-ideology-corrupted-government-data

Barnes, Hannah (27 February 2025). The new puberty blockers trial is expensive and adds little. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/02/the-new-puberty-blockers-trial-is-expensive-and-adds-little

Barnes, Hannah (12 February 2025). Katharine Birbalsingh: “They’re going to destroy our schools.” New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2025/02/katharine-birbalsingh-interview-destroy-our-schools-bridget-phillipson-academies

Barnes, Hannah (23 January 2025). Are politicians trying to undermine the Cass Review? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/01/are-politicians-trying-to-undermine-the-cass-review

Barnes, Hannah (20 December 2024). Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/12/why-courts-could-stop-a-teenager-changing-their-gender

Barnes, Hannah (29 November 2024). The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights

Barnes, Hannah (3 December 2024).Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/12/why-courts-could-stop-a-teenager-changing-their-gender

Barnes, Hannah (November 2024).The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights

Barnes, Hannah (21 October 2024). Questions remain over NHS youth gender care, despite Cass Review. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/thestaggers/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah(27 September 2024). The BMA turns away from rejecting the Cass Report. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah (25 September 2024). The intolerant age. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/intolerant-age-free-speech-britain-institutions

Barnes, Hannah (18 September 2024). Data and ideology don’t mix. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/09/data-and-ideology-dont-mix

Banres, Hannah (25 September 2024). Has Labour shifted on sex-based rights? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/has-labour-shifted-on-sex-based-rights

Barnes, Hannah (8 August 2024). Hundreds of doctors are challenging the BMA’s stance on puberty blockers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/08/hundreds-of-doctors-are-challenging-the-bmas-stance-on-puberty-blockers

Barnes, Hannah (26 July 2024). Why are BMA Council’s confidential discussions on the Cass Review a matter of public interest? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/07/why-are-bma-councils-confidential-discussions-on-the-cass-review-a-matter-of-public-interest

Barnes, Hannah (16 July 2024). Why are British doctors considering rejecting the Cass report? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/07/why-are-british-doctors-voting-to-reject-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah (26 June 2024). The vexed history of British feminism. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024/06/the-vexed-history-of-british-feminism

Barnes, Hannah (25 June 2024). Labour’s women problem. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/06/labour-starmer-women-problem-jk-rowling-gender

Barnes, Hannah (12 June 2024).Politicians ignore the Mumsnet manifesto at their peril. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/politicians-ignore-the-mumsnet-manifesto-at-their-peril

Barnes, Hannah (5 June 2024). Why won’t Labour tell the truth about the NHS? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/why-wont-labour-tell-truth-about-nhs-debates

Barnes, Hannah (5 June 2024). Kemi Badenoch and the legal definition of sex. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/kemi-badenoch-and-the-legal-definition-of-sex

Barnes, Hannah (30 May 2024). The government’s 11th-hour ban on puberty blockers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/05/government-11th-hour-ban-puberty-blockers-gender

Barnes, Hannah (8 May 2024). Hilary Cass: “Do I regret doing it? Absolutely not.” New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/ns-interview/2024/05/hilary-cass-interview-review-transgender-identity-tavistock-puberty-blockers-do-i-regret-it

Staff (April 11, 2024). How will the gender care report affect politics? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2024/04/how-will-the-gender-care-report-affect-politics

Barnes, Hannah (10 April 2024). The Cass Review into children’s gender care should shame us all. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/04/the-cass-review-into-childrens-gender-care-should-shame-us-all

Barnes, Hannah (20 March 2024). Inside the collapse of the Tavistock Centre. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/inside-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-centre

Barnes, Hannah (24 February 2024). Reem Alsalem on the biggest obstacles to ending violence against women. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/02/reem-alsalem-biggest-obstacles-ending-violence-against-women

Barnes, Hannah (8 February 2024). Kemi Badenoch sticks to the facts. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/02/kemi-badenoch-facts-select-committee

Barnes, Hannah (24 March 2024). New legal challenge aims to restrict private gender clinics for teenagers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/legal-challenge-stop-private-gender-clinics-teenagers-tavistock

Barnes, Hannah (12 March 2024). No more puberty blockers for children, says NHS England. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/no-more-puberty-blockers-for-children-says-nhs-england

Barnes, Hannah (16 January 2024). Inside NHS England’s faltering plan to replace the Tavistock. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/01/inside-nhs-englands-faltering-plan-to-replace-tavistock

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Charlotte Allen is an American author and anti-transgender activist. A conservative Catholic, Allen has written articles critical of the transgender rights movement, including a puff piece on transphobic psychologist J. Michael Bailey for The Weekly Standard. Joseph Epstein from that publication had previously characterized Bailey as a “pimp” who arranges voyeuristic sex tours and demonstrations for people like Allen. Bailey earned Epstein’s opprobrium and Allen’s interest after arranging a live “fucksaw” demonstration for a since-cancelled human sexuality class.

Background

Charlotte Irene Low Allen was on born April 7, 1943 in Jacksonville, Florida. Allen’s parent Elmer Carlton Low (1907-2000) was born in New York City and practiced personal injury law there before moving to Pasadena in 1943. Low was president of the California Trial Lawyers Association and wrote two books and some opinion pieces for the Los Angeles Times.

Allen’s spouse Donald Fraser Allen (born May 1, 1945) graduated from University of Toronto Faculty of Law and was a member of the California Bar from 1981 through 1997.

Charlotte Allen’s education and credentials:

  • Stanford University (B.A. 1965) classics and English
  • Harvard University (M.A. 1967)
  • University of Southern California (J.D. 1974)
  • State Bar of California (1974 through 1992)
  • Catholic University of America (Ph.D. 2011) medieval and Byzantine studies

Allen served as Law Editor for The Los Angeles Daily Journal from 1980 to 1985, then was appointed Senior Editor, Law at conservative publication Insight on the News at its founding in 1985. That publication closed in 2008. Allen has worked as a freelance writer for publications including:

  • Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • Insight on the News
  • Weekly Standard
  • Lingua Franca
  • Washington Post
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Atlantic Monthly
  • Commentary
  • New Republic
  • American Spectator
  • Los Angeles Times
  • New York Times
  • Washington Times
  • Insight
  • City Journal
  • Washington Monthly
  • First Things

Allen’s 2011 dissertation is titled Thirteenth-Century English Religious Lyrics, Religious Women, And the Cistercian Imagination. Allen is author of the 1998 book The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus.

My 2015 letter to Allen’s editors

Dear Weekly Standard editorial team:

Charlotte Allen contacted me for a story profiling J. Michael Bailey, a controversial psychologist with whom she was recently socializing in Chicago. You may recall a 2011 piece about Bailey in your publication which characterizes him as a “pimp” who arranges voyeuristic sex tours and demonstrations for interested parties like Ms. Allen.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/lower-education_554092.html?page=1

For your records, I told Ms. Allen that understanding and reporting her story hinges on speaking directly with Danny Ryan, a child whose case report Bailey published in his 2003 book The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism. 

My condition for participating was that Ms. Allen speak with Danny Ryan directly. I fear that is not going to happen. I’m concerned she’s going to mischaracterize both the controversy and my involvement in it, given that her attached questions to me contain inaccurate interpretations of events.

I provided her the attached article explaining why both Bailey and his book have been widely condemned. Bailey had published an earlier version of his book without incident, and the 2003 response happened because:

  • 1) it was fraudulently marketed as science by the National Academy of Sciences.
  • 2) it became a cure narrative about gender-nonconforming children.

Bailey’s attacks on my children in his book were just part of his concurrent attacks on gender-nonconforming children, which also included “academic” presentations where he displayed videos and images of young children without their knowledge or consent in a manner that generated laughter from his audiences. Bailey also boasts that he can categorize these children sexually and can tell the kinds of sexual partners they will like. Ms. Allen seems focused on a long-deleted satire in which I showed how Bailey’s leering depictions and two-type sexualized categorization of my children would seem inexcusable if done to his own.

Bailey’s colleagues believe that gender-nonconforming children require “curing” in order to prevent what they consider a “bad outcome,” a gender transition. Most children who display gender-non-conforming behavior do not seek a gender transition later, and this outcome occurs without any intervention. Bailey’s colleagues make money by selling anxious parents on services they claim will cure many children. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health has stated such services are “no longer considered ethical.” Others are more pointed, condemning such services as “disturbingly close to reparative therapy for homosexuals” and “simply child abuse.”

Hundreds of children have been through these aversion programs championed by Bailey’s friend Kenneth Zucker, and not one has later come forward to talk about how it helped them. Danny Ryan is the most famous report of a cured child, yet no one has ever followed up directly with him to confirm Bailey’s published claims independently.

Danny Ryan has remarkable parallels to David Reimer, a case report by Bailey’s ideological nemesis John Money. The David Reimer case proved to be false when independently investigated. Some reporters continue to repeat Bailey’s claims about Danny Ryan uncritically, with no independent confirmation. Science and journalism proceed from evidence and facts, and there is no independent evidence that Bailey’s published facts about Danny Ryan are true.

Given that other case reports in Bailey’s book turned out to be inaccurate upon independent follow-up, the Weekly Standard has a unique opportunity to report this story accurately instead of taking Bailey at his word. Similar hard-hitting reporting on David Reimer brought John Money’s work into disrepute and made the career of the journalist who broke the story. A generation of children suffered because no one bothered to confirm Money’s claims, and I can’t sit by as another reporter is poised to miss the point of why Bailey has been criticized by people of every political persuasion.

Thanks for your time, and I would very much appreciate confirmation that you have received this note.

Sincerely, Andrea James
[email protected]
cc: Charlotte Allen
Attachments (2): 

  • 1. Charlotte Allen emails (PDF)
  • 2. Fair Comment, Foul Play: Populist Responses to J. Michael Bailey’s Exploitative “Controversies” (PDF)

Allen’s puff piece about Bailey ran with no mention of his exploitation of our children and a lawyerly defense of his “fucksaw” demonstration.

The Man Who Would Be Queen was deemed “salacious bigotry” by Andrea James, a 48-year-old Hollywood consultant who is the most persistently aggressive of the transgender activists. James spearheaded campaigns to have Northwestern censure and perhaps fire Bailey (unsuccessful), and to discredit Bailey as a credible academic expert on transgender subjects (extremely successful). 

Allen claims I declined to be interviewed “in a prolific series of Bailey-dissing emails.” Allen notes my criticism of Anne Lawrence, Ray Blanchard, and Kenneth Zucker. Zucker was fired later that year, and the clinic where Zucker and Blanchard were employed was closed following an investigation spurred by legislation that made anti-transgender reparative therapy illegal.

References

Epstein, Joseph (March 21, 2011). Lower Education: Sex toys and academic freedom at Northwestern. Weekly Standard https://www.weeklystandard.com/joseph-epstein/lower-education

Allen, Charlotte (March 2, 2015). The Transgender Triumph. Weekly Standard. https://www.weeklystandard.com/charlotte-allen/the-transgender-triumph

Allen, Charlotte (March 4, 2019). Trans men erase women. First Things https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/03/trans-men-erase-women

Hawkins, JA (January 1951). Elmer Low Family of Pasadena. Pasadena Museum of History https://calisphere.org/item/8de4632c37e661ae4ba402f4006bf984/

Hess, Amanda (March 12, 2008). Charlotte Allen Interview. Washington City Paper https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/city-desk/blog/13054285/charlotte-allen-interview

Staff report (August 17, 2000). Elmer C. Low; Headed State Trial Lawyers Assn. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-17-me-5965-story.html

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Jennifer Bilek is an American writer and anti-transgender extremist. Bilek hosts The 11th Hour podcast and site.

Bilek was a scheduled participant in a 2017 panel that claimed transgender people are “a homophobic element introduced by the 1% to control homosexuality, reinstate male supremacy, and utilize gay children as fodder for scientific experimentation.”

Background

Jennifer Bilek was born on October 22, 1958 and grew up in New York City. Bilek trained at Woodstock School of Art. Bilek has worked as a hairstylist for children and young people as the businesses Get Coiffed and My Little Sunshine.

Bilek also paints portraits.

Anti-trans activism

In 2017, left-wing conference Left Forum announced that Jane Wheeler (under the name Jane Chotard) would chair a June 4th panel titled “Misery for Profit: Who is Funding the Transgender Movement and the Impact on LGB.” The synopsis stated:

We will be showing that the immense funding funneled to the transgender movement is coming from giant pharmaceutical and biotechnology Industries and what their aim is. We will also be showing how the corporately controlled media is interfaced with these same Industries and are blocking any alternative to the pro-trans propaganda now being disseminated. We will be showing that the transgender movement is not in fact a civil rights issue, but a business arrangement and an advertising arm of these industries. We will cover the implications of this on the LGB community and show how transgender is a political coup, positioned as an ally alongside the LGB, but are actually a homophobic element introduced by the 1% to control homosexuality, reinstate male supremacy, and utilize gay children as fodder for scientific experimentation.

Left Forum, cited in Riedel (2017)

Participants and provided bios:

  • Jane Chotard: Chair and speaker
    • “Jane Chotard is an out lesbian for over 30 years, mother of two teenage boys, past healthcare attorney, currently works to provide better care services to patients and residents facing serious illnesses and end-of-life issues.”
  • Jennifer Bilek: Panel organizer and speaker
    • “Jennifer Bilek is a bisexual artist/activist/writer living in NYC for a lot longer than is probably healthy.”
  • Taylor Fogarty: Speaker
    • “Taylor Fogarty is a Brooklyn dwelling twenty-something year old who writes about feminism and politics.” Twitter: @theloudlesbian

The panel was canceled following protests.

References

Van Maren, Jonathon (March 16, 2024). How a Handful of Billionaires Created the Transgender ‘Movement’: An Interview with Jennifer Bilek. The European Conservative https://europeanconservative.com/articles/interviews/how-a-handful-of-billionaires-created-the-transgender-movement-an-interview-with-jennifer-bilek/

Bilek, Jennifer (March 3, 2023). Humanity for Sale. The American Mind https://americanmind.org/features/soul-dysphoria/humanity-for-sale/

Bilek, Jennifer (June 14, 2022). The Billionaire Family Pushing Synthetic Sex Identities (SSI). Tablet https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/billionaire-family-pushing-synthetic-sex-identities-ssi-pritzkers

Bilek, Jennifer (June 1, 2021). Foundations Are Setting the Transgender Agenda and Targeting Children. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/foundations-are-setting-the-transgender-agenda-and-targeting-children/

Bilek, Jennifer (April 5, 2021). CNN Versus Biological Reality. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/cnn-versus-biological-reality/

Bilek, Jennifer (July 27, 2020). How LGBT Nonprofits and Their Billionaire Patrons Are Reshaping the World. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-lgbt-nonprofits-and-their-billionaire-patrons-are-reshaping-the-world/

Bilek, Jennifer (October 9, 2020). Not Just a Tattoo: Transgenderism Attacks Our Fundamental Humanity. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/not-just-a-tattoo-transgenderism-attacks-our-fundamental-humanity/

Malbin, Isabella (December 17, 2020). Jennifer Bilek: Transhumanism & Autogynephilia. Whose Body Is It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kQ_o0G7D38

Bilek, Jennifer (January 21, 2020). The billionaires behind the LGBT movement. First Things https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/01/the-billionaires-behind-the-lgbt-movement

Riedel, Sam (July 7, 2017). Why Trans Activists Can’t Trust The Left. The Establishment https://medium.com/the-establishment/why-trans-activists-cant-trust-the-left-3bfa22928ddd

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The Femsplainers is an anti-transgender podcast hosted by anti-trans activists Danielle Crittenden and Christina Hoff Sommers. It ran from 2018 to 2022 and featured many key figures from the anti-transgender movement, including:

Episodes

Last Call for The Femsplainers: It’s Our Final Episode! Jan 18th, 2022

  • After nearly four years and more than 150 podcasts, we’ve decided to shut down the bar. Original c-splainer Christina Hoff Sommers joins Danielle for reminiscences of favorite episodes and guests, how their views and politics have evolved, and what they’ll do next. Cheers, everyone

The Mistakes We Make Ruling on Human Nature: A Judge Speaks Out Jan 11th, 2022

  • From bitter custody battles to killer teens to the psychotic homeless, retired California Supreme Court Judge LaDoris Cordell has seen it all. She shares many of her more alarming stories and tells Danielle how our justice system can do better.
  • LaDoris Cordell

How to Transform Your Sex Life Jan 4th, 2022

  • The Femsplainers are on holiday so we are re-posting some of our favorite episodes: Whether you are 18 or 85, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be having great sex, says Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, director of the largest sexual health center in the country. She dispels many myths about female sexuality and offers practical tips from her new book “Sex Points” — while Danielle tries hard not to blush.
  • Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus

Is There Still Sex in the City? Dec 28th, 2021

  • The Femsplainers are on holiday so we are re-posting some of our favorite episodes: This week, Candace Bushnell, the bestselling author and creator of Sex & the City, regales Christina & Danielle with stories of the wilds and lows of dating after fifty, including getting naked and “cubbing.”
  • Candace Bushnell

It’s Our Holiday Party! With Some of Our Favorite Guests… Dec 21st, 2021

  • Danielle hosts a holiday party with Christina Hoff Sommers, Molly Jong Fast, and Sandra Tsing Loh … who brought along a can of gelatinous salmon loaf. Who doesn’t love canned gelatinous salmon loaf?! Pour us another drink — and see you in the New Year!
  • Sandra Tsing Loh
  • Molly Jong Fast

All I Want for Christmas Is You: Facing the Holidays When You’ve Lost Someone Dec 14th, 2021

  • Just as the number of pandemic-related deaths is receding, the number of gun-related deaths is rising. Summer Geimar’s mother was killed trying to rescue her colleagues during the attack on the Annapolis Capital Gazette; Sari Kauffamn survived the Parkland, FL shooting but lost friends. The two young women share their stories with Danielle in the hope they might serve as a Ghost of Christmas Future warning to us all. PLUS: Pastor Lorenzo Neal, who’s own mother was murdered when he was 5, offers hope and counsel to everyone who is grieving through the holidays.
  • Pastor Lorenzo Neal
  • Summer Geimar
  • Sari Kauffamn

When Women Abuse Men: It’s Real So Why Don’t We Talk About It? Dec 7th, 2021

  • Therapist and author Ann Silvers, who specializes in the domestic abuse of men, reveals to Danielle that it’s more widespread than you think. And it’s not just physical. PLUS: Andrew Sullivan and Christina Hoff Sommers join for a cocktail (and a blunt) up top, in a snippet from the Femsplainers’ recent appearance on the Weekly Dish.
  • Ann Silver
  • Andrew Sullivan

Capote’s Women: The High Society “Swans” He Loved and Betrayed Nov 30th, 2021

  • Babe Paley, CZ Guest, Lee Radziwill — these wealthy, beautiful socialites defined an era and shared a friend in celebrated writer Truman Capote. Bestselling author Laurence Leamer takes us into their world and tells Danielle how Capote ultimately revealed its shallow brutality. PLUS: It’s THAT time of the month for listener feedback!
  • Laurence Leamer

Becoming Bari Weiss: Was She Always This Way? Nov 23rd, 2021

  • In an intimate and far-ranging conversation with Danielle, the former NYTs editorial writer describes her journey from nerdy Jewish girl to major thought leader. PLUS The Atlantic’s David Frum joins up top to talk turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!
  • David Frum
  • Bari Weiss

The Great Resignation: Why Are Women Not Going Back to Work Post-Pandemic? Nov 16th, 2021

  • Nearly 1.8 million women have dropped out of the labor force since 2020. Danielle speaks to two business leaders, including Delivering Happiness’ CEO Jenn Lim, about WHY they don’t want to return — and what businesses (and women themselves) can do to seize this moment of reckoning to improve their lives.
  • Jenn Lim

Girls, Guns & Grift: The Sexy Russian Spy Who Infiltrated the NRA Nov 9th, 2021

  • Mansplainer Tim Mak, author of Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA, reveals how the male-run gun lobby was captured by a 20-something honey trap. PLUS: Shannon Watts, the pistol behind Moms Demand Action, warns women their guns aren’t keeping them safe. At all.
  • Tim Mak
  • Shannon Watts

I’m Tiger Mom, Hear Me Roar: Amy Chua Claws Back at Her Critics Nov 2nd, 2021

  • It’s been a decade since Amy Chua’s seismic book, The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, was published. The star Yale law professor reveals to Danielle how that tough parenting worked out — and why she remains undaunted by the students and colleagues who keep trying to cancel her. PLUS: Christina Hoff Sommers joins the cocktail segment to riff on the Dave Chapelle special and more.
  • Amy Chua

Even Witches Are Woke?! It’s Our Hallowe’en Special! Oct 26th, 2021

  • The last in a line of Bohemian witches, Veronica Varlow now teaches spellcasting to celebrities and at corporate retreats. She explains to Danielle what it means to be a witch today. PLUS: It’s That Time of the Month! Our intern Natasha Panepinto joins to share our listener reaction for October.
  • Veronica Varlow
  • Natasha Panepinto

The World of Eartha Kitt, a Daughter’s View PLUS Why Couples Cheat Oct 19th, 2021

  • Legendary singer Eartha Kitt survived a harrowing childhood as the daughter of a raped sharecropper. Her own daughter, Kitt Shapiro, has written a compelling and loving memoir of her mother that highlights, among many important truths, the importance of rejecting identity politics. PLUS: Podcaster Jillian Hamilton offers intriguing insights on infidelity.
  • Kitt Shapiro
  • Jillian Hamilton

The Decade When Adults Went Rogue: It’s Our ‘70s Show! Oct 12th, 2021

  • The 70s are remembered for the sexual revolution and the women’s movement, but rarely are these events told from a child’s view. Erika Schickel has written a powerful, painfully personal memoir of the time when moms and dads took a pass on parenting to live for themselves. PLUS: The Atlantic’s David Frum, who wrote a definitive history of the ’70s, joins Danielle for a cocktail up top to explain why everything seemed to be going to hell when they were both kids.
  • Erika Schickel
  • David Frum

The New Puritans: The Return of the Scarlet Letter Oct 5th, 2021

  • Pulitzer-prize winning historian Anne Applebaum explains to Danielle why those whose behavior doesn’t adapt fast enough to the new cultural norms face swift and merciless judgment. PLUS: Tina Nguyen, a star columnist of the new website Puck, talks about her journey from right-wing recruit to chronicler of the right.
  • Tina Nguyen
  • Anne Applebaum

2+2 = You’re Oppressing Me: It’s Our Back-To-School Special! Sep 28th, 2021

  • The politicization of college campuses is now happening in lower and secondary schools. FIRE’s Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder, author of “Undoctrinate,” tells Danielle how parents can recognize it and deal with it. PLUS: Christina Hoff Sommers joins the cocktail segment to discuss “wokefestation,” debauched Royals, and the decline in male applications to college.
  • Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder

What if Mother Nature Used He/Him Pronouns? Sep 21st, 2021

  • The trend to define one’s sex by “gender identity” and not biology is leading to the erasure of women’s rights on many important fronts, argues The Economist’s Helen Joyce. But, as she warns Danielle, few dare to challenge this radical re-definition of what it means to be a woman (or man). PLUS: Is the Taliban 2.0 ready to take on the empowered women of Afghanistan? The Council on Foreign Relation’s Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says: maybe not. She joins Danielle for a glass of wine at the top of the podcast.
  • Helen Joyce
  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Is Jeffrey Epstein’s Greatest “Victim” Ghislaine Maxwell? Sep 14th, 2021

  • Investigative journalist Vicky Ward reveals to Danielle that Epstein’s mistress and alleged procurer of underage girls may, astonishingly, play the victim card when she goes on trial this fall for sex trafficking. Ward takes us inside Epstein & Maxwell’s sordid, shadowy world on our season opener PLUS: The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan joins Danielle up top for a cocktail-fueled bitch session on cancer shaming and Canadian vacations (but wait, she loves Tim Horton’s!)
  • Caitlin Flanagan
  • Vicky Ward

Biology IS Destiny — But That Shouldn’t Doom Us to Inequality Jun 29th, 2021

  • In a groundbreaking new book, Harvard evolutionary biologist Dr. Carole Hooven reveals the far-reaching effects of testosterone on gender, sex, sports, relationships, and many more aspects of our everyday lives. But she says why we should celebrate these differences rather than decry or ignore them. PLUS: Danielle shares your listener reaction in this season finalé before we break for summer.
  • Dr. Carole Hooven

Are You Too Quick to React On Social Media? You Are the Problem… Jun 22nd, 2021

  • Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. Call it what you will but together they are a multi-front challenge to America’s ability to distinguish fact from fiction and elevate truth above falsehood. Jonathan Rauch joins Danielle to discuss what we can do about it, based on his new book “The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth.” PLUS: Caitlin Flanagan dishes on women, dating, and more on THAT interview with Nancy Jo Sales.
  • Caitlin Flanagan
  • Jonathan Rauch

“I Don’t Need More Gadgets or BBQ Tools!”: It’s Our Father’s Day Special Jun 15th, 2021

Why are men — and fathers in particular? — so hard to find gifts for?

  • Top mansplainer David Frum answers this eternal dilemma — and also “hints” to Danielle what men REALLY want. PLUS: Author Matt Feeney discusses how competition is killing the joys of parenting and childhood, based on his new book, “Little Platoons.”
  • Matt Feeney
  • David Frum

The Female Warriors Who Defeated ISIS Jun 8th, 2021

  • Faced with enslavement and worse, these Kurdish women escaped traditional families to take up arms and battle ISIS town by town, street by bloody street. Bestselling author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon shares with Danielle their remarkable stories, as told in her new book “The Daughters of Kobani.” PLUS: Co-Splainer  Christina Hoff Sommers joins up top to dish on THAT trainwreck interview with Nancy Jo Sales.
  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Are Dating Apps to Blame For the Death of Romance & Courtship? Jun 1st, 2021

  • Vanity Fair’s Nancy Jo Sales thinks so. She joins Danielle to discuss her new book, Nothing Personal: Inside the Dating App Inferno — before the interview itself goes up in flames. PLUS: Millennial singleton Miranda Frum shares her amusing and insightful experiences with the apps.  
  • Miranda Frum
  • Nancy Jo Sales

“Mom, I’m Trans.” May 25th, 2021

  • In the second part of our two-part series “When Sons Become Daughters” two mothers tell Danielle how they have handled the sudden news from their teenage boys that they believe they are, in fact, girls.
  • “Two mothers”

When Sons Become Daughters: Part One May 18th, 2021

  • What is behind the sudden spike of teenage boys seeking to become girls? In the first of a two-part series, Quillette’s Angus Fox plus a now-adult trans woman, Corinna Cohn, reveal the real causes of this anguishing new trend.    
  • “Angus Fox”
  • Corinna Cohn

The Bikini Baristas Last (Coffee) Stand: Why Should Women’s Breasts Be Treated Differently Than Men’s? May 11th, 2021

  • The 9th Circuit will soon decide the fate of Everett, WA’s controversial servers. They argue the 14th Amendment protects their right to serve double espressos topless. Evolutionary biologist Heather Heying joins Danielle for a fascinating discussion of why women’s breasts have sexual purposes in addition to their feeding function. But is patriarchy to blame? Or that prude Mother Nature? (And by the way, should we leave room for cream and sugar?)  
  • Dr. Heather Heying

We Love You But Please Don’t Bring Us Burnt Waffles: It’s Our Mother’s Day Special!! May 4th, 2021

  • Comedian Sandra Tsing Loh joins Danielle at the top of the show to air a litany of maternal grievances. PLUS: Writer Zibby Owens discusses her new pandemic anthology based on her popular “Moms Don’t Have Time To…” series, and reflects on a year of her own personal loss.  
  • Zibby Owens
  • Sandra Tsing Loh

Your Mommy Brain Is Real & More New Science on Motherhood Apr 27th, 2021

  • Women don’t just transform but undergo biological re-wiring when they become mothers, reveals bestselling author Abigail Tucker. She joins Danielle to discuss her latest book, “Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct.” PLUS: Your comments (and criticisms, ouch) from April!
  • Abigail Tucker

Poor Grievances & A Funeral: It’s Our Royal Special!!!! Apr 20th, 2021

  • British author, journalist, and insider Rachel Johnson (yes, also sister to Boris) joins Danielle for a right royal gossip in the wake of Prince Philip’s funeral: The prodigal grandson returns, can the monarchy survive Wokeness, Meghan & Harry’s squandered opportunities, and wait…did you just say the Queen told Meghan to keep acting?!   
  • Rachel Johnson

It’s Still My Party & I’ll Cry If I Want To Apr 13th, 2021

  • Sarah Longwell’s political journey took her from a conservative raised in Trump country to a top GOP strategist and openly gay Republican. She broke with the GOP over Trump’s election but has spent the past three years researching why her party changed — and what it bodes for the future. PLUS: Meghan Cox Gurdon discusses mask etiquette, the Woke war on classics, and more with Danielle over a glass of wine at the top of the show.  
  • Sarah Longwell
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

How to Be an Adult Apr 6th, 2021

  • Think Millennials have problems growing up? Let us introduce you to Gen Z… NYT Best-selling author Julie Lythcott-Haims joins Danielle to explain why the younger generation is having such a tough time with Adulthood 101. PLUS: Christina Hoff-Sommers stops by for a glass of wine to discuss, among other things, octopus sex.  
  • Julie Lythcott-Haims

Wait, Grandpa Was a Nazi?! Mar 23rd, 2021

  • Journalist Silvia Foti was told her whole life that her Lithuanian grandfather was a war hero — until she began investigating a “rumor” that would eventually lead her to the shocking truth. Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Anne Applebaum joins Danielle to offer background on European collaboration. PLUS: Our listeners had a lot to say about boobs.
  • Silvia Foti

Inside the Corrupt Crazy World of College Admissions Mar 16th, 2021

  • The Varsity Blues scandal only seemed shocking if you were unaware of how rotten the system was already. Author Nicole Laporte and The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan reveal to Danielle how vast sums of money, hyper-competitive elites, lavish private schools, and rigged admissions made a con man like Rick Singer possible. 
  • Caitlin Flanagan
  • Nicole Laporte

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Is the New Wave of Migrants a Threat to Western Feminism? Mar 9th, 2021

  • The global women’s rights activist joins Danielle and Muslim author Irshad Manji in a provocative conversation about the brutal challenges to women’s rights posed by young male migrants from cultures that abuse and discriminate against women, based on her new book Prey.
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“I Shocked My Left-Wing Family by Becoming a Cop” Mar 2nd, 2021

  • Most mid-life crises don’t go this way. Successful law professor and mother of two Rosa Brooks — daughter of famous feminist Barbara Ehrenreich — shocked her family (and herself) when she decided to become a D.C. cop. Brooks chats with Danielle about her new memoir, “Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City” which brings an insider view of the challenges cops face day to day, especially when it comes to race and poverty.
  • Rosa Brooks

How to Transform Your Sex Life Feb 23rd, 2021

  • Whether you are 18 or 85, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be having great sex, says Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, director of the largest sexual health center in the country. She dispels many myths about female sexuality and offers practical tips from her new book “Sex Points” — while Danielle tries hard not to blush. 
  • Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus

Can You Please Talk to My Face? (It’s Our BOOB Episode!) Feb 16th, 2021

  • After being size AA to DDDD, through breast envy, breastfeeding, breast implants, and breast cancer, author Leslie Lehr realized she’s obsessed with breasts. Turns out, she’s not alone. She joins Danielle to discuss her new book, “A Boob’s Life.” PLUS: If they’re canceling vaginas, are boobs next?  
  • Leslie Lehr

How to Find Love (Even in a Pandemic!) Feb 9th, 2021

  • Superstar dating coach Evan Marc Katz returns for our Valentine’s Day Special with fabulous tips to help you find The One. He also tells Danielle how Covid dating plays to women’s advantage.   
  • Evan Marc Katz

You Make Me Feel Like An Unnatural Woman Feb 2nd, 2021

  • Lesbians are vanishing as more women are coming out as non-binary or as men, podcaster Katie Herzog tells Danielle & guest co-splainer Christina Hoff Sommers. It’s part of the larger trend among women to deny their biological sex in favor of gender fluidity.
  • Katie Herzog

Co-Existing With Conspiracy Theorists Jan 26th, 2021

  • Millions of Americans still believe the election was stolen and sympathize with the Capitol insurrection. Maybe they are your friends, neighbors, and family. Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Anne Applebaum joins Danielle to discuss what other societies have done to overcome extreme political divisions — and how we can apply those methods to our own relationships.  
  • Anne Applebaum

You Say You Want a Revolution Jan 19th, 2021

  • Was the assault on the Capitol driven in part by pent-up, angry masculinity? The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan joins Danielle to discuss the Boys-Gone-Wild aspects of January 6. PLUS: A listener asks, Should I get a boob job?
  • Caitlin Flanagan

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Victim: It’s Our Holiday Special! Dec 22nd, 2020

  • Is the beloved reindeer’s story too bleak for modern children? Caitlin Flanagan thinks so, while co-splainers Irshad Manji & Meghan Cox Gurdon defend the legacy of the nasally-challenged flying quadruped.  Meanwhile Danielle admits to being  “elf-curious.” Yeah, a lot of spiked eggnog went into the creation of this one. 
  • Caitlin Flanagan
  • Irshad Manji
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

Should the Suffragists be Canceled? Dec 15th, 2020

  • The 100th anniversary of women obtaining the right to vote recently passed with calls to knock Susan B. Anthony et al off their pedestals for being racists. Christina Hoff Sommers joins Danielle to defend their legacy — and to chat with artist Meredith Bergmann, whose new Central Park sculpture “Women’s Rights Pioneers” raises them right back up.   
  • Meredith Bergmann

Uncrowned! The Real Story Behind Your Favorite Royal Characters Dec 8th, 2020

  • Lord Charles Moore, official biographer of Margaret Thatcher, joins Danielle & Meghan Cox Gurdon to reveal what is true and what is false about the hot Netflix series, “The Crown.” PLUS he offers candid insights into what has gone wrong between Meghan and the Royals.  
  • Lord Charles Moore
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

THANKSGIVING SPECIAL: Peggy Noonan & Leon Wieseltier on Getting Along Nov 24th, 2020

  • Whether you’re celebrating via Zoom or in person, these two great minds address the urgent theme of this pandemic-y post-election holiday. As Danielle observes, your Trumpian Uncle & Woke Cousin are still coming to the table.
  • Peggy Noonan
  • Leon Wieseltier

My Son is No Sex Offender Nov 17th, 2020

  • He is mentally disabled. He was talked into exposing himself privately. Now he’s on the Sex Offender Registry for life. And he’s not alone. There are hundreds of thousands of others who should not be on the registry, including children. Emily Yoffe joins Danielle, sociologist Emily Horowitz, and a mom whose family has been destroyed by the registry.  
  • Emily Horowitz
  • Emily Yoffe
  • Anonymous mother

Gender Bender: Debunking Myths About Sex & Identity Nov 10th, 2020

  • “Biology deniers” may be the new climate skeptics, says neuroscientist and author Dr. Debra Soh. She warns Danielle & Meghan Cox Gurdon that ignoring science will only worsen the environment for all women. PLUS we finally learn what a “moon gender” is!  
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon
  • Dr. Debra Soh

Election Special: Can Our National Marriage Be Saved? Nov 3rd, 2020

  • The gender gap is at an all-time high — not just in the polls but our households. The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser & GQ’s Julia Ioffe join Danielle to discuss. PLUS a Trump-supporting husband reveals the issues he’s having with his Trump-loathing wife.
  • Susan Glasser 
  • Julia Ioffe

From Vogue & Park Avenue to Prison Oct 27th, 2020

  • Lady Barbara Amiel Black had it all, until she didn’t. She joins Danielle & Caitlin Flanagan to discuss her brutally honest new memoir, “Friends & Enemies.”
  • Caitlin Flanagan
  • Lady Barbara Amiel Black

Melania & Me Part Two: “The Trumps Ruined My Life” Oct 20th, 2020

  • Author Stephanie Winston Wolkoff reveals to Danielle and co-splainer Julia Ioffe why she decided to record — and release — damaging personal conversations with the First Lady. PLUS: The rivalry with Ivanka, and more.   
  • Julia Ioffe
  • Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

Melania & Me Part One Oct 13th, 2020

  • From Obscure Catalogue Model to Vogue Cover Girl. “Melania didn’t really have friends.” “She knew what she was getting in Donald.” Author Stephanie Winston Wolkoff spills the tea on her 15-year friendship with the First Lady to Danielle and co-splainer Julia Ioffe of GQ. 
  • Julia Ioffe
  • Stephanie Winston Wolkof

Dead Broke Dads Oct 6th, 2020

  • Actor Greg Ellis has gone from battling pirate Jack Sparrow in the movies to fighting for father’s rights.  Following his own heartbreaking custody battle, Greg reveals to Danielle & co-splainer Caitlin Flanagan just what a horror show our family court system has become for men.  
  • Greg Ellis

Why Mean, Obnoxious People Lose Sep 29th, 2020

  • Turns out being nice is a better evolutionary strategy than being a jerk, according to Vanessa Woods, co-author with Brian Hare of the bestselling, The Genius of Dogs. She joins Danielle & Irshad Manji to discuss their latest book, Survival of the Friendliest (Spoiler: We can learn a lot from dogs.)   
  • Vanessa Woods
  • Irshad Manji 

Why You’re Not Meeting Prince Charming Sep 22nd, 2020

  • Covid sure makes dating difficult — but it might offer the perfect chance to review and improve your love game. Dating coach Evan Mark Katz reveals the common mistakes made by otherwise successful single women. PLUS: Danielle & Meghan Cox Gurdon air their dispute over the controversial film “Cuties.”
  • Evan Mark Katz
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

The Unexpected Gift of Covid Sep 15th, 2020

  • How the Pandemic Has Transformed Childhood. Despite being holed up and doing classwork via Zoom, boredom has helped kids grow and gain independence through the pandemic, according to our guest Lenore Skenazy, founder of the  Let Grow Foundation. Meghan Cox Gurdon joins Danielle as co-splainer to discuss surprising findings of new research.
  • Lenore Skenazy
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

Bonfire of the Insanities with Bari Weiss Sep 8th, 2020

  • The brilliant ex-NYT’s journalist joins Danielle & co-splainer Caitlin Flanagan for a lively, gossipy, and provocative season opener.
  • Bari Weiss
  • Caitlin Flanagan 

The Madwoman and the Roomba with Sandra Tsing Loh Aug 4th, 2020

  • Best-selling author Sandra Tsing Loh wonders why her journey through middle-age is defined by clutter and dead mice rather than sandy beaches and luxury cruises. She urges Danielle and co-splainer Meghan Cox Gurdon to explore their inner goddesses, who may turn out to be named Karen.
  • Sandra Tsing Loh
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

Has #MeToo Become Just Another Puritanical Moral Panic? Jul 29th, 2020

  • Author and Nation contributor JoAnn Wypijewski joins Danielle and co-splainer Emily Yoffe to discuss how the movement simplifies the complexity of sexual politics into good and evil. PLUS: Emily offers her guide to the “taxonomy of cancellation.”
  • JoAnn Wypijewski
  • Emily Yoffe

Why Did Our Friends Go Mad? Jul 21st, 2020

Sexual Obsession, Bad Boys, & Female Lust in the Age of Woke Jul 14th, 2020

  • What happens when a young woman’s libido clashes with her politics? Daphne Merkin & Meghan Daum join Danielle in our ongoing summer author series. PLUS: Merkin reveals what Ronan Farrow would prefer you didn’t know. 
  • Daphne Merkin
  • Meghan Daum

Why Are So Many Girls Becoming Boys? Jul 7th, 2020

  • From injecting testosterone to undergoing double mastectomies, choosing to be “trans” is the new bulimia among thousands of young women, author Abigail Shrier tells Danielle and guest co-splainer Caitlin Flanagan.
  • Caitlin Flanagan
  • Abigail Shrier

The REAL Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Jun 2nd, 2020

  • An affair with Jack Nicholson. Advice from Audrey Hepburn. Parties with Joan Didion. Susanna Moore, author of the new memoir “Miss Aluminum,” regales Danielle and guest co-host Caitlin Flanagan with stories of her time at the center of celebrity in the 1960s & 1970s.
  • Susanna Moore

David Frum Gets Personal May 26th, 2020

  • The Atlantic contributor and author of the new book “Trumpocalypse” veers away from politics to reflect on the cultural issues ravaging the country as well as his own journey as a writer, thinker, father, and yes — husband to co-splainer Danielle.  
  • David Frum

Is Joe Biden Caught in His Own Sex Trap? May 19th, 2020

  • The Atlantic’s Emily Yoffe, The Bulwark’s Mona Charen, and Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley join Danielle to discuss Tara Reade, Title IX, “Believe Women” double standards, and more.
  • Emily Yoffe
  • Mona Charen
  • Janet Halley

Mrs. America May 12th, 2020

  • The longstanding feud between married mothers and feminists has its origins in the battle over the Equal Rights Amendment of the early 1970s, as depicted in the new Hulu series starring Cate Blanchett. The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan and ERA opponent Phyllis Schlafly’s daughter, Anne, join Christina and Danielle to debate the series’ importance … and inaccuracies.
  • Caitlin Flanagan
  • Anne Schlafly Cori

What Do YOU Miss? May 5th, 2020

  • Bestselling novelist Emily St. John Mandel (“Station Eleven”) joins Pulitzer-prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum, the WSJ’s Meghan Cox Gurdon, and Danielle to discuss coping with the ongoing pandemic, Mandel’s latest novel, and more.
  • Emily St. John Mandel
  • Anne Applebaum
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

Getting Personal With Dave Rubin Apr 28th, 2020

  • The “Rubin Report” host opens up to Christina & Danielle about living political and sexual lies, touring with Jordan Peterson, and more from his new book “Don’t Burn This Book.” PLUS the upside of quarantine, COVID fantasies, and more.
  • Dave Rubin

KATHY GRIFFIN IN QUARANTINE Apr 21st, 2020

  • The comedian joins Christina, Danielle, and the Daily Beast’s Molly Jong-Fast to riff on social isolation, Louis CK & cancel culture, the Sussexes in exile, and more.  
  • Kathy Griffin
  • Molly Jong-Fast

Strong Women, Bad Men Apr 14th, 2020

  • Why are so many successful women attracted to abusers and philanderers? Katie Roiphe joins Christina & Danielle to discuss her new book “The Power Notebooks” to discuss this and other sexual imbalances.
  • Katie Roiphe

Love in the Time of Coronavirus Apr 7th, 2020

  • With Danielle & Christina now recording from home bunker studios, they are joined virtually by Atlantic writer John Tierney, who offers important advice about how not to tank your relationships in quarantine.  
  • John Tierney

Guess Who’s NOT Coming Mar 17th, 2020

  • White women pay Regina Jackson & Saira Rao $2500 to be told over dinner why they’re racist. Christina & Danielle offered cocktails. It didn’t go well. PLUS: Self-isolating blues and more.

I Was Falsely Accused of Rape Mar 10th, 2020

  • Stephen Elliott is the first canceled man to fight back. In this EXCLUSIVE interview he tells Christina & Danielle why he launched a libel suit against the creator of the Sh**ty Media Men list. PLUS: Viral fears, forgotten feminists, and more.
  • Stephen Elliott

Decadence? We’re For It! Mar 3rd, 2020

  • New York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins Danielle & Christina to discuss his new book, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success. PLUS: Inside the Harvey Weinstein verdict with intrepid journos Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinney.
  • Ross Douthat
  • Phelim McAleer
  • Ann McElhinney

Don’t Label Any of Us Feb 25th, 2020

  • The irrepressible Irshad Manji joins Christina & Danielle for a raucous conversation ranging from Elizabeth Warren’s bro problem to woke Sports Illustrated models to dogs & dogma, and more. 
  • Irshad Manji

What If Harvey Weinstein Wins? Feb 18th, 2020

  • It was supposed to be the Me Too Movement’s trial of the century — but is it possible Weinstein will walk free? And will feminists punish his “traitor” female defense attorney? Christina & Danielle hash over all the repercussions as the jury debates his fate.

Valentine’s Day Special Feb 11th, 2020

  • Who knows more about staying in love than a divorce lawyer? Author & attorney James Sexton shares what he’s learned from his 1,000+ divorce cases with Christina & Danielle. PLUS: A surprise guest crashes the studio, Danielle admits she suffers from a rare disorder, and more.
  • James Sexton

It’s Our Monthly Cocktail Party! Feb 4th, 2020

  • The Atlantic’s Emily Yoffe & The WSJ’s Meghan Cox Gurdon join Christina & Danielle for a wine-fuelled gossip about new corporate etiquette, “trad wives,” why the Cat in the Hat should be canceled, and much more.
  • Emily Yoffe
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore Jan 28th, 2020

  • The Atlantic’s Judith Shulevitz tells Danielle & guest host Mona Charen how our overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society. PLUS: Quilting injustices and why girls are being “shortchanged” on pockets. Really.
  • Judith Shulevitz
  • Mona Charen

Lean Out Jan 21st, 2020

  • Everything you think you know about how to succeed in the workforce as a woman is wrong, according to author Marissa Orr. PLUS: Christina & Danielle on Megxit, freeing nipples, vagina candles, and taking edibles together.
  • Marissa Orr

We’re Femsplainers, Hear Us Roar … into the Roaring 2020s Jan 14th, 2020

  • Season 6 debuts with a surprise visit from Christina’s new boss, AEI President Robert Doar, while Danielle hastily tries to hide the champagne bottles. We’re up to new antics — which hopefully don’t include getting fired.  
  • Robert Doar

SEASON FINALE Dec 24th, 2019

  • Susan Rice joins Christina & Danielle for a festive glass of wine and a remarkably candid conversation about the private side of her very public life — from growing up in D.C. amidst race riots to fending off Putin’s advances as National Security Adviser. PLUS: Why Jews do Christmas better, and more holiday fun.
  • Susan Rice

It’s a Holiday Cocktail Party! Dec 17th, 2019

  • The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan & Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum join Christina & Danielle for our first new, fun monthly “cocktail” episode. 
  • Caitlin Flanagan
  • Anne Applebaum

Fast Talking Dec 10th, 2019

  • Journalist Molly Jong-Fast joins Christina & Danielle for a far-ranging & fun gossip session on Lisa Page’s presidential pushback, the gender thermostat wars, THAT Peloton ad, and more.  
  • Molly Jong-Fast

THANKSGIVING SPECIAL Nov 26th, 2019

  • A nation may be divided out there, but in here we’re strictly non-partisan when it comes to white vs. dark meat & deep fried vs. roasted. PLUS: Christina and Danielle host Pauline Brown, author of Aesthetic Intelligence, who is all about making everything more beautiful, meaningful … and a better Black Friday shopping experience.
  • Pauline Brown

Overdosed America Nov 19th, 2019

  • Dr. Sally Satel spent the past year at ground zero of the opioid crisis in a small Appalachian town. She reports to Danielle & Christina what she found. PLUS: Is vaping really so bad, down and out on cheap sherry, and more!
  • Sally Satel

Woke Me When It’s Over Nov 12th, 2019

  • The awesome Meghan Daum joins Christina & Danielle to discuss her new book “The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars.” PLUS Why drinking is good for your brain, ‘Ok Boomer’ warfare, and, er, um, vaginas.
  • Meghan Daum

Baby, It’s Not Cool Outside Nov 5th, 2019

  • It’s that woke time of year again! Christina & Danielle brace for the oncoming holiday season, bemoan the new PC ending to My Fair Lady, take you behind the scenes at the recent Politicon in Nashville & MUCH MORE.

In Defense of Elitism, Manhood, and Everything Else That Triggers You Oct 29th, 2019

  • Danielle & Christina in conversation with author Joel Stein recorded live at Politicon 2019 in Nashville.

Eye on the Storm Oct 22nd, 2019

  • Legendary Washington correspondent Elizabeth Drew has covered 12 presidents and 2 impeachments. Over a glass of champagne, she regales Christina & Danielle with stories from her fascinating career. PLUS wedding porn, Millennial misery, dog owner happiness, and much more.  
  • Elizabeth Drew

When Good Women Fall for Bad Presidents Oct 15th, 2019

  • CNN’s Amanda Carpenter, author of Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us, discusses conservative women’s fatal attraction for Donald Trump and more with Christina and Danielle.   
  • Amanda Carpenter

Regrets, We’ve Had a Few Oct 8th, 2019

  • A seemingly consensual, one-night sexual encounter would later destroy the life and career of Jonathan Kaiman. The Atlantic’s Emily Yoffe reviews the events of that fateful evening — and prompts a wider discussion with Danielle & Christina about whether such cases will erode the credibility of #metoo.
  • Emily Yoffe

Toxic Femininity Oct 1st, 2019

  • What is it and how does it manifest itself?  Danielle & Christina explore the mean sister to Toxic Masculinity in friendships, relationships, and sex. Meanwhile guest Ginny Hogan, author and stand-up comedian, argues we need more of it in the tech world.
  • Ginny Hogan

Hollywood & Vino Sep 24th, 2019

  • Atlantic contributor Caitlin Flanagan joins Danielle & Christina in a sketchy LA studio to gossip about bad dates, crazy exes, #metoo excesses & her favorite party game: Which Valley of the Dolls “doll” are you?
  • Caitlin Flanagan

Is There Still Sex in the City? Sep 17th, 2019

  • Candace Bushnell, bestselling author and creator of Sex & the City, regales Christina & Danielle with stories of the wilds and lows of dating after fifty, including getting naked and “cubbing.”  
  • Candace Bushnell

Season 5 Debut Sep 10th, 2019

  • Christina & Danielle catch up after a summer apart. While Danielle fled to Canada, Christina cops to becoming a shut-in Twitter addict. Now they’re back and ready to solve the world – over cocktails of course.

Season 4 Finalé Jul 16th, 2019

  • Podcast is getting ready to break for the summer! But not before Christina & Danielle dispute the women’s soccer “pay gap,” question millennial sex habits, and own up to being “white feminists.” PLUS: Zoe bids a fond farewell by bringing up — again! — those private lady parts.

The Lost Language of Sexual Intimacy Jul 9th, 2019

  • Literary goddess Erica Jong joins daughter & journalist Molly Jong-Fast to discuss the growing cold war between men and women, celebrity child-rearing, famous mentors, and, well, everything else with Christina & Danielle.
  • Erica Jong

Transanity Jul 2nd, 2019

  • Andrew Sullivan, legendary gay rights pioneer & journalist, explains why he is being driven out of the movement by extreme trans activists 50 years after Stonewall. PLUS: Christina & Danielle on beauty magazine “realism,” the sex lives of “Furries” and more!
  • Andrew Sullivan

Sam Harris on Love, Marriage & Breaking Bad Habits Jun 25th, 2019

  • Yeah, we got the famed podcaster and neuroscientist off that metaphysical stuff and got him talking about his personal life. PLUS: Christina & Danielle tell you what not to put you know where.
  • Sam Harris

Confessions of a Former Playboy Advice Columnist Jun 18th, 2019

  • Writer and comedienne Bridget Phetasy earned her wisdom the hard way. After years of partying and blackout sex, she’s now sober — and wickedly funny and wise. She spills her journey to Christina & Danielle. PLUS: What does it mean to be “ready” for love?
  • Bridget Phetasy

Who Ya Gonna Call? Jun 11th, 2019

  • If your kid is accused of sexual misconduct, cheating, or worse, you better call crisis counselor Hanna Stotland. She tells Christina & Danielle how she’s managed to help even the toughest cases get a second chance. PLUS a debate over “weed tampons” and more. 
  • Hanna Stotland

Blissfully Blended B.S. Jun 4th, 2019

  • Bestselling author Rebecca Eckler spills on the dark side(s) of forming stepfamilies. PLUS: Christina’s Twitter wars with celebrities, Danielle’s decision to be honest about mucous, and more.
  • Rebecca Eckler

SHAMESTORM May 28th, 2019

  • How do you survive a social media mob? Helen Andrews was a “pioneer” in having her life ruined online. She tells Christina & Danielle how she recovered and came back. PLUS: Where are the intellectual conservative women? And is a Snapchat filter anti-trans?
  • Helen Andrews

Not-So-Golden Couple May 21st, 2019

  • Bestselling author Vicky Ward takes us inside the ambitious and corrupt worlds of New York high society & family real estate empires as revealed in her new book “Kushner, Inc.” PLUS: Take off your Handmaid’s Tale costumes protestors! Christina & Danielle warn that recent extreme anti-abortion legislation isn’t simply about gender warfare.
  • Vicky Ward

PAR-TAY! May 14th, 2019

  • A star-studded array of Femsplainer guests, including Tina Brown, Emily Yoffe, Leah Mcsweeny, Mandy Stadtmiller and more return to celebrate our first birthday with Christina and Danielle and launch the fourth season.
  • Emily Yoffe
  • Tina Brown
  • Leah Mcsweeny
  • Mandy Stadtmiller

Can We Please Get a Life? May 8th, 2019

  • Why do we emphasize female success as measured in time spent at the office vs our own quality time? Danielle & Christina discuss this and much more in the Season 3 finale.

Are you tight or loose? Apr 23rd, 2019

  • Knowing which can solve your problems — and the world’s. Author Michele Gelfand joins Danielle and guest co-splainer Meghan Cox Gurdon to discuss her new book “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World,” over a cosmo (or three).
  • Michele J. Gelfand

How to Talk to People You Hate Apr 16th, 2019

  • Take two breaths and listen to renowned activist Irshad Manji discuss her new book “Don’t Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times” with Christina & Danielle. PLUS Fake Travel Warnings, “Jewel Stools” & more.
  • Irshad Manji

Good Sheila, Bad Feminist Apr 9th, 2019

  • Christina regales Danielle with tales of her travel Down Under debating Roxane Gay; meanwhile, Danielle eats ant larvae in Mexico City. It was quite a spring break!

High & Low with David Brooks Mar 19th, 2019

  • The NYT’s columnist and bestselling author reveals how to lead a better life to Christina & Danielle, previewing his new book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life. PLUS man boobs, students demanding fabric softener, and more.
  • David Brooks

SJWs Called Me Racist and Destroyed My Career Mar 12th, 2019

  • But they didn’t destroy me. Biologist Heather Heying reveals to Christina & Danielle how she and her husband Bret Weinstein are fighting back after they were forced to leave Evergreen State College by radicalized mobs. PLUS wife controlling apps & more.
  • Dr. Heather Heying

From Russia Without Love Mar 5th, 2019

  • The incredible journey of GQ’s Julia Ioffe, from Soviet refugee to star journalist and scourge of Melania Trump. Meanwhile, Danielle worries that Christina is becoming a Twitter shut-in.
  • Julia Ioffe

Burning Down the House Feb 26th, 2019

  • Olivia Nuzzi is on fire! New York magazine’s Washington correspondent dishes to Christina & Danielle on what it’s really like to cover the White House. PLUS Izzy disrupts the podcast, gross new emojis, and more.
  • Olivia Nuzzi

The Alienated American Male Feb 19th, 2019

  • Why are so many men turning off, tuning out, and dropping out? Christina & Danielle explore this disturbing trend with Timothy Carney, author of the new book “Alienated America.” PLUS men’s revenge on VDay & more.
  • Timothy Carney

VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL Feb 12th, 2019

  • Is it “New Year’s Eve with nuclear weapons?” as surprise guest David Frum asserts to Christina and Danielle? Worst VDay fails, talking vaginas, walking penises, and much MUCH more.
  • David Frum

Meet the Intellectual Blonde Web Feb 5th, 2019

  • Sure, we may have dark roots — but Danielle & Christina have an otherwise stimulating conversation with Claire Lehmann, editor of the fabulous journal, Quillette. PLUS what is the correct posture for, um, a dick pick?
  • Claire Lehmann

TransWars Jan 29th, 2019

  • Men identifying as women are challenging women’s sports, women’s organizations, women’s spaces, and even the very definition of womanhood itself. Feminist Meghan Murphy tells Christina & Danielle how she was banned from Twitter for defending women who didn’t want to give a trans woman a bikini wax.  
  • Meghan Murphy

How to Reconnect With Your Kids Jan 22nd, 2019

  • The one FREE & best thing you can do for your children to set them up for life. Author Meghan Cox Gurdon reveals the miracles of reading aloud. Plus Christina & Danielle debate the new Gillette ad and more.
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

SEASON 3 DEBUT Jan 15th, 2019

  • Did Farrakhan followers and other radicals kill the #WomensMarch? Leah McSweeney discusses her explosive Tablet Magazine article on the movement’s meltdown. Plus, watch out, it’s JanuHairy!
  • Leah McSweeney

Have Yourself a Very PC Christmas & a Woke New Year Dec 25th, 2018

  • Christina & Danielle discuss how we all seem to be getting the holidays wrong in the finale of Season 2.

The Jordan Peterson You Don’t Know Dec 18th, 2018

  • The globally bestselling author of “The 12 Rules for Life” reveals to Christina & Danielle the secrets of his long marriage, why dating apps suck, and how his feminist critics are wrong in this live podcast recorded at the American Enterprise Institute.
  • Dr. Jordan Peterson

Why Are Millennials Having So Little Sex? Dec 11th, 2018

  • The culture has never been more tolerant of every type of sex, but young people are shying away from it. The Atlantic’s Kate Julian joins Danielle & Christina to explain this unprecedented trend.
  • Kate Julian

Holiday Onslaught Dec 4th, 2018

  • Christina & Danielle brace for the season of binge drinking PLUS catch up on the most crazy recent #metoo stories and answer listener feedback.

Friendship in an Age of Partisanship Dec 1st, 2018

  • Pulitzer-prize winning historian Anne Applebaum recounts her losses of friendships over two continents from political extremism. Danielle & Christina explain why they remain her firm BFFs.
  • Anne Applebaum

Thanksgiving Survival Guide Nov 20th, 2018

  • From disgusting traditional foods to that crazy uncle, we have you covered. Danielle & Christina entertain guest mansplainer David Sommers on sports, and author Diana Butler Bass on how to be more grateful.
  • David Sommers
  • Diana Butler Bass

The Happiest Hooker Nov 13th, 2018

  • America’s most successful licensed prostitute, Alice Little of the Moonlight Bunny Ranch, makes the case for legalized brothels. Meanwhile, Christine & Danielle worry about an invasion of sexbots.
  • Alice Little

Think You’re Angry & Have Problems? Nov 6th, 2018

  • The Republican Women for Progress faces the thankless task of trying to bring moderate female voters back to the GOP. Christina and Danielle talk girl politics and more in this special mid-term election podcast. 

Moms to the Rescue Oct 30th, 2018

  • The majority of Americans agree on gun control measures that will prevent massacres and respect the 2nd Amendment. Shannon Watts tells us why it will be mothers who will turn the tide in this deadly debate. Guest femsplainer Meghan Cox Gurdon joins Danielle in this timely pre-election interview.
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

Take Good Care of My Baby Oct 23rd, 2018

  • Has too much screen time and helicopter parenting contributed to an increasingly helpless and depressed new generation of students? Greg Lukianoff, co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind,” mansplains the problem to Danielle & Christina. 
  • Greg Lukianoff

Dog Park Rape Culture (& Other Hoaxes) Oct 16th, 2018

  • Helen Pluckrose reveals to Christina & Danielle how she and two professor colleagues fooled some of the most prestigious academic journals into publishing blatantly silly articles.
  • Helen Pluckrose

Fly-on-the-Wall to History Oct 9th, 2018

  • What happens when a Craig’s List ad leads you to a job in the White House? Beck Dorey-Stein, author of the memoir From the Corner of the Oval, reveals to Christina & Danielle what it’s really like working for the President.
  • Beck Dorey-Stein

Animal Houses Oct 1st, 2018

  • Are all-boys schools and frats still breeding grounds for binge drinking and sexual assault? The Atlantic contributor Emily Yoffe & Millennial Mansplainer Nat Frum reveal all to Danielle and guest co-splainer Melinda.
  • Emily Yoffe
  • Nat Frum
  • Melinda

We’re Having a Theybie! (Sep 24th, 2018)

  • Sexual neuroscientist Dr. Debra Soh on gender neutral parenting, trendy transsexuals, why women don’t commit sex crimes and other sexy issues with Christina and Danielle.
  • Dr. Debra Soh

Firing Up (Sep 17th, 2018(

  • The magnificent Margaret Hoover discusses her recent reboot of “Firing Line,” the famous TV show hosted by William F. Buckley, with Christina and Danielle — and what it’s like to be a president’s great-grandaughter and more.
  • Margaret Hoover

Lock Them Up (Sep 10th, 2018)

  • Obsessive fears have created a culture in which children’s freedom is now drastically curtailed. Parents who let their kids play outside or walk to school alone face arrest. How did this happen? Kim Brooks, author of “Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear” femsplains to Danielle and guest co-host, Meghan Cox Gurdon.
  • Kim Brooks
  • Meghan Cox Gurdon

Is Til-Death-Do-Us-Part Marriage Dead? (Sep 3rd, 2018)

  • Vicki Larson, co-author of “The New I Do,” thinks so. She suggests an array of modern alternatives to romantic sticklers Christina Hoff-Sommers and Danielle Crittenden.
  • Vicki Larson

Reunited & It Feels So Good! (Aug 27th, 2018)

  • Christina and Danielle catch up on all the news and listeners’ questions after a summer apart.

The Magic World of Sally Quinn (Jul 23rd, 2018)

  • Washington’s leading hostess of Georgetown cocktail parties is also a serious student of the occult. Christina & Danielle explore both worlds with the famous & fabulous journalist as they discuss Quinn’s new memoir, FINDING MAGIC: A Love Story.
  • Sally Quinn

Monsters, Pervs & Bad Boys (Jul 16th, 2018)

Now Take Off Your Clothes (Jul 9th, 2018)

  • Models face a constant barrage of sexual exploitation, harassment and improper demands. Too often agencies collude with the perps. Where’s the fashion industry’s #MeToo? Top model Sara Ziff, founder of the Model Alliance, reveals the ugly side of the beauty business to Christina and Danielle. 
  • Sara Ziff

Has Porn Ruined Sex? (Jul 2nd, 2018)

  • Adult film star Chanel Preston reveals all to Christina & Danielle in this fascinating conversation about the effects of porn on us, our lovers, our culture, and our children.
  • Chanel Preston

How Do You Know He/She is the One? (Jun 25th, 2018)

  • David Frum takes your questions on love and marriage with Christina and his wife of now 30 years, co-host Danielle.
  • David Frum

Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Jun 18th, 2018)

  • Discover how life only gets better after age 50, even for us sagging femsplainers! Listen to Christina & Danielle’s uplifting discussion with Jonathan Rauch, author of “The Happiness Curve.”
  • Jonathan Rauch

Sex, Drugs & Redemption (Jun 11th, 2018)

  • Mandy Stadtmiller’s long night’s journey into day. Join Christina & Danielle in candid conversation with the author of the new book “Unwifeable.”
  • Mandy Stadtmiller

The Ayaan Hirsi Ali You DON’T Know (Jun 4th, 2018)

  • An intimate girls’ night out with the celebrated champion of Islamic women’s rights. (She’s also our BFF.) Ayaan Hirsi Ali joins Danielle and Christina for the latest episode of The Femsplainers.
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Is it Okay if I Kiss You? (May 28th, 2018)

  • What’s a frat boy to do in the post #metoo era? Millennials Nat & Joe mansplain the answer. And what’s a young woman to do with these men? The witty and brilliant Caitlin Flanagan femsplains the way.
  • Caitlin Flanagan

Sex, Lies & Presidents (May 21st, 2018)

  • You won’t believe how similar the Clinton/Trump sex scandals are — and the women who enable them. Recorded before a live audience at the AEI/Ricochet Podcast Summit, Danielle and Christine talk with columnist Mona Charen, author of the forthcoming book “Sex Matters.”
  • Mona Charen

Tina Brown’s Vanity Fair Diaries (May 14th, 2018)

  • Tina Brown joins Christina and Danielle on this episode of The Femsplainers. The legendary editor dishes on legends-and how she managed it all.
  • Tina Brown

How We Met and What We Drank (May 7th, 2018)

  • In their debut episode, Christina and Danielle reminisce about how they first met: in a TV studio before a debate with the founder of modern feminism, Betty Friedan. Christina smoked, Danielle did a shot, and Betty lunged at them over the podium. That’s when they knew they would be BFFs. Featured cocktail: Kir Royale.

Welcome to the Femsplainers Podcast! (Mar 16th, 2018)