Kathleen Stock is a British philosopher and anti-transgender extremist from the “gender critical” movement. Stock is a sex segregationist who presents a polite, academic veneer for the movement’s anti-transgender aims.
Background
Kathleen Mary Linn Stock was born in November 1972 in Aberdeen, Scotland, grew up in neighboring Montrose, and attended Montrose Academy. Stock’s parent Guy G. L. Stock graduated from Universities of Dublin and London and taught philosophy at the Universities of Aberdeen and Dundee, specializing in metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and the work of F. H. Bradley, a key figure among the British Idealists. Guy Stock served as honorary treasurer of the Mind Association, and both parent and child published on the philosophy of appearance versus reality. Stock’s parent Phyllis Jane Stock worked as a proofreader. Stock’s younger sibling Sarah Jane Elizabeth Stock (born 1974) is an obstetrician whose work focuses on pregnancy complications, preterm birth, and stillbirth. Sarah Jane is a trustee of UK charity Sands (The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society).
Stock earned a bachelor’s degree at Exeter College, Oxford in 1995, followed by a master’s degree at St Andrews in 1996. Stock served as an officer of the British Society of Aesthetics from 1999 to 2010. Stock earned a doctorate at University of Leeds in 2001, then taught at the University of Lancaster and the University of East Anglia. Stock held several roles at University of Sussex from 2003 until resigning in 2021, including Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Reader In Philosophy, Head of Department, and Professor.
Stock’s writing focuses on philosophical questions about aesthetics, fiction, and imagination in relation to sex, gender, sexual orientation, and sexual objectification.
Stock resigned from the University of Sussex on October 28, 2021, allegedly forced out by student pressure related to Stock’s anti-trans views. As with many people who get money and attention by claiming to be martyrs, Stock’s standing among other anti-trans extremists significantly increased. Thanks to a larger audience of anti-trans activists, Stock joined the newly-formed University of Austin as a part-time fellow. The unaccredited school promotes itself as “anti-cancel culture” and “anti-woke.”
Stock has two sons with artist Gregor Beedie (born 1971) and currently lives with partner Laura Gibbon (born 1973), a psychologist at University College London who has been involved in advocating for the mental health of students and faculty, as well as for people who experience polycystic ovary syndrome. In 2018 Gibbon became Partnership Director at Youth Employment UK.
Stock was awarded an OBE in 2021.
Anti-trans activism
Beginning around 2018, Stock became increasingly opposed to aspects of the UK’s 2004 Gender Recognition Act, which allows transgender self-identification. In 2019, Stock signed the “Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights” by anti-trans group Women’s Human Rights Campaign (now named Women’s Declaration International). That group was founded by gender critical activists Sheila Jeffreys and Heather Brunskell-Evans, both of whom have also written anti-trans books.
Stock’s “Aunt Sally” argument inaccurately claims there are four main axioms of trans activism:
- everyone has an inner gender identity;
- our gender identity might not match our biological sex;
- gender identity is what makes you a man, a woman or another gender, and
- the existence of trans people means that everyone is morally obliged to acknowledge and legally protect gender identity instead of biological sex.
This polemic framing that pits “gender identity” against “biological sex” reflects the philosophical influences of Stock’s family, as well as Stock’s professional and personal experiences with sex, gender, sexuality, and human reproduction.
A key tenet of Stock’s philosophy is that transgender activism and the concept of gender constitute an “attack on the binary existence of biological sex.” Stock claims to support “the rights of trans people to live their lives free from fear, violence, harassment or any discrimination.” Stock also claims many trans women are “still males with male genitalia, many are sexually attracted to females, and they should not be in places where females undress or sleep in a completely unrestricted way.” In the 2021 book Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism, Stock states, “In my opinion, immersion in a fiction about sex change is being coercively required of people.”
Stock subscribes to the idea that trans and gender diverse people can be described within disease models, including the disputed diagnosis “autogynephilia.”
Autogynephilia is clearly a component. There are some trans people who are autogynephilic. I find that beyond question. Andrea Long Chu talks about in her book (I use preferred pronouns for the purposes of this book, but I also have a big section examining the costs of that), Females, and talks about the forced feminization fetish, where the fantasy is that, as a man, youâre forced into being feminized and made âsissy.â There are all these jaw-dropping sentences in the book about how this is the essence of femalehood: being sissified or being reduced to âan expectant assholeâ and âblank blank eyes.â Itâs actually really instructive about some aspects of the trans experience.
I do also say that there can be a tendency among radical feminists to overplay autogynephilia and to pathologize it. But I think it obviously has a bearing, and people need to know about it when the discussion is about changing rooms and shared spaces â formerly single-sex spaces where women get undressed. Thatâs an important aspect of the conversation.
Thereâs been huge resistance to talking about autogynephilia. People like Michael J. Bailey [sic] and Alice Dreger, who have written about it, have faced horrific harassment, because thereâs just such a shame around it and a desire to suppress any discussion. But I think we need an adult conversation about it, and we need to connect it to objectification. I assume there must be a connection between the development of that psychological profile and the increasing objectification of women.
Gluck (2021)
The most accessible philosophical response to Stock’s positions is âWhen Tables Speakâ by Talia Mae Bettcher.
2018 open letter
Stock was lead signatory on an open letter in The Guardian claiming “academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues.” Signatories included many key anti-trans activists:
Professor Kathleen Stock, Philosophy, University of Sussex
Chetan Bhatt, Professor of Human Rights, Sociology, London School of Economics
Professor Rosa Freedman PhD, LLM, LLB, Professor of Law Conflict and Global Development, Director Global Development Division, Co-Director United Nations and Global Order Research Programme, University of Reading
Professor Sophie Scott, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL
Professor Alice Sullivan, Sociology, University College London
Professor Jo Phoenix, Chair in Criminology, The Open University
Professor Jackie Cassell, Head of the Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Kathleen Richardson, Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University
John Gardner FBA, Professor of Law and Philosophy, All Souls College, Oxford
Professor Judith Suissa, UCL Institute of Education
Professor Michele Moore, Patient Safety Academy, University of Oxford
Professor Sian Sullivan, Centre for Environmental Humanities, Bath Spa University
Professor Debbie Epstein, Professor of Cultural Studies in Education School of Education, University of Roehampton, London
Richard Byng, Professor in Primary Care Research, University of Plymouth
Professor John Collins, Philosophy, University of East Anglia
Professor PM Higgins, Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway University of London; former Professor of Music, University of Nottingham; former KĂ€the-Leichter Visiting Professor of Womenâs and Gender Studies, University of Vienna
Sheila Jeffreys, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
Professor Leslie Green, Philosophy of Law, Balliol College, Oxford
Dr Michael Biggs, Associate Professor in Sociology and Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford
Dr Diane Brewster (Retired. ex University of Sussex and Open University)
Dr Susan Matthews, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Roehampton
Dr Clare Chambers, Reader in Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Dr Stephen Cowden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Coventry University
Dr Catherine Butler, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bath
Dr Mary Leng, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of York
Ms Georgia Testa, Teaching Fellow, School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science, University of Leeds
Dr Rosalind Barber, English & Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Sophie Allen, Lecturer in Philosophy, Keele University
Dr Paul Sagar, Lecturer in Political Theory, Department of Political Economy, Kingâs College London
Dr Julia Jordan, Department of English Language and Literature, UCL
Dr David Pilgrim, Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Liverpool
Dr Rosie Dias, Associate Professor, History of Art, University of Warwick
Dr Maureen OâHara, Senior Lecturer in Law, Solicitor, Coventry University
Dr Eva Poen, Lecturer in Economics, University of Exeter
Sian Hindle, Senior Lecturer, School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University
Dr Holly Smith, UCL Institute of Education
Dr Lesley Semmens, Senior Lecturer (retired), School of Computing, Leeds Beckett University
Richard Garside, Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Open University
Dr Jane Clare Jones, independent scholar
Dr Jo Waugh, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, York St John University
W Burlette Carter, Professor of Law Emeritus, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Professor Alex Byrne, Head of Linguistics and Philosophy Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr Ruth McGinity, Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Policy, Institue of Education, UCL
Professor Emeritus Robert Jensen, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin
Dr Kathryn Oliver, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Sophia Connell, Philosophy, Birkbeck College London
Dr Liz Guy, School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, University of Brighton
Dr H. Susana Marinho, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Lisbon
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans, Academic, Writer and Political Commentator
Dr Laura McGrath, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of East London
Dr Mike Hannis, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Humanities (Ethics and Sustainability), Bath Spa University
Doctor Emma Hilton, University of Manchester (honorary)
Dr Holly Lawford-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Dr Rupert Read, Reader in Philosopher at UEA, and Chair of Green House
Dr Patrick Turner, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Bath Spa University
Media coverage
As is often the case with anti-trans academics, Stock is frequently presented in the media as a victim of “trans activists,” particularly in the British mainstream press and in conservative organizations including Woman’s Place UK, LBC, RT America, The New Culture Forum, UnHerd, TRIGGERnometry, GB News, Benjamin Boyce, talkRADIO, Spiked, and Rebel Wisdom.
In 2023 Stock and Deirdre McCloskey had a forgettable “debate” in which they mostly agreed with each other. Stock also is the central figure in the 2023 Channel 4 film Gender Wars, which led to protests from participants and viewers.
References
Shaw, D. (2022). A tale of two feminisms: gender critical feminism, trans inclusive feminism and the case of Kathleen Stock. Womenâs History Review, 32(5), 768â780. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2022.2147915
Billson, Chantelle (May 28, 2023). Trans and non-binary participants in Gender Wars documentary accuse Channel 4 of âmisleadingâ them. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/28/gender-wars-documentary-channel-4-trans-non-binary-backlash/
Billson, Chantelle (May 28, 2023). Oxford University dons back queer students opposing âgender-criticalâ Kathleen Stock talk. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/28/oxford-university-kathleen-stock/
Palmer, Ewan (November 9, 2021). Anti-Woke University of Austin Hires Professor Accused of Transphobia. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/austin-university-woke-kathleen-stock-transphobic-1647282
Lavery, Grace (17 October 2021). The UK Media Has Seriously Bungled the Kathleen Stock Story. The Wazzock’s Review https://grace.substack.com/p/the-uk-media-has-seriously-bungled
Parsons, Vic (28 October 2021). Anti-trans professor Kathleen Stock quits Sussex university in âmassive win for LGBT+ students.â PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/28/kathleen-stock-quits-sussex-university-trans/
Moorhead, Johanna (22 May 2021). Kathleen Stock: taboo around gender identity has chilling effect on academics. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/may/22/kathleen-stock-taboo-around-gender-identity-chilling-effect-on-academics
Bindel, Julie (7 June 2021). Julie Bindel interviews Kathleen Stock and asks her about radical feminism, autogynephilia and her new book Material Girls. Lesbian & Gay News https://lesbianandgaynews.com/2021/06/julie-bindel-interviews-kathleen-stock-and-asks-her-about-radical-feminism-autogynephilia-and-her-new-book-material-girls/
Gluck, Genevieve (9 July 2021). INTERVIEW: Dr Kathleen Stock on why we need to discuss gender identity in philosophy. Feminist Current https://www.feministcurrent.com/2021/07/09/interview-dr-kathleen-stock-on-why-we-need-to-discuss-gender-identity-in-philosophy/
Doherty-Cove, Jody (5 July 2018). ‘Trans women are still males with male genitalia’ – university lecturer airs controversial views. The Argus https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16334391.trans-women-still-males-male-genitalia—university-lecturer-airs-controversial-views/
Bettcher, Talia Mae (May 30, 2018). âWhen Tables Speakâ: On the Existence of Trans Philosophy. Daily Nous https://dailynous.com/2018/05/30/tables-speak-existence-trans-philosophy-guest-talia-mae-bettcher/
Selected works by Stock
Stock, Kathleen (2022). The Importance of Referring to Human Sex in Language, 85 Law and Contemporary Problems 25-45 (2022)
https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol85/iss1/3
Stock, K. (2019). XIVâSexual Orientation: What Is It? Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 119(3), 295â319. https://doi.org/10.1093/arisoc/aoz015
Stock, Kathleen et al (October 16, 2018). Academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/16/academics-are-being-harassed-over-their-research-into-transgender-issues
Stock, Kathleen (2016). Learning from fiction and theories of fictional content. Teorema: International Journal of Philosophy 35 (3):69-83. https://philpapers.org/rec/STOLFF
Stock, Kathleen (2015). Sexual Objectification. Analysis 75 (2): 191â195. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anv014
Stock, K. (2013). Some Reflections on Seeing-as, Metaphor-Grasping and Imagining. Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dellâestetico, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2013): Wittgenstein on Aesthetics / Aesthetics on Wittgenstein. https://doi.org/10.13128/AISTHESIS-12847
Stock, K. (2013). Imagining and Fiction: Some Issues. Philosophy Compass, 8(10), 887â896. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12068
Stock, K. (2011). IâKathleen Stock: Fictive Utterance and Imagining. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 85(1), 145â161. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2011.00200.x
Stock, K. (2009). Fantasy, Imagination, and Film. The British Journal of Aesthetics, 49(4), 357â369. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayp030
Books
- Stock, Kathleen (2021). Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism. Fleet/Little Brown, ISBN 9780349726601
- Stock, Kathleen (2017). Only Imagine: Fiction, Interpretation, and Imagination. Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198798347
- Stock, Kathleen and Katherine Thomson-Jones [eds.] (2008). New Waves in Aesthetics. Palgrave-Macmillan, ISBN 9780230220461
- Stock, Kathleen [ed.] (2007). Philosophers on Music: Experience, Meaning, and Work. Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199213344
Media
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers and Kathleen Stock (Jul 31, 2025). Kathleen Stock: Should we morally condemn Bonnie Blue? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FACOoYUrNc
Battle of Ideas (Mar 17, 2025). The problem with contrarianism | Kathleen Stock | Battle of Ideas 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Sddxs7dZQ
The Institute of Art and Ideas with Myriam François, Kathleen Stock, Carol Gilligan, and Michael Shermer (Sep 5, 2024). Life at the end of reason: rationality in the dock | Kathleen Stock, Carol Gilligan, Michael Shermer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJOfrcfnHeI
Dissident Dialogues with Kathleen Stock, Steven Pinker, Greg Lukianoff, and John McWhorter (July 30, 2024). “You Are Supposed To PRETEND!” Kathleen Stock, Steven Pinker, Greg Lukianoff, John McWhorter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZNxhAeR3eI
The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins and Kathleen Stock (Jul 2, 2024). Kathleen Stock and Richard Dawkins Question Modern Gender Identity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgEjwxeS2go
Heterodox Academy with John Tomasi and Kathleen Stock (Jun 27, 2024). Trans Rights and Gender Identity with Kathleen Stock | Ep 19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEgXlh8mAk
Dissident Dialogues with Anna Khachiyan, Kathleen Stock, Mary Harrington, Bridget Phetasy, Diana Fleischman (Jun 11, 2024). Has Feminism Been Co-Opted By Progressives? LIVE At Dissident Dialogues 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEbeHn9u7EQ
Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and Kathleen Stock (March 1, 2024). Trapped in a Language Cul-De-Sac with Kathleen Stock | Episode 152. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xIX1JF6hcQ
Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry and Kathleen Stock (Feb 21, 2024). Reactionary Feminist Utopia – Kathleen Stock | Maiden Mother Matriarch 54. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQMVOpsAtok
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Foundation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Kathleen Stock (Oct 19, 2023). Navigating the Youth Gender Identity Crisis: Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Kathleen Stock on Free Speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlLy9DXCF3U
UnHerd with Sally Chatterton and Katleen Stock (Oct 19, 2023). Kathleen Stock: Inside Britain’s new trans clinics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QboHWVDCyDQ
University of Austin (UATX) (Sep 28, 2023). Kathleen Stock: Feminism Between the Right and the Left. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xLuEVLwun0
Times Radio (Sep 14, 2023). Kathleen Stock calls out ‘ridiculous’ BBC over RĂłisĂn Murphy puberty blocker row. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCXBj-U0GEg
Peter Boghossian with Kathleen Stock (Aug 6, 2023). Peter Boghossian & Kathleen Stock: Lesbians Donât Have Penises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhWyo9iYQNE
Social Democratic Party (SDP) with William Clouston and Kathleen Stock (Jul 30, 2023). SDP Talk with Professor Kathleen Stock, Why Reality Matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmyPDPMsP9Q
OxfordUnion (Jun 5, 2023). Kathleen Stock Questioned by Oxford University Students. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuR_yuDqOXw
TalkTV with Ian Collins and Ella Whelan (Jun 1, 2023). “Weaponising Death Is The Most Toxic Affront To Free Speech!â Columnist Slams Oxford Union Protester. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4oxaBhNL5Q
Redacted with Natali Morris and Clayton Morris (May 31, 2023). “They tried to SHUT ME UP” – Kathleen Stock | Redacted with Natali Morris. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRcyCnJHRZg
The Telegraph (May 31, 2023). ‘Speak to a criminologist’: Kathleen Stock rejects claim that trans people are not violent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UzikT8zwx4
TalkTV with Julia Hartley-Brewer and Kathleen Stock (May 30, 2023). âMen Wouldnât Go Along With This!â Professor Kathleen Stock On Oxford Union Trans Uproar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75i-65HDqY
The Free Speech union with Rosie Kay and Kathleen Stock (May 30, 2023). FSU Arts Forum: Dr Kathleen Stock in conversation with choreographer Rosie Kay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WV4j2ajkM
Times Radio with Katy Jon Went and Kathleen Stock (May 30, 2023). Gender wars: Can the trans debate ever be civil? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4mN4ccx7t0
Tom W Huxley (May 29, 2023). Kathleen Stock Talks About The Reaction To Her Views On Gender Identity | Good Morning Britain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auP1nbrZ4Mo
Times Radio with Kathleen Stock and A. N. Wilson (May 15, 2023). Kathleen Stock: Gender fluidity is a ‘social contagion.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhKDBUTGxvM
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers and Kathleen Stock (May 10, 2023). Kathleen Stock: Why I feel sorry for the students trying to ban me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2brolqPQZg
A Special Place In Hell Meghan Daum, Sarah Haider, and Kathleen Stock (May 9, 2023). Gender, Academia, and Standing Up for Lesbians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Ns94xtRoI
The Institute of Art and Ideas (Mar 14, 2023). The new politics of gender identity | Kathleen Stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJhndRR4vF0
University of Austin (UATX) (Mar 6, 2023). Stock & McCloskey Debate Issues of Sex, Gender, & Identity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gDIBinDN-o
Coleman Hughes with Kathleen Stock (Feb 18, 2023). Trans Rights vs. Women’s Rights with Kathleen Stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grcKIUrEh0o
Cambridge Union (Jan 8, 2023). Professor Kathleen Stock | This House Believes in the Right to Offend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgcI4DBHUA4
LGB Alliance with Helen Joyce, Julie Bindel, Shereen Benjamin, and Kathleen Stock (Nov 18, 2022). Welcome & The New Intolerance Panel Discussion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tOdqt96Fs
The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network with Kallie Fell and Kathleen Stock (Apr 5, 2022). Venus Rising with Dr. Kathleen Stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0MtzgL6UIk
Transparency with Aaron Kimberly, Aaron Terrell, and Kathleen Stock (Feb 6, 2022). EP25 – The Reason of the Middle – with Kathleen Stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUGwJAob3w
Genevieve Gluck (January 10, 2022). Dr. Kathleen Stock discusses her book, “Material Girls.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EppfWmtbP2Y
LBC with Iain Dale and Kathleen Stock (Dec 17, 2021). Kathleen Stock discusses gender identity with Iain Dale | LBC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nix3ZB5ZBd8
TRIGGERnometry with Konstantin Kisin, Francis Foster, and Kathleen Stock (Nov 21, 2021). Kathleen Stock – Hounded Out for Trans Views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrjLEpE6Ep4
UnHerd with Julie Bindel and Kathleen Stock (Nov 3, 2021). Kathleen Stock: I won’t be silenced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6gjD8qwsJ0
Daisy Strongin and Kethleen Stock (Jul 5, 2021). Gender Identity, Feminism, and Fiction | Guest: Dr. Kathleen Stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt8hTxMVspA
Allie Beth Stuckey with Kathleen Stock (Jul 1, 2021). [Part 2] Gay, Feminist, and Against Trans Activism | Guest: Dr. Kathleen Stock | Ep 448. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33HGVK75J8
Rebel Wisdom with David Fuller and Kathleen Stock (Jun 25, 2021). Trans Activism & Free Speech, Kathleen Stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVtKxSAiDCU
Allie Beth Stuckey with Kathleen Stock (Jun 8, 2021). Gay, Feminist, and Against Trans Activism | Guest: Dr. Kathleen Stock | Ep 434 [Part 1]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYnfZEWhuF0
Brain in a Vat with Mark.Oppenheimer, Jason Werbeloff and Kathleen Stock (Jun 6, 2021). Trans, Sex, and Gender | Kathleen Stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny4N0ZeJ5_8
The New Culture Forum (May 23, 2021). Kathleen Stock OBE: Trans Women Aren’t Women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnUzmQ4VVI
The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum and Kathleen Stock (May 9, 2021). #33 Kathleen Stock On Why Canât Philosophers Talk About Gender. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6WeApe_ywc
Woman’s Place UK with Suzanne Moore and Kathleen Stock (May 8, 2021). A Woman’s Place in a Material World (Suzanne Moore & Kathleen Stock) remastered audio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEAxgliyygM
Feminist Heretics (Nov 3, 2020). Kathleen Stock & Holly Lawford-Smith | Gender-Critical Philosophers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjXshdq4ZlQ
The Royal Institute of Philosophy (Dec 1, 2019). Kathleen Stock opening statement on the motion “What’s the Point of Diversity?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCeuacDA-G8
The Dissenter with Robert Lopes and Kathleen Stock (Nov 25, 2019). #260 Kathleen Stock: Fiction, And Transgenderism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-cDT5FRk4
Clamversations with Benjamin Boyce and Kathleen Stock (Jan 10, 2019). To Be (or not to be) a Woman | Kathleen Stock Interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfZvAndUmB0
Woman’s Place UK (Jul 28, 2018). A Woman’s Place is Turning the Tide (Kathleen Stock, Brighton, 16th July 2018). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg4_E6Y4POc
Claremont McKenna College (Apr 24, 2017). Are there limits to what we can imagine? Kathleen Stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSd6qMhUqUI
Resources
RationalWiki (rationalwiki.org)
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
Kathleen Stock (kathleenstock.com)
X/Twitter (x.com)
University of Sussex (sussex.ac.uk)
- Kathleen Stock
- https://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/127266 [archive]
- https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p127266-kathleen-stock [archive]
Medium (medium.com)
UnHerd (unherd.com)
- Kathleen Stock
- unherd.com/author/kathleen-stock/
Substack (substack.com)
- kathleenstock
- Kathleen Stock
- kathleenstock.substack.com
The Free Press (thefp.com)
- Kathleen Stock
- thefp.com/w/kathleen-stock
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