They're mad as hell, etc...
Good morning I am delighted to bring you news of the launch of a new student body at Cambridge University called the Cambridge University Society of Women (CUSW). It has been set up by three brave students - Thea Sewell, Maeve Halligan and Serena Worley (pictured). As far as the founders are concerned, it is the only university society for women which proudly and only accepts biological women. Read the story here. The three founders know they risk social ostracisation and attacks at their colleges (Christ's, Lucy Cavendish and Newnham respectively) and the Society will be fighting for its existence from the off, but they have seen first-hand how higher education is drenched in gender ideology, and they want to provide a safe space for women - just women - to meet and discuss the matters of the day, without having to cater to men. It seems this is a very difficult thing to do at university, even (as Serena found out) at an all women's college.
Neither Thea nor Serena have said anything in public about their past experiences or opinions before agreeing to work with me for this piece. For all three young women involved in this project, a huge amount is at stake. If, after reading the blog post and more about their society in their own words, you would like to send them a message of support, you can follow them on Instagram or Twitter and/or send them an email at cusocietyofwomen@gmail.com - I am sure they will draw strength from it. The CUSW could turn out to be an important and historic Society and I am grateful Maeve, Thea and Serena trusted me to tell the story of today's launch. Writing this piece has been eye-opening. It is quite clear from what the founders say that gender ideology has completely captured a generation of humanities students, and pushing back is going to be difficult. If you are a journalist, please be aware there is so much more to this story. I suspect the founders are going to have a massive fight on their hands just to get recognised by the Cambridge Students Union. If you can't raise Maeve et al directly, please get in touch with me and I'll pass their details (with permission) on. Other thingsI can never capture more than a small fraction of it all (and apologies if I missed something you have produced), but I hope the following might be of interest. - Stella O'Malley's heartbreaking speech at the Genspect conference about the damage transitioning causes to so many relationships: "The Most Harrowing Work I've Ever Done" - Julie Bindel's piece on the Greens: "The Green Party’s war on women Magical thinking has replaced ecological clarity". Also do check out Julie's great interview with Ray Blanchard. "The Man That Coined The Term Autogynephilia" - Speaking of podcasts, SEENinJournalism's audio faction No Fear. No Favour has cranked out a couple of brilliant conversations since the last Gender Blog newsletter. Wonder at the capture of the EU (and then methods of gender activists) by listening to Faika el Nagashi. Listen to what it's like being a veteran journalist reporting the (frankly dangerous) gender madness in Ireland. Paddy O'Gorman does "disbelieving exasperation" superbly well. It's a refreshing reminder that when even perhaps slightly jaded, seen-it-all-before types cast their eye over this stuff, they almost cannot comprehend what is going on because it's so wacky. Paddy gets a lot of good stories by standing outside prison and talking to the people going in and out. Proper old school hack. Incidentally, comments I made on the second SiJ podcast were picked up by The Times (£) and Daily Mail, which was nice. - If you have Twitter/X - here is a school board in Canada being grimly dystopian, some graphs (graph one, graph two and graph three), showing you why people identifying as trans may be on the rise or may be on the decline (the only charts I used to care about were on ToTP - this feels like that, but with more collateral damage). To cheer you up, here is Joe Rogan not talking about graphs, but calling the nonsense out. - A couple of weeks ago I addressed the Jersey Ladies Literary Luncheon Club about the Post Office scandal. I think it's fair to say the gender wang would get short shrift in that room. I was invited to sit next to club Chairman (I know!) Pam and we got talking about sex and gender. Pam invited me to return when I have something to show for it on that front, and also recommended a book which she told me still makes her angry just to think about. It is Philippa Gregory's Normal Women which tells the history of women's contribution to society and how the credit was systematically stolen or hidden, by er, men. - One of the Darlington nurses, Karen Danson has given her first interview. It makes for grim reading. It's appalling she has to go public to support her case, but it will, I think make a difference. NHS management, like the education sector, is in a very bad place right now. They need taking by the hand and walking out of a damaging world view which works against their staff and many patients' interests. - That Glinner fellow (aka Much Loved Comedy Writer Graham Linehan) has had some good news. He recently posted: "The police have informed my lawyers that I face no further action in respect of the arrest at Heathrow in September. After a successful hearing to get my bail conditions lifted (one which the police officer in charge of the case didn't even bother to attend) the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the case. With the aid of the Free Speech Union, I still aim to hold the police accountable for what is only the latest attempt to silence and suppress gender critical voices on behalf of dangerous and disturbed men." - The furore over Glinner's arrest appears to be the catalyst for a strangely worded announcement about the recording of non-crime hate incidents. Apparently they are no longer going to be investigated, but they still might be formally recorded. What on earth is going on? The Spectator (£) chews it over. I could go on, but I want to get this out as soon possible.Thanks to everyone who came to see one of the two things I did at the Battle of Ideas Festival - what an extraordinary event. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and make some new friends. Do have a read of the piece on the CUSW - your donations have given me the time and space and impetus to work on stories like this - without you, that article would not exist. I'll leave you with this extraordinary Guardian obit of Dave Ball from Soft Cell. He died far too young, but what a life. Have a good week, Nick This is the GenderBlog newsletter. If you have been forwarded it and would like to join the mailing list so each newsletter and GenderBlog blog post drops, freshly-baked, directly into your email inbox, please consider making a small donation via the donate page on my GenderBlog website. Thanks. © Nick Wallis 2025 |
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