I'm a newbie to your writing and I gotta say my first thought was "Who the hell is this woman??" (Actually I thought "who the fuck is this woman" but thought that might be a little rude on a first post).
That's not a criticism - from what little I've read, gotta say, you're pretty damn interesting.
Re Walsh et al, your post and the claim "Wokery is a Christian heresy" - ouch!! You make an interesting case (and that may well be true of many Wokesters) but I don't see much evidence that Walsh lets his religion get in the way of coming down (hard) on the Woke mob. He's more of a Christian Crusades kind-of-guy. So if that's what you meant (except you didn't) that might fit.
One of the reasons I replied to your post is that Helen Joyce (who I consider smart, articulate, and generally on point) occasionally hints at the narrative "well this is just more evidence of the 'patriarchy'". She's not that overt and perhaps I'm overselling it - but it slips out just a bit.
I don't see it that way and I think it's a mistake to turn the trans lunacy into yet another skirmish in the endless battle of the sexes. I'd argue that the trans mania has deep roots in postmodernism idiocy and the adoption of such idiocy into academic feminism (see Judith Butler, for example). Other commenters have made similar points.
Your comment (above) that Forstater has already opined publicly that "hostility to evolution" is "feminism's Achilles' Heel" is a good sign. This could be a really interesting conversation.
I assume you're from the US; none of my books have had a US release, unfortunately, even though I now work for an American think-tank. Just the way it's worked out professionally (I live in the UK; the "About" tab provides background).
I've actually covered aspects of the Matt Walsh imbroglio on this Substack: https://www.notonyourteam.co.uk/p/what-is-a-woman
Hadn't seen that (your post).
I'm a newbie to your writing and I gotta say my first thought was "Who the hell is this woman??" (Actually I thought "who the fuck is this woman" but thought that might be a little rude on a first post).
That's not a criticism - from what little I've read, gotta say, you're pretty damn interesting.
Re Walsh et al, your post and the claim "Wokery is a Christian heresy" - ouch!! You make an interesting case (and that may well be true of many Wokesters) but I don't see much evidence that Walsh lets his religion get in the way of coming down (hard) on the Woke mob. He's more of a Christian Crusades kind-of-guy. So if that's what you meant (except you didn't) that might fit.
One of the reasons I replied to your post is that Helen Joyce (who I consider smart, articulate, and generally on point) occasionally hints at the narrative "well this is just more evidence of the 'patriarchy'". She's not that overt and perhaps I'm overselling it - but it slips out just a bit.
I don't see it that way and I think it's a mistake to turn the trans lunacy into yet another skirmish in the endless battle of the sexes. I'd argue that the trans mania has deep roots in postmodernism idiocy and the adoption of such idiocy into academic feminism (see Judith Butler, for example). Other commenters have made similar points.
Your comment (above) that Forstater has already opined publicly that "hostility to evolution" is "feminism's Achilles' Heel" is a good sign. This could be a really interesting conversation.
I assume you're from the US; none of my books have had a US release, unfortunately, even though I now work for an American think-tank. Just the way it's worked out professionally (I live in the UK; the "About" tab provides background).