Melissa Farley

Extreme violence and psychological abuse have been extensively documented and are pervasive in prostitution. Survivors of prostitution report high levels of posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociation, depression, and self-loathing. These are the same sequelae reported by torture survivors.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008066.2024.2404307#summary-abstract

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Co-president of lehet más a politika (LMP), translated: ‘politics can be different’.

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Faika El-Nagashi, Budapest, October 2024

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Joan Smith, in Rome (where else?)

Listen to Joan explain why and how she took on the incredible project of uncovering the true stories of twenty-three women closely associated with the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome.

These were the wives, mothers and daughters of the emperors from Augustus to Nero, via their cruel and deranged relative Caligula. These highly privileged women lived under the shadow of these men, abused, controlled, dominated, and, in several instances, murdered. Only five of the women appear to have died of natural causes.

Joan links the femicide then to modern day slaying of women by men known to them, and asks what lessons can these women and girls of the Roman Empire tell us? Ancient misogyny, even from 2000 years ago, looks similar to the plight of women today.

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Outside the WPATH conference. Five minutes after this photograph was taken, the organisers called the police on Juana

Juana and Eric

Eric

Show notes:

WPATH Files

https://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/wpath-files

Genspect

https://genspect.org/

Juana’s crowd funder for legal fees

https://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-me-get-justice-for-Eric

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https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/john-boyne-why-i-support-trans-rights-but-reject-the-word-cis-1.3843005

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Details of the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) here where you can also find details of future book events.

What some of the reviewers have said:

Inventive, compassionate and tenacious, Wistrich…[is] a magnificent, radical, uncompromising warrior of a woman.

Melanie Reid, The Times

Wistrich’s skill lies in her innovative use of legislation…she thrives on perseverance.

Yvonne Roberts, The Observer

Through these enraging and astonishing stories, Wistrich… shows us the best of humanity. [She is] empathetic, dogged, canny, always up for the fight.

Fiona Sturges, The Guardian

A history of her three-decade career, peppered by some of Britain’s most significant cases of violence against women.

Suzanne Moore, The Telegraph

Highly accessible and beautifully written…Wistrich’s strong sense of fairness and justice runs through every word.

Chris McCurley, Legal Action

A devastating indictment of a justice system that routinely fails female victims of male violence.

Richard Scorer, New Law Journal

Shownotes:

https://www.justiceforwomen.org.uk/

Both me and Harriet in this photograph, in 1988, at a protest against Section 28. Guess which is which correctly and I will gift you a free sub!

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Pam Spurr is presently a BPS chartered academic, teaching and research psychologist. She started working in the media during her time at Guy’s/in the NHS, largely as an agony aunt, starting on GMTV, the BBC, and then got her first radio show at Heart FM London in 1997.

Pam presented at Heart for five years before moving to LBC for 4 ½ years where she had the evening slot, for which she won a Sony Radio Award.

She has written 15 self-help books on topics from happiness to dating, relationships and sex, dream interpretation to emotional eating and other topics. Over the years Pam has been a commentator on many TV programmes.

After trying for two years, she finally found a publisher for her first children’s book, published in April, 2024.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eva-Bear-Magic-Snowflake-Spurr/dp/1035821036/ref=sr_1_1

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Maia

At the age of 12, Maia discovered the idea of gender transition. As a young adult, she moved to the Middle East and embarked upon building a new life for herself as a man. She seamlessly integrated herself within deeply religious communities of Palestinian Muslims and Orthodox Jews. Very few people in her life knew that she was actually female.

Among her exciting adventures, she prayed on the men’s side of the Western Wall and entered mosques without needing to cover her hair. However, living undercover as a man began to take its toll as she questioned the trajectory of her future. After deep soul searching, Maia realised that she had never allowed herself to live as a lesbian.

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Linzi, with her granddad, at the beautiful game

Linzi, a lesbian and a supporter of rights for same-sex attracted people, was the subject of a four-month investigation by a special unit set up to expose so-called hate speech in the game after she posted on trans issues on X.

Newcastle began investigating Linzi following a complaint. In November 2023 she received a letter from the club saying she was banned until 2026 for breaching its equality policy, which forbids 'discriminatory' comments.

Linzi is taking legal action to overturn the ban, stating that it is her right by law to express ‘gender-critical’ views and that the Premier League's actions were a breach of data protection laws.

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