A performance of Kartikey Sehgal’s ‘A Poem About Modern Feminism’ that provides a touching and humorous antidote to “every other viral poem”.

After half a decade of catastrophic failures by mental health services, Harry Slaughter finally ended his life in response to a ruling that he couldn’t see his three month old son.

Read more here.

Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform has welcomed the new strategy for avoiding sentencing women with prison time – and further claims that the same approach taken to men would “make us safer”.

Michaela Strachan has told The Mirror that Chris Packham’s pay check is “none of my business” but that she “wouldn’t be upset” if he was paid more because “you cannot pay for his knowledge”. Good on her, I bet it’s pleasant and liberating to be free from petty, deluded and bitter feminist grievances!

Congratulations to Natty Kadifa and, husband, James on the birth, last Tuesday morning, of their beautiful new boy, Miles. We look forward to seeing their young family at ICMI next month!

My latest piece, at AVfM, wherein I indentify three ‘dominoes’ that I think had to fall to lead us to the point where we, as modern Western societies, could sincerely believe in the feminist theory of ‘toxic masculinity’.

Hooray for a must read article in The Daily Mail by (ICMI speaker) Belinda Brown, spreading the beautiful message that equality is only ever achieved by men and women working together, with reference to the myths around female suffrage.

Fantastic twin-set of articles by Peter Wright and Paul Elam:

Chasing the Dragon – an exploration of superstimuli and romantic love.

Slaying the Dragon – further exploration of the effects of superstimuli in human beings and an exhortation to be mindful of the dangers inherent in them.

A good piece by Emily Dinsmore arguing that the internet is no “hostile place for women”… Someone should mention to her that Jess Phillips’ 600 “rape threats” were nothing of the sort…

I’ve just been invited on for a ten minute slot from 3:05pm to discuss sexism and double standards with reference to this article.

Link to listen is here.