Episode 126: Helen Lewis And The Stonewall Conspiracy
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Jesse Singal has disappeared off the face of the Earth. Trace’s investigation leads straight to “Stonewall,” a shadowy LGBT charity that is said to have infiltrated the highest levels of the British government. Katie leaks the news to Gawker Media, resulting in deadly riots erupting across New York over remaining supplies of Blocked And Reported. In an attempt to quell the chaos spreading across the nation, President Biden invites Katie to join him on a nationwide broadcast to announce that strategic reserves of Blocked And Reported have been deployed. (He then forgot to show up.)
Just when all seems lost, an old friend of the pod makes a triumphant return. Can Helen Lewis provide the nation with its weekly dose of internet insanity before it’s too late? Or has the Pax Americana finally come to an end?
Links:
Helen Lewis:
Lewis’ Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
https://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights-ebook/dp/B07WVXHFM9/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights/dp/1784709735/
Lewis on the TikTok Tourette’s epidemic:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/social-media-illness-teen-girls/622916/
We did an episode on this!
More B&R lore: the time Watch Dogs: Legion got a little too meta and canceled Lewis both IRL and in-game:
Her article ushering in Trans Issues Week:
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/introducing-trans-issues-week
Sarah Ditum on Laverne Cox: “A hot woman on a magazine cover” [ARCHIVE]:
Lewis’ article on trans women in prisons:
Would you let your child change their gender?
Helen Lewis vs. Jordan Peterson:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/helen-lewis-jordan-peterson
What happened to Jordan Peterson?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/what-happened-to-jordan-peterson/618082/
The judgment in Allison Bailey’s case against Stonewall:
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bailey-judgment.pdf
The Cass Review’s interim report on treating trans children in England:
https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/
Just how much influence does Stonewall have in the UK?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09yjp0d
Image: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2022/01/08: Protestors seen holding placards during the demonstration. Organized by Trans Activism UK, transgender rights supporters gathered outside BBC's office at Portland Place to protest against the news corporation's queerphobic agenda. Earlier in October 2021, the BBC published an article titled 'We're being pressured into sex by some trans women', which sparked widespread outrage among the transgender community. The group gathered to condemn BBC for spreading hatred and discrimination against the transgender population. (Photo by Belinda Jiao/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, that's with an X of course. |
| 0:06.4 | Katie here, things are going to be a little bit different this week. |
| 0:09.2 | Jesse is gone. |
| 0:10.6 | He is off. |
| 0:11.8 | Actually, I didn't ask what he's doing and really who cares. |
| 0:15.3 | Anyway, so it's just going to be me this week along with Helen Lewis, a reporter for |
| 0:20.8 | The Atlantic. |
| 0:22.2 | And Jesse will be back next week. |
| 0:23.3 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:31.9 | Helen Lewis is a staff writer at The Atlantic as well as the author of Difficult Women, a |
| 0:37.0 | History of Feminism and 11 Fights. |
| 0:39.8 | She's also the host of a new radio documentary called The Church of Social Justice, which |
| 0:44.2 | will air on the BBC on August 16th. |
| 0:46.9 | We're going to talk about that in a little while. |
| 0:49.4 | But first Helen, welcome to Blocked and Reported. |
| 0:51.8 | I should mention, we've discussed you on the show several times, including a piece that |
| 0:56.5 | you wrote about people with Tourette's or perhaps people faking Tourette's, specifically |
| 1:01.4 | on TikTok. |
| 1:02.8 | And we also discussed you when a voiceover of yours was removed from a video game because |
| 1:08.4 | of your turfy tendencies. |
| 1:10.8 | So let's start there. |
| 1:12.2 | You're a resident of Turf Island, which is the new official name of the UK. |
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