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Blocked and Reported

Episode 264: Debating Bodily Autonomy (with Julie Bindel)

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by writer, podcaster, and feminist activist Julie Bindel to discuss the rapid decline of the trans movement, the UK’s new abortion law, the “grooming gang” scandal, and Julie’s new book, Lesbians: Where Are We Now?

What to Know About United States v. Skrmetti - The New York Times

U.S. v. Skrmetti: How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost - The New York Times

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales

The grooming gang scandal isn’t over - UnHerd



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0:00.0

Welcome to Blockin reported. I'm Katie Herzog, and joining me today while Jesse is brokering peace between Israel and Iran. We have Julie Bendel.

0:16.0

Julie is a UK-based writer, a podcaster, and an activist for women's safety and rights. She is found in

0:22.2

multiple advocacy groups for women, including recently the Lesbian Project, which she co-directs

0:27.0

with Kathleen Stock. She's also the author of many books, including the newly released Lesbians.

0:33.1

Where are we now? Julie Bindle, welcome to Blockton Reported. Always a pleasure, Katie.

0:37.9

Thanks for coming back. I'm so glad to have you here. Usually I have to wear the pants in this

0:41.9

podcast, so it's so nice to have someone who can match my masculine energy for once.

0:47.3

Here I am. You can't see this on the team, but I'm wearing some heavy jungarees in 32 degree

0:54.0

heat.

0:54.6

Both of us are.

0:56.0

All right, so we've got a lot to talk about today.

0:58.2

In the second half of the show, we're going to talk a bit about your book.

1:00.9

But first, we have some news out of the US.

1:03.1

I want to get your take on.

1:04.7

So earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Tennessee state ban on

1:09.0

youth gender affirming care, aka pediatric sex changes.

1:12.8

This has been a huge story in the U.S. and it means that the 25 states that have enacted some

1:18.3

kind of ban on pediatric transition that those laws will stand. So Julie, you are fairly infamous in the

1:24.0

turf wars. You need no introduction to our audience. You got back in this fight,

1:28.5

back when no one knew what a detransitioner was, and Rupal was still saying tranny on TV.

1:33.9

But as far as I know, your primary interest in this case has always been about women,

1:38.3

primarily protecting single-sex spaces for females. So I'm curious, what do you think of

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