On this Feast of the Immaculate Conception, I've published two extracts from my forthcoming publication in the Cambridge Elements Series: A Theology of Becoming.

Once you’ve read this incisive article by @hannahsbee on the proposed puberty blockers trial (the second one!) you will be incredulous that any sane person could have approved it. “At a briefing on the new trial for p arliamentarians on 3 December, Labour MP Jonathan Hinder

I was interviewed by Italian journalist Elisa Belotti on being a Catholic feminist in Britain today. The preamble is in Italian, but the YouTube interview is in English (link in the Substack post).#21 Lo strappo con l'istituzione

This!!! 👇👇👇👇👇👇

Every useful idiot who's used their platform to glamorise and normalise child transition, especially those with a young fanbase, should be made to read this horrifying article. 'One of the biggest revelations from the recordings is how these clinicians acknowledge performing

@rejserin Of course trans-identified men have the right to exist. They have the same rights to employment, housing, the vote and personal safety as every other citizen. However, they aren't entitled to enter women's reserved spaces or sports, because they are male.

The cognitive dissonance is intense: as the scale of sexual violence against women and children becomes evident, women fight in the courts to defend female-only spaces and activities and liberals are hand-wringing about the injustice of excluding males.

Answer: it helps girls. It tells girls they have the right to things of their own. It tells girls they have the right to say 'no'. It reminds girls that the desires of boys do not supersede their feelings, their rights, their discomfort or their safety.

My latest Substack post: WONDERING

It comes as no surprise to me (and many others studying this) that Cass believes the puberty blocker trial is “vital”. Cass, NHS clinicians and researchers are shaped by consumer-led healthcare. When medicine turns into consumerism “do no harm” becomes “buyer beware”.

Many young women are afraid to speak out. Why would you, if your male professors flaunt their LGBTQA+ credentials? These women are forging a path of courage for others to follow - at a university that for hundreds of years refused admission to people “assigned female at birth”.

Pretty sure most things for women used to be implicitly "solely for those defined as female at birth" until it was decided that was a bit greedy

Hilary Cass admits here she has given in to activist pressure. “First, do no harm.” It cannot be right to derail the endocrine systems of distressed children - a procedure that causes demonstrable harm - because some people “believe passionately” it’s the right thing to do.

The Guardian dispensed with the adjective.

St Augustine gets a bad press from some, but in today's reading in the Office he reflects on the temptations and struggles of life and says "Sing, and walk onwards." He's a real saint for real times!

“Where there’s pearlies, there’s a party!” - and community, goodness and giving as well. A joyous read to brighten the day.

We're surprised that @bbcscotcast thought necessary to preface this interview with a "trigger warning". The BBC has a legal duty of impartiality, so can we now expect trigger warnings next time an interviewee claims that trans-identifying men are women? https://t.co/AaLY0H9Q4z

This.

Standing room only for my emergency meeting on the Puberty Blockers Trial - not one person or organisation in the room thinks we should be experimenting on children #StopthePBTrial Most parties/Ind MPs were v well represented with experts such as @sueevansprotect giving evidence.

The fact that Hannah Barnes & Sonia Sodha were not allowed to be present at the press briefing for this stupid & dangerous "trial" speaks volumes. Difficult, informed questions would have been asked and the fear was that piss poor, troubling responses would have been made public.