Show Notes
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Emily Lawford's viral New Statesman cover story 'Meet the Angry Young Women' created huge waves of online discourse, undulating from the radical TikTok Left to the extreme Right on Elon Musks's brainwashing algorithm.
Polling from Merlin Strategies found that Gen-Z women were feeling extremely pessimistic,about their future, young men and our politics. Why?
We thought there was no one better to ask than our own resident (self-annointed) angry young woman and friend of the show, Tilly Middlehurst (a.k.a. BlondePraxis).
Is the anger justified or misplaced? Is the pessimism motivating or paralysing? Do these two young women agree on the causes... and the solutions?
Apologies for issues with the sound/video quality, one of our cameras overheated :( Appreciate your patience with us as we improve over time x
Chapters 00:00 Emily's Viral 'Angry Young Women' Article 04:59 Tilly’s Response 10:02 Is the ‘Femosphere’ as Dangerous as the ‘Manosphere’? 16:36 Is Gen-Z Feminist Pessimism Justified? 20:27 Do Young Women Misperceive Injustice? 27:04 Which Gender is More Negative About the Other? 36:42 Biological Essentialism and Reactionary Feminism 44:30 Politicising the Fertility Crisis 51:40 Anti-Feminist Global Conspiracy? 55:26 Gym Influencers vs. Manosphere 1:03:43 Has Social Media Catalysed Polarisation? 1:13:47 Identity, Community and Free Speech 1:21:57 Tommy Robinson’s Unite The Kingdom Rally 1:26:30 Migrant Violence Against Women and Girls 1:36:10 Reaction to Emily’s New Statesman Article
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We're delighted to be joined by the Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP. In our first episode from Labour Conference 2026, we discuss the backlash to AI doomsday warnings, the fragility of the AI economy and how this tech will be used - to the benefit or detriment of workers. As listeners will know, we've approached AI with a healthy dose of scepticism. Technology is itself neutral but the politics emerges in its application. We have plenty examples in history of how industrial revolutions disempowered workers before inevitable backlash and revolution. Do we need to wait for things to get bad? Or does the UK have a serious plan for a future that harnesses the white heat of technology? We delve into all of this and more, asking how the UK is preparing for the moral mission of worker-centric AI.
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