I am further pausing our film series and we will return to it in the next update. Since we feature Jennifer Bilek in this update, I thought it would be good to choose Doctor No (1962). Seemed appropriate to me anyway 😄
In the film, James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow British agent. The trail leads him to the underground base of Dr Julius No, who is plotting to disrupt an early American space launch from Cape Canaveral with a radio beam weapon.
Sean Connery is James Bond.
Joseph Wiseman is Dr No.
Ursula Andress is Honey Ryder.
Thanks to three wonderful readers for suggested pieces.
Some of the linked pieces below may be behind a paywall.
The Gender Industry
I wonder how many (if any) of the howling TRA loons we met with at Nottingham Let Women Speak have ever followed the money trail back right to the source and the crazed billionaires such as Rothblatt, Stryker, Gill and others. The TRAs are probably blithely believing that they are supporting an oppressed minority. To steal Ricky Tomlinson’s catchphrase: ‘My Arse!’ Over to Jennifer Bilek on her substack - all thoughts gratefully received:
The Gender Industry: Deconstructing Reproductive Sex
Feb 22, 2025
Continuing to frame the gender industry as "woke" political ideology run amuck, a medical scandal, and a social contagion, ignores the enormous power and money behind what is now an industry in deconstructing human reproductive sex.
Gender ideology sets a narrative that humans are not a sexually dimorphic species. Refusal to center the power behind this narrative in discussions, and to confront it, undermines our attempts to end a grave technological assault on humanity.
The gender industry is, at core, a technological enterprise, one intent on removing humanity from its roots in the natural world, and toward greater fusion with technology . It markets the idea that we can transcend our humanity through technology, that we can change our sexed reality, embedded in every cell of our bodies.
While transsexualism and the macabre surgeries attempting to alter human sex, were made manifest in the bowels of the medical industry, with the help of sexologists, this paraphilia has been normalized and industrialized by the tech industry because it deconstructs womanhood. It reduces female reproductive biology to merchandise for sale. The normalization of this paraphilia of adult men, grooms the public to adapt to technological reproduction processes that remove men and women, as whole human beings, from reproduction.
The full piece including an excellent interview with Richie Brown is here:
UK - The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
An increasing number of parents, given the problems of over sexualised material being available at schools and the teaching of gender ideology and similar matters, are home schooling their children. Steve Beego on the Christian Concern website explains why this Bill presents an attack on home education. I have only just come across this article BTW. All thoughts gratefully received.
What’s the problem with the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill?
8 January 2025
The government, with its huge majority, will be seeking to quickly push through its 128 page Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill over the coming weeks. Just as we have seen an unprecedented raid on parental freedoms and finances through the introduction of a tax on education, so we now also see the trajectory of an increasingly invasive socialist state into the private lives of Christian parents under the guise of safety and welfare. In general, are parents or local authority monitors better placed to decide on children’s wellbeing? What should the law legislate for, on pain of fines or imprisonment for those who don’t comply?
Rushed
Given the sudden publishing of this bill as the Christmas season began, MPs have been given very few sitting days to consider it, and as with the assisted suicide bill or the VAT legislation on private schools, many inexperienced MPs will be being rushed into making decisions which will profoundly affect the nation, on the basis of superficial levels of scrutiny. Home education groups have been shocked by the content and have had little time to reach out to their parliamentary representatives about the issues arising.
The issues
In our recent article, Paul Huxley, our Communications Manager, shared his experience of home educating his children, and questioned what implications the kind of ‘crackdowns’ on home educators which are being proposed in the bill could have for all faithful Christian parents. We are already seeing how activist safeguarding officers from schools or local authorities’ social workers question and sanction parents who will not align themselves with a child’s belief that they could have been ‘born in the wrong body’.
Combined with a potential ban on ‘conversion practices’, parents could be seen as damaging their children’s wellbeing if they do not endorse trans ideology, or where they seek to remove their child from a school where a social contagion of transgenderism has taken hold. Local authorities are already understaffed and unable to protect the many children who are already on their books who are in real danger of harm, as the Sara Sharif tragedy demonstrated. If the state begins to do the following, with stretched and LGBT indoctrinated staff, through schools and local authorities, what will be the result?
The full article is here:
https://christianconcern.com/comment/whats-the-problem-with-the-childrens-welfare-and-schools-bill/
UK - Lecturer Wins Case
Poppy Wood in The Telegraph (Law lecturer ‘sacked over gender-critical beliefs’ handed payout 22February) reports:
Dr Almut Gadow: ‘Much needs to be corrected in this area, where EDIdeology dictates the content of OU teaching at the expense of academic freedom’ - Page One Press Agency
A law lecturer who was sacked by the Open University after expressing gender-critical beliefs has been handed a payout from the institution.
Dr Almut Gadow was dismissed for gross misconduct in November 2022 after she criticised changes to the curriculum based on gender identity in an online forum.
She claimed the university was introducing requirements to “indoctrinate students in gender identity theory”.
The lecturer, who taught law at the university for almost a decade, claimed she had raised concerns about new teaching requirements, including making students use offenders’ preferred pronouns.
She took the university to an employment tribunal alleging she was “harassed, discriminated against, and unfairly dismissed because I reject gender ideology and believe in academic freedom”.
The Open University has now settled with Dr Gadow before a hearing was scheduled to take place later this month, The Telegraph has learnt.
A spokesman for the Open University said: “We can confirm that a settlement has been reached with Dr Gadow.” It would not comment on whether it admitted liability.
The full article is here:
Congratulations to Almut Gadow. Amazingly this is the second successful case taken by a gender critical woman against the Open University, the previous one having been taken by Jo Phoenix - see here:
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/sunday-bloody-sunday?utm_source=publication-search
Will they never learn!!!
UK - A Plan From Barry
In his role as Head Warrior Teacher, Barry Wall has a suggested plan for parents. All thoughts gratefully received.
Scotland - The Sandie Peggie Case and related issues
I have been reporting on this case in recent updates, of course.
One piece on the case and related issues from the latest Women’s Rights Network newsletter (23 February)
WRN Scotland – Finally, a Lot Going On
WRN Scotland meet MSP at Holyrood after First Minister’s confused appearance ignores 1992 employment law; meanwhile, Scottish Labour backs men “identifying” into female spaces – despite open dissent
After another week of unexpected, dramatic developments* in Scotland’s fight for women’s rights, the GMC clarified that Dr Upton was one of 62 registered doctors who have changed their sex marker (they call it gender!) on their record and been given a new registration number, making their previous medical registration and any record of disciplinary action inaccessible to the public.
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney told journalists he does not regret voting for his government’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, that it was “the product of careful consideration” and that NHS Fife has his full confidence.
Later in the week, The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHCR) wrote an open letter to NHS Fife’s Chief Executive about the significance of the Workplace (Health, Safety, and Welfare) Regulations 1992 that require single sex changing spaces for staff. The letter also asked for the health service’s Equalities Impact Assessment – which should have been publicly available. Dusty - I wouldn’t hold your breath 😁
In the House, the First Minister was asked by Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay whether every woman in Scotland is entitled to share her concerns about “a man using a woman's changing room.”
Mr Swinney’s meandering reply included asserting, “These kinds of decisions must be made on a case-by-case basis.” He claimed his answer was put “openly and candidly”, despite ignoring the 1992 regulations.
Mr Swinney then claimed the questions about women’s needs were a “parade in front of Nigel Farage”, showing the SNP continues to dismiss advocacy for women’s rights as a political tool or right wing, rather than a matter of vital importance for a large portion of the population.
Like all WRN groups, WRN Scotland is not affiliated to any party and has been consistently presenting the issues that affect women to Holyrood. The group’s members were pleased to report, “It was a pleasure to join @TessWhite4NE after FMQs where the @ScotGovFM continued to make clear that he doesn't support women's rights to dignity, safety and privacy. #ItsNotGoodEnoughJohn #SaveWomensChangingRooms”.
Nearby in Glasgow, the Scottish Labour conference heard a motion to bring guidance for Scottish schools in line with the Cass Review and “be mindful of safeguarding and therefore respectful of single-sex spaces for boys and girls based on biology.”
Delegates voted the motion down by a show of hands but it’s noteworthy that the motion was even included, supported by the leadership and spoken for by member’s groups. Thank you to all who continue to push for recognition of women’s needs and rights.
Good discussion of these issues on Two Poofs and a Podcast:
https://substack.com/home/post/p-157731460
Scotland - Queering the School System
We made (dis)honourable mention of education in Scotland in the last update ( The Mythical Trans Child):
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/the-foggy-dew
Excellent investigation into what is going on in Scottish schools by Malcolm Clark on his substack, The Secret Gender Files.
Scotland's Queer Culture War in Schools.
The new reading list for English exams in Scotland's schools is a betrayal of teenagers in the pursuit of a dumbed down, 'queer' dystopia. It has the fingerprints of the LGBTQ+ lobby all over it.
Feb 21, 2025
At the end of last year Scotland’s education chiefs announced a revised reading list for pupils taking English exams at secondary schools. Its defenders have accused critics of waging a culture war. Talk about hypocrisy. The truth is this list is a pernicious attempt at social engineering and an assault on the values of the vast majority of the Scottish people. Wait until you hear what rubbish is on the list. And the activists who helped compile it.
The new English exam reading list published by the Scottish Qualifications Authority is its first revision for eight years. It represents everything that is wrong with Scottish education and the country’s cultural Establishment.
For one thing, there is its obsession with “increased diversity”. So inevitably there’s an influx of new ‘queer’ authors. Neurodivergent authors make their first appearance too. And put your hand up if you think there are any non-binary authors. Non-binary author Ely Percy prefers to use her own individual spelling for words. So even her spelling is non-binary.
The full piece is here:
https://malcolmrichardclark.substack.com/p/scotlands-queer-culture-war-in-schools
Let Women Speak
I hope most of you caught this from Reformers’ Tree at some stage today but, just in case, here it is. After some excellent speeches and a virtuoso performance from Mr Menno in the role of Dr Upton, they all marched to Speakers’ Corner where Kellie-Jay magnificently defied the bawling men and spoke of women’s rights including in Iran and Afghanistan. Stirring stuff. My wife and I hope to be there in March for the return to Nottingham ( see Heroic Women here for the most recent visit to Nottingham: https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/heroic-women-the-return-to-nottingham ).
Endpieces
From Liz
Sorry, Californians 😳
From Tenaciously
Spot the film anyone - no Googling now 😃
#BeMorePorcupine
#EndGenderAffirmingCare
#AdultHumanFemale
#LetWomenSpeak
#GrassrootsArmy
#FightForFreeSpeech
#ByeByeStonewall
#GenderEnders
#NeverSurrender
Thanks Dusty. I see there’s another film buff on here for you, unlike me and my ignorance. 😁
There’s so much concerning stuff still happening and it’s incredible that businesses etc still think that they can discriminate against sex realists, despite the numerous court wins.
My thoughts on the Bilek piece are in my comment to her. There’s nothing more horrific than the thought of designer babies grown to order on top of all the other horrors of the gender industry. Not to mention the immense power these people will wield once reproduction is in their hands. It makes me glad I’m old but I really fear for our grandchildren.
I know the Laurel and Hardy film but only because my brother is a huge fan and has all their films. I’m a Chaplin fan.
What a keen sense of humour you have, Dusty, headlining a page on gender wars with 1 of the hottest heterosexual couples ever caught on film together. They became neighbours, friends for life & traveled together, when Connery died Andress was quoted as saying, "There are no men like him today." Truth! Connery singlehandedly turned 007 into global sensation & 2nd generation family business that reportedly was just sold for, yes, 1 BILLION DOLLAR$, pinky in mouth, pls., Dr. Evil, while stroking white 🙀!