It's astonishing to me that there are people who will write ad nauseam about how feminism and academic texts that hardly anyone has read, ie, Judith Butler, are responsible for men claiming to be women and forcing themselves into spaces where women and children are naked – while… — Genevieve Gluck (@WomenReadWomen) June 22, 2024…

It’s time to speak about the parents of the women who attacked the LGB Alliance conference. I am going to call them women as I do not know if they were under 18. They are apparently part of the same group who occupied a building earlier. Some of those were as young as 13. Calls……

Now it's Chaucer's turn: They are the acclaimed works of medieval literature that tell the story of a religious pilgrimage to one of the most important cathedrals in all of Christendom. But to the astonishment of critics, a leading university has slapped a trigger warning on Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales – because they contain…

An informed look at the current situation in Lebanon – in contrast to all the hand-wringing – from Jonathan Spyer in the Spectator. Israel is successfully dismantling the offensive capabilities of Hezbollah, but the problems of Lebanon as a whole run deeper:  As of now, it appears that the IDF is engaged in a methodical,…

This, from last week's Sunday Times, will do little to change the widely-held view that Ireland is the most antisemitic country in Europe: Israeli people living in Ireland have said their lives here have become “unbearable” in the past year with many afraid to leave their homes and some emigrating to other countries. According to…

People calling for a “diplomatic resolution” for Lebanon: It exists. It’s called UN Security Council Resolution 1701. It was passed in 2006. It was never enforced for 18 years. That’s why Israel is acting against Hezbollah. Because the international security architecture failed. — Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) October 13, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

As Matthew Syed reports, the dangers of birth defects has led to a ban on cousin marriages in Scandinavia: A shift of potentially historic significance is under way, perhaps without many people noticing. Last week, after an official inquiry, Sweden moved to ban cousin marriage, following in the footsteps of Norway, which announced the same…

LGBT Youth Scotland campaigns to introduce gender ideology in Scottish primary schools, with the blessing of the Scottish government. The charity's former chief executive is serving a life sentence for child sexual abuse, but no matter: the money and the support keep pouring in. Joan Smith has the latest: There has been yet another twist…

From the Times of Israel: Rumors have continued to swirl in recent days over the status of Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran’s extraterritorial Quds Force who hasn’t been seen in public for several weeks. Qaani has been conspicuously absent since he traveled to Beirut two days after the massive Israeli airstrike late last month…

Photographer Vincenzo Pagliuca in the Apennines: Throughout the central region of Lazio, Italy, to the southern reaches of the country, Vincenzo Pagliuca traces the Apennines in search of distinctive, solitary houses. In a nation that has seen declining populations in many of its regions—famously offering financial incentives to those who willing to move to some…