Victoria Smith

Victoria Smith is a writer and creator of the Glosswitch newsletter.

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Judith Butler is no longer a feminist Biological sex is entirely absent from the philosopher's theories

18 Dec 2024

NHS puberty blocker trials are unethical Practitioners have been accused of ignoring safeguards proposed by the Cass Review

10 Dec 2024

The SNP is still in denial about ‘pregnant men’ A Supreme Court submission makes familiar mistakes about sexual difference

24 Nov 2024

Alastair Campbell has no right to lecture women on trans issues Appeals for more civility come far too late

12 Nov 2024

Rape Crisis Scotland still can’t define ‘woman’ The organisation remains in thrall to intersectional feminism

16 Oct 2024

Rape crisis centre CEO resigns over failure to protect single-sex spaces Why was Mridul Wadhwa running a women's refuge in the first place?

13 Sep 2024

BMA civil war over Cass Review deepens Doctors are resigning due to the union's continued advocacy of puberty blockers

29 Aug 2024

Does ‘raising awareness’ glamourise eating disorders? A spike in child diagnoses has not brought improvements in treatment

20 Aug 2024

Will ‘male’ boxers fighting women prove to be a red line? Olympic athletes with XY chromosomes are still competing in the female division

30 Jul 2024

Labour’s puberty blocker ban doesn’t tell the full story Sections of the party are still in thrall to gender ideology

14 Jul 2024

Gender clinic director dismisses critics as ‘anti-progress’ Helen Webberley has claimed that her opponents don't like trans people

30 Jun 2024

Labour is still failing to protect Rosie Duffield The Labour MP will not be attending local hustings due to threats of violence

16 Jun 2024

Don’t ban sex education — just do it better New Government plans for schools go too far

16 May 2024

Gender-neutral toilets deserve to go The Government is right to implement a law mandating single-sex facilities

07 May 2024

Puberty blocker ruling won’t cure Scotland’s gender problem Children are still under threat from an ingrained ideology

19 Apr 2024

NHS puberty-blocker ruling will save lives Common sense has returned to the UK

13 Mar 2024

The Government’s school trans guidance is not ‘extremist’ It should not be controversial for parents to be involved in their child's decisions

19 Dec 2023

Why women deserve their own sport category — even in pool It is shameful that we cannot celebrate female exceptionality

04 Dec 2023

We have normalised eating disorders A new generation of girls has fallen prey to unhealthy relationships with food

23 Nov 2023

It’s not transphobic to question endometriosis charity’s new CEO Steph Richards's appointment deserves scrutiny

15 Nov 2023

Parents deserve to know what children are learning about sex Schools cannot be the sole authority on gender issues

25 Oct 2023

The new feminism is misandry in disguise

16 Oct 2023

Will the Government finally collect data about women? Science Secretary Michelle Donelan announced a review this week

03 Oct 2023

Not every anorexic can be saved

27 Sep 2023

Why the BBC had to memory-hole Roísín Murphy The singer has won the argument, so her critics want her silenced

13 Sep 2023

Why isn’t Canada’s trans cricketer more embarrassed? Danielle McGahey is set to appear in a competitive international game

01 Sep 2023

Emily Bridges doesn’t belong on Vogue’s female power list The trans cyclist's inclusion makes a mockery of women's achievements

23 Aug 2023

The new snobbery towards feminist activism

14 Aug 2023

Princess Diana’s bulimia isn’t a children’s story A picture book is no way to introduce the subject to girls

11 Aug 2023

Does menopause madness really exist?

01 Aug 2023

How disastrous births haunt women

17 Jul 2023

Big Fertility profits from women’s pain

04 Jul 2023

The battle over breastfeeding

08 Jun 2023

Why I don’t trust Sturgeon’s U-turn on trans prisoners Her decision is about optics, not female safety

30 Jan 2023

The hypocrisy of Witch Lit

13 Jan 2023

The toxic war over teenage vaccines

16 Sep 2021