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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