This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dive into the world of otome (Japanese-style video games aimed at women) and the yearlong saga of Love and Deepspace, the wildly profitable mobile g…

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Happy World Coconut Day to all who celebrate! It’s Wednesday - you all know what that means…

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist/author/podcaster/Welshman Jon Ronson to discuss his new book: The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men. Plus, public shamin…

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The conclusion to our three-part Dr. Jessica Taylor (PhD) extravaganza, featuring TV cancelations, workplace allegations, a VERY menacing Zoom group, reports to poli…

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Here we go again, Primos! This is the place to mourn Dolly Parton, celebrate National Dog Day, or chat about whatever you like.

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This week on the Primo show, Part 2 of the Jessica Taylor (PhD) podcast extravaganza, featuring Taylor’s campaign against the website Tattle.Life and her new book, Click. Stalk. Destroy: Inside the M…

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Dr. Jessica Taylor, PhD, a UK-based entrepreneur and influencer who claims to be the target of a sustained, coordinated harassment campaign by an army of online stalkers. In the first part of this three-part series, we discuss Taylor's rise from council estate to bestselling author, her unorthodox views on psychology, her fallout with the gender-critical movement, and the start of her years-long battle with a survivor of child abuse. Plus, the canonization of Jason Arday.

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The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday

I listed every instance of male violence I have been subjected to from birth to 30.

Woman teaches husband what it’s like to be female online | Daily Mail Online

Man asked by wife to pose as a woman in a chat-room to prove a point - the results were ‘horrible’ | The Independent

Author of book about victim blaming bombarded with misogynist abuse | Books | The Guardian

Thousands of women with mental health issues in England given ‘dangerous’ electric shocks to brain | The Independent

What Would Jess Say?

Isn’t everyone traumatised?

What is a trauma, and why do I believe that everyone has been subjected to trauma of some kind…

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4 years ago · 36 likes · Dr Jessica Taylor

What Would Jess Say?

Today marks five years of being targeted for being trauma-informed. This is the true cost of speaking out.

Today marks five years to the day that I was notified by my regulatory body that a complaint had been submitted about my trauma-informed and anti-pathology stance on mental health and human distress…

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2 years ago · 227 likes · 42 comments · Dr Jessica Taylor

Savage Minds

A Psychologist's Victim Ponzi Scheme, i

Publication note: When I started researching this piece over a year ago, many women feared coming forth due to reprisal. I had to put this project on the back burner until several weeks ago when many more women and professionals who were willing to speak out and be named contacted me. Each day while writing this article over the…

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4 years ago · 111 likes · 3 comments · Julian Vigo

Savage Minds

A British Psychologist's Victim Ponzi Scheme, ii

Publication note: When I started researching this piece over a year ago, many women feared coming forth due to reprisal. I had to put this project on the back burner until several weeks ago when many more women and professionals who were willing to speak out and be named contacted me. Each day while writing this article over the…

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4 years ago · 36 likes · Julian Vigo

What Would Jess Say?

My name is Jess, and I am a victim of stalking. It’s time to talk about it.

My name is Jess, and I am a victim of stalking. It’s time to talk about it…

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3 years ago · 63 likes · 20 comments · Dr Jessica Taylor

Happy National Potato Day, Primos! Here’s the weekly open thread for you - enjoy!

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss AOC's Woke 1.0 revision. Plus, Tyler Austin Harper on being a token black professor, a trans writer's case for decoupling trans rights from gender woo, and the death of Jason Arday.

Jason Arday, Cambridge Professor Accused of Plagiarism, Is Found Dead - The New York Times

Confessions of a Token Black Professor - The Atlantic

The Argument

I don’t need you to believe I’m a woman

Editor’s note: The first essay The Argument ever published asked, “How do we live with each other?” To mark our first anniversary on August 17, we’re returning t…

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a month ago · 405 likes · 242 comments · Cassie Pritchard

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Well, I’m sure I’m not the only one who learned more than I ever wanted to know about AOC this week. Here’s the weekly thread, everyone!

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Author/podcaster/documentarian/Welshman Jon Ronson will be joining pod soon to discuss, among other things, his forthcoming book, The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men. Jon has graciously agreed to stay on after the free show and answer questions for our Primo subscribers. Questions for Jon? Post them below.

This week on Blocked and Reported: ticks. Where do they come from, and why is Bill Gates releasing them on the American public? Featuring the CIA, Pfizer, tick bombs tick boxes, Plum Island, and more. Plus, the complicated legacy of gay rights pioneer Harry Hay.

Harry Hay, Early Proponent of Gay Rights, Dies at 90 - The New York Times

The Origin of “Two Spirit” and the Cult of Harry Hay — Stone Age Herbalist

What on Earth Is the ‘2SLGBTQQIA+’ Movement? — Andrew Doyle, Spiked

Two-Spirit Tradition Far From Ubiquitous Among Tribes — Mary Annette Pember, Rewire

Harry Hay — Making Gay History

Harry Hay: Founding the Mattachine Society (1974 interview) — OutHistory

New Controversy Over Safe Schools “Czar” — Fox News

The Smear Campaign Continues: Fox Nation, Washington Examiner Manufacture Jennings-NAMBLA Link — Media Matters

Parents of Murdered Child Sue Child-Sex Advocates — CNN

Charles Jaynes: A Murderer by Any Name — Boston Magazine

The BITTEN Files

Interview with Kris Newby

“Unbekoming” recently interviewed me about BITTEN, and I thought I’d share our dialog with my readers…

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2 years ago · 29 likes · 7 comments · Kris Newby

Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) pushes amendment to investigate tickborne Lyme disease conspiracy theory - The Washington Post

Have Missouri farmers reported finding ‘boxes of ticks’ in fields? | Snopes.com

The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us | The New Yorker

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the unbelievable life story of Cambridge professor Jason Arday.

A Lot of the Attacks on Higher Ed Are Unfair. Not This One. (Jes…

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Happy August, Primos! The weekly is now open for your comments.

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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the extremely bizarre story of Neil Hopper, an amputation surgeon who lost his own legs under circumstances far str…

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Join and me (Katie) on Substack Live this Friday, July 31st, at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET for a discussion on the latest controversies plaguing the WNBA: Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham, and whatever the hell is going on in Seattle.

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Happy International Lasagne Day, primos! In an extremely rare example of one of these dumb days actually being observed in real life, my day job served lasagne for lunch. It was terrible - but here’s…

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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the life and death of The Queery, a Brighton-based radical art gallery, bookshop, café, and community spac…

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The World Cup is over, but today is apparently World Mango Day, so let’s celebrate. Here’s the weekly!

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