In Spiked Online, Claire reviews Ella Whelan’s new book on the importance of putting freedom back into feminism. While writing this review, two newspaper pieces catch my eye that sum up today’s destructive sexual-politics zeitgeist. In the New York Times, author Stephen Marche applies pseudo-Freudianism to the Harvey Weinstein scandal, concluding ‘if you let boys be boys, they … Read more
Claire joins Andrew Doyle and Nick Gillespie for a spiked podcast special in which they introduce the 2017 Battle of Ideas festival and discuss the importance of free speech and debate.
Outlawing all physical punishment of children – with no exemptions – will not make children safer, says Claire Fox in the TES. Scotland will become the first region in the UK to introduce a ban on parents smacking their children. Should those who care for children cheer? I have my doubts. You’d think from the … Read more
“Since the EU referendum result last June our nation has been divided: not only by the vote but also by language. If 62 per cent of Britons (many of whom undoubtedly voted for Brexit) now say Britain ‘sometimes feels like a foreign country’, it’s not anti-foreigner prejudice so much as a feeling that people in … Read more
Filmed at the Battle of Ideas, Claire joins other speakers for a discussion on whether Schools are producing Generation Snowflake? The discussion centred around the thesis of Claire’s book ‘I Find That Offensive!’ which argued that British schools are socialising students into a mindset of hypersensitivity and victimhood.
Why should people who vote with their hearts be dismissed as delusional writes Claire Fox in the Spectator Donald Trump’s shock US election victory has provoked a transatlantic howl of disbelief from a cosmopolitan elite aghast that American voters have had the temerity to reject its one true liberal world-view. Hillary Clinton’s loss is seen … Read more
Internationally renowned American social critic Camille Paglia sits down with Claire to discuss the past, present, and future of feminism, as well as the emergence of a system of management between the two genders.
Why is everyone reacting to the Helen and Rob storyline as though they were real people, writes Claire Fox in The Spectator It’s been going on for months now and I must make a confession. I secretly endure a nightly battering in the privacy of my home; it’s been relentless, torturous and psychologically damaging. But before … Read more
Claire joined the Leeds Salon, part of wider Salon debate network, as their guest speaker to discuss the implications of the referendum result for the UK.
In the Daily Mail, Claire explains the rationale behind her book ‘I Find That Offensive!’ and the rise of a fragile and thin-skinned ‘Generation Snowflake’. Some of the girls were sobbing and hugging each other, while others shrieked. The majority appeared at the very least shell-shocked. It was distress on a scale appropriate for some … Read more