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Colin has written for The Wall Street Journal, Quillette, and The Times. You can follow him on Twitter @SwipeWright and Instagram @swipewright

Colin Wright is a Senior Editor at the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) and a Contributing Editor at Quillette. He received his PhD in evolutionary biology from UC Santa Barbara in 2018, and founded Reality’s Last Stand, a publication and newsletter exploring the debate around sex and gender.

In this episode, Greg and Colin discuss the evolution behind ‘how to define’ sex, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Colin shares his experience with cancel culture, along with how to navigate through the COVID vaccine argument. They lastly touch on how Disney is assimilating to the diversity, equity, and inclusion statements and what that might look like in the latest films.

“Women are adult human females….Females are individuals who do or did or will or would, but for developmental or genetic anomalies, produce eggs.” Colin Wright

“Maybe it's the first time, I think in my lifetime where the collective consciousness was risen to the point where people actually just questioned and were curious about what they were putting in their body, and why they were putting it in the body rather than blindly just, you know, getting a boost or a shot or a jab.” Greg Ellis

Show Notes:

• [0:00] Welcome back to The Respondent with host Greg Ellis. Greg welcomes guest Colin Wright to the listeners
• [04:47] Colin touches on his reasons to move out of California with the intention of finding permanency in Nashville
• [06:16] #1673 - Colin Wright - The Joe Rogan Experience
• [08:30] Question: Do you have any regrets about speaking out? Or do you feel like you were left with no option but to lean into the cancellation flames?
• [11:32] No One Is Born in ‘The Wrong Body’ - Quillette (2019)
• [13:34] Question: You said “Gender ideology indoctrination is gay conversion therapy. But worse.” Can you explain?
• [16:50] Question: Will you explain the differences between chromosomes, biological sex and gender identity?
• [23:45] “Women are adult human females….Females are individuals who do or did or will or would, but for developmental or genetic anomalies, produce eggs.” Colin Wright
• [24:06] Question: Why do you think it was so difficult for the Supreme Court justice nominee to answer the question, what is a woman?
• [24:54] “The ubiquitous cultural and historical phenomenon of pretending to know things one does not know has recently been supplanted by the social and moral trend of pretending to not know things one knows.” @PeterBoghossian
• [26:52] Question: I’ve never thought to ask you before, what is your sexual orientation?
• [29:48] Debbie Hayton is The Respondent…
• [30:18] Question: You asked the question on social media: How can we give those who may have prematurely gone all-in on gender ideology an off-ramp from their extremism to prevent them from continually doubling down on insanity to avoid humiliation? What do you think the answer is?
• [38:03] The New Evolution Deniers - Quillette (2018)
• [41:09] EP 1. Greg Ellis is The Respondent w Stephen Fry (full interview remaster)
• [41:32] Question: So Covid: pro-vaccine zealot, mild vaccine curious, or religiously anti-vax, what were or are you?
• [46:25] “Maybe it's the first time, I think in my lifetime where the collective consciousness was risen to the point where people actually just questioned and were curious about what they were putting in their body, and why they were putting it in the body rather than blindly just, you know, getting a boost or a shot or a jab.” Greg Ellis
• [47:05] Question: Claire Lehman, The founder of Quillette, was very publicly Pro vaccine. Extolling on social media her virtual stands at anyone unvaccinated was putting humanity at risk. How do you reconcile that?
• [49:54] Question: Do you think Claire Lehman has a responsibility as the founder of a heterodox online magazine to not share ideological opinions that seem rigid“ I am the best at following the rules and so should you be everyone.”
• [53:06] The Oscars: what do you think should happen to Will Smith?
• [58:28] Question: Do you think Disney has become full woke and do you think Walt would be turning in his grave at how the company he started has been politicized by intersectionality?
• [1:04:00] Colin discusses a story of a mom fighting the battles of refusing to use different pronouns for her daughter, and what that looked like in the legal system
• [1:12:50] Who is Chris Rufo?
• [1:14:15] Question: Colin Wright… How well do you know yourself?
• [1:15:14] “First we need to establish what's true. And then we can, we can move from there.” Colin Wright
• [1:16:27] The Meaning Seeker: I define the meaning as: “Everything Happens for a Reason… we make up afterwards.”
• [1:18:50] The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
• [1:22:04] The Urbane Pioneer: Where do you go or what do you do to find peace, relaxation, quiet mindedness?
• [1:23:51] The Enlightened Trailblazer: What do you do for fun? Any hobbies?
• [1:29:34] The Sense Maker: If you could write your own epitaph, What would you want it to say?
• [1:30:19] The Presence Extender: If you had one wish, what would it be?
• [1:33:09] Listeners can find more from Colin by checking out his newsletter Reality’s Last Stand You can follow him on Twitter @SwipeWright and Instagram @swipewright