Gender Critical Story Hour: Recent Episodes
Amy & Esme
Podcast hosted by Amy Hamm and Esme Vee, two women who'd had enough of the madness brought about by gender identity ideology. | Amy is co-founder of GIDYVR, a speaker series based in Vancouver BC. She’s also a mother, a nurse, and sometimes a writer. Esme is a mom and long-time Toronto media worker. Both Amy and Esme are founding members of Canadian Women's Sex-Based Rights - caWsbar. | "I'm Woman" courtesy Nehanda. | Like our work? Your contributions are much appreciated! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcstoryhour
We recorded this episode on September 17, just days prior to the start of Amy’s disciplinary hearing before the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives. The allegation? Knowing there’s a biological difference between females and males.
The impetus for this episode was an explosive story that Anna Slatz, editor-in-chief of Reduxx Magazine, had broken just the day before: Ontario High School Teacher Seen Wearing Massive Prosthetic Bust to Class.
The story immediately went viral in both the corporate and independent media internationally – well, of course it did. The bizarre situation sits at the intersection of absurdity, public policy, gender identity, feminist theory and child safeguarding. Whether to express ridicule or outrage, this story has absolutely everyone talking. And talk we did – this is our longest episode to date.
Also joining us to discuss a few more completely insane gender ideology stories were Mia Ashton, contributor at The Post Millennial, and Heather Mason, founding member of caWsbar - Canadian Women's Sex-Based Rights.
Recorded September 17, 2022 on Twitter Spaces.
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- Amy Eileen Hamm's Twitter - https://twitter.com/preta_6
- Esme Vee's Twitter - https://twitter.com/esme_saysno
- Anna Slatz's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Slatzism
- Reduxx Magazine - https://reduxx.info/
- Heather Mason's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Mason134211f
- Mia Ashton's Twitter - https://twitter.com/_CryMiaRiver
- Canadian Women's Sex-Based Rights - https://www.cawsbar.ca/
What is hate and just who exactly are the haters? Amy and Esme felt it was high time to expose the haters inside the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, an apparently independent non-governmental organization funded by Trudeau’s Liberals to the tune of $268,000 per year. Their stated mandate is to "monitor hate groups, far-right groups and hate crimes in Canada."
However, the CAHN, in its overzealous search for hatred, has targeted a number of groups and individuals in Canada who are respectfully asking legitimate questions about the Trudeau regime’s unconstitutional legislation and mandates. Their targets include gender critical women and pro-freedom journalists and activists.
Joining us in the discussion were Jonathan Kay, Editor at Quillette and op-ed contributor at the National Post, Andy Lee, independent investigative journalist, Libby Emmons, Editor-in-Chief at The Post Millennial, Raine McLeod, Founder of Alberta Radical Feminists and Mia Ashton, contributor at The Critic and The Post Millennial.
Recorded April 26, 2022 on Twitter Spaces.
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- Esme Vee's Twitter - https://twitter.com/esme_saysno
- Jonathan Kay's Twitter - https://twitter.com/jonkay
- Andy Lee's Twitter - https://twitter.com/RealAndyLeeShow
- Libby Emmons' Twitter - https://twitter.com/libbyemmons
- Raine McLeod's Twitter - https://twitter.com/ABRadFems
- Mia Ashton's Twitter - https://twitter.com/_CryMiaRiver
Veteran investigative reporter Sue-Ann Levy joins Amy and Esme to talk about her recent forays into exposing gender identity ideology in the school system, how journalism has changed over the 30+ years she's practiced her craft and what it's like to be a conservative lesbian. During Q&A, evolutionary biologist Colin Wright pops in to give us a sneak peek into what he's discovered about Egale while working on a piece about the LGBT lobby group.
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- Sue-Ann Levy's Twitter - https://twitter.com/SueAnnLevy
- Sue-Ann Levy's official site - http://sueannlevy.ca/
We're back from hiatus! Esme finally convinced Amy to get into a Twitter Space and we invited our good friends Heather Mason and Coach Linda Blade to talk about everything you ever wanted to know about males in women's prisons and sports but were (not) afraid to ask. We think the Space experiment went well, especially because it gets us out of the echo chamber and into the wider online community -- and it allows us to do a live Q&A. We were lucky enough to have women's prison advocate Amie Ichikawa grab a mic and share her experiences in the California penal system. So if you enjoyed this episode, follow us on Twitter and join our next Space. See you there!
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- Heather Mason's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Mason134211f
- Linda Blade's Twitter - https://twitter.com/coachblade
- Unsporting Official Website - https://www.unsporting.com/
- Amie Ichikawa's Twitter - https://twitter.com/ichinita310
- Woman II Woman - https://www.womaniiwoman.org/
- Keep Prisons Single Sex - https://kpssinfo.org/
Amy and Esme talk about the personal and professional repercussions of being an outspoken gender critical woman in Canada after Amy recently went public about her professional association investigating her for alleged "transphobia". It gets messy and real.
Amy and Esme chat about Amy's recent participation in the Parental Rights Rally in Vancouver, along with non-partisan movement building and what it means to be a bad woman.
Linda Blade holds a PhD in Kinesiology, is a sport performance coach with 25 years experience, and Canada's foremost advocate for women's and girls' sex-based rights in sport. She was the national champion heptathlete and competed internationally with Team Canada. Since 2014 she has served as president of Athletics Alberta and is a member of the Steering Committee of caWsbar -- Canadian Women's Sex-Based Rights.
In this episode, Amy and Esme chat with Linda about her recently released book, Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport, co-written with Barbara Kay. The book quickly reached the #1 Best Seller spot on Amazon in the Sociology of Sport category.
- Linda's Twitter: @coachblade
- Unsporting official website: https://www.unsporting.com/
Road trip! In the car on the way to the protest at Grand Valley Institution (GVI) in Kitchener, Ontario, March 7, Esme chats with incarcerated women's advocate and caWsbar founding member Heather Mason about her experiences being a prisoner at GVI, her advocacy work and some of the logistics involved in staging the protest as part of International Women's Day 2021. At the post-protest meal, Esme gets reactions from Madeline Riversong (founder of We The Females and protest co-organizer), Faye Van Derplank (caWsbar founding member) and Christopher Elston ("Billboard Chris") who talks about his experiences campaigning on the street. Just days after this episode was recorded Chris would make international news when he was physically attacked by gender ideology activists in Montreal.
In this episode, Amy & Esme conduct separate interviews with award-winning television writer and director Graham Linehan. Linehan, arguably the most famous male proponent of women's sex-based rights, has recently made international news for identifying as a lesbian on a dating app. Listen as we discuss the necessity of being outspoken, the perils of writing comedy in the age of political correctness, the way the gender war is turning around in the UK, and what it might take to get more men involved in the movement.
- The Glinner Update
- Graham Linehan's YouTube Channel
Amy and Esme in conversation with long-time National Post columnist and freethinker, Barbara Kay. No stranger to controversy, Barbara has always fearlessly commented on the tough social issues and trends of the day, and was an early, very vocal critic of gender identity ideology in Canada. She also writes for The Post Millennial and The Epoch Times, among others, and is a regular commentator on radio and television.
- Barbara's website
- Barbara's Twitter
Originally published December 21, 2020.
Gender identity legislation harms women and girls around the world. In this episode, Amy and Esme speak with Laoise Uí Aodha de Brún, one of the women working to amend the Irish Gender Recognition Act.
In September 2020, Laoise founded The Countess Didn’t Fight for This, a grassroots movement from all corners of Ireland and the Diaspora. Her organization joins the global uprising of women campaigning to roll back or reform anti-woman gender legislation.
- The Countess Didn't Fight for This website
- The Countess Didn't Fight for This - Twitter
Originally published November 23, 2020.
In this episode, introduced by Amy, Esme chats with Paris-based activist Marguerite Stern.
Marguerite started her feminist journey at age 20 when she joined FEMEN, which became famous for organizing controversial topless protests against prostitution, sexism and violence against women. In 2013 she was imprisoned in Tunisia while protesting. She later went on to create Collages, a street postering campaign against femicide.
Early in 2020, her Collages headquarters was overtaken by trans activists, she received death threats for voicing her gender critical views and was forced from her home. In September 2020, her book Héroïnes de la rue was published by Editions Michel Lafon.
- Marguerite's Twitter
- Marguerite's Instagram
- Héroïnes de la rue is available at: http://www.michel-lafon.fr/livre/2468-Heroines_de_la_rue.html
Originally published October 10, 2020.
In this episode, Amy & Esme chat with Meghan Murphy, journalist, founder and editor of Feminist Current, about the highs and lows of being "out" as gender critical -- and whether you can make a difference in the gender wars if you stay anonymous.
- Feminist Current
- Meghan's YouTube Channel
Originally published August 26, 2020.