Louise Perry

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry

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A podcast about sexual politics www.louiseperry.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Louise Perry

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www.louiseperry.co.uk

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

Are we becoming Pagan? Helen Dale | Maiden Mother Matriarch 19 11.06.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk Helen Dale is a lawyer, writer and novelist with an interest in the history of Roman law. We spoke about how Roman women were treated by legal system; how the Romans viewed issues like abortion; and we discussed whether we are becoming more Roman in our attitudes towards sexuality. In the extended part of the podca...

Collapse now and avoid the rush - Ashley Colby | Maiden Mother Matriarch 18 04.06.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Ashley Colby, she's an environmental scientist and the co-founder of the Rizoma field school. On the podcast we discussed the perils of modern life for sustainability and Ashley's decision to uproot to Uruguay with her family and live in a homestead. In the extended part of the podcast, Ashley tal...

Feminism in China - Rana Mitter | Maiden Mother Matriarch 17 28.05.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Rana Mitter, professor of history and politics of modern China at the University of Oxford and author of many books on China, which you can see below. On the podcast we talked about Chinese sexual politics and the consequences of the one-child policy; we discussed the use of dating apps in urban C...

Free Speech and its Enemies - Inaya Folarin | Maiden Mother Matriarch 16 21.05.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk Inaya Folarin is a journalist, commentator and campaigner. She is also the Founder and Director of the The Equiano project, which began in 2020 to facilitate conversations around freedom, common humanity and universalism. On the podcast we talked about the diversity of views among British ethnic minorities; Inaya’s...

Parenting trans teens - Sasha Ayad | Maiden Mother Matriarch 15 15.05.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Sasha Ayad, she is a licensed professional councillor who works in private practice and has treated adolescents for over 10 years. Her work focuses on teens and young adults who struggle with issues of gender dysphoria and gender identity. She is also host of the Gender: A wider lens podcast https...

The New Elite - Matt Goodwin | Maiden Mother Matriarch 14 07.05.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk Matt Goodwin is a professor of politics at the University of Kent and the author most recently of Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics. We spoke about what Matt describes as the ‘new elite’ and their enormous power over British institutions, why no one wants to be described as a member of this new eli...

Adult Human Female - Posie Parker | Maiden Mother Matriarch 13 01.05.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk Kellie Jay-Keen (also known as ‘Posie Parker’) is an iconic and divisive women’s rights campaigner. We spoke about the recent violent protests against her in New Zealand, the new political party she’s founding, and how she feels about being compared with Nigel Farage. In the extended version of the podcast, we spok...

The Need for Religion - Sarah Haider | Maiden Mother Matriarch 12 24.04.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk Sarah Haider is a writer, political activist, and the founder of the advocacy group Ex-Muslims of North America. Sarah is also the co-host of the podcast A Special Place In Hell, alongside Meghan Daum. We spoke about motherhood and religion, the reality of living in a multi-generational household – and why, althoug...

The Other Side of Surrogacy - Jennifer Lahl | Maiden Mother Matriarch 11 19.04.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Jennifer Lahl, founder and president of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network , Jennifer spent 25 years working as a paediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager. Now she works as a writer, campaigner, and documentary filmmaker, with films inc...

Fertility Collapse - Simone Collins | Maiden Mother Matriarch 10 14.04.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Simone Collins , co-founder with her husband Malcolm of pronatalist.org , an advocacy organisation whose mission is to empower families who choose to preserve and expand human cultural, ethnic, and genetic diversity. They are also the authors of ‘The Pragmatist’s Guide’ series of books, the most r...

The Limits of Consent - Mia Döring | Maiden Mother Matriarch 9 09.04.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Mia Döring, the writer, psychotherapist, and author of Any Girl: A Memoir of Sexual Exploitation and Recovery . We spoke about why sex positive feminism struggles to come to terms with the true nature of the sex industry, the public response to Mia’s book, and why consent is a useless framework fo...

Hag Feminism - Victoria Smith | Maiden Mother Matriarch 8 02.04.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Victoria Smith, journalist and author of a new book Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women. We spoke about botox, intergenerational conflict, and why Mumsnet is such a dangerous political force. In the extended version, we also spoke about how ageing affects men’s status and why so many young...

The Truth About Autogynephilia - Michael Bailey | Maiden Mother Matriarch 7 26.03.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest today is Professor Michael Bailey, author of the (somewhat infamous) book The Man Who Would Be Queen. We spoke about Michael’s research on sexual orientation, including autogynephilia, and the attempts to cancel him in response to his work. Be warned, this is quite an explicit episode! In the extended vers...

Uncanny Vulvas - Diana Fleischman | Maiden Mother Matriarch 6 19.03.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.uk My guest this week is Diana Fleischman, evolutionary psychologist, author, and one of the hosts of the Ideas Sleep Furiously podcast. We spoke about the effect that sex robots will have on the dating market, why men and women have affairs, why it’s so hard to talk about ‘mate value’, and why polyamory only works fo...

5: Reactionary Feminism - Mary Harrington | Maiden Mother Matriarch 5 12.03.2023

My guest this week is Mary Harrington, contributing editor at UnHerd and author of a new book, Feminism Against Progress, which launches a full frontal attack on the ‘progress’ narrative of women’s history. We spoke about the meaning behind Mary;’s term ‘reactionary feminism’, the Old Left, biotech, body snatching, and why the feminists who embrace dechristianisation are sawing off the branch on w...

4: The Coming Wave of Sex Negativity - Katherine Dee | Maiden Mother Matriarch 4 05.03.2023

My guest this week is journalist Katherine Dee. She’s a culture reporter and writes an advice column at her Substack defaultfriend.substack.com . Her work can be found in the Washington Examiner, Tablet, UnHerd, and many other places. Katherine has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the internet: contemporary internet culture, the history of the internet, and the effect that it’s having on society. We...

3: Why Sex Differences Matter - Helen Joyce | Maiden Mother Matriarch 3 26.02.2023

Helen Joyce is a journalist, author, and the director of advocacy at Sex Matters. Her 2021 book Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women's Rights was an international bestseller. We spoke about the importance of sex differences in law and policy, the origins of gender identity ideology, whether or not gender critical feminists have ‘won’ in the UK, and the relationship between feminism...

2: The Largest Sex Abuse Scandal of This Century - Charlie Peters | Maiden Mother Matriarch 2 19.02.2023

Charlie Peters is a GB News journalist and filmmaker. His latest documentary, Grooming Gangs: Britain's Shame, is now available to watch on YouTube .  Charlie and I spoke about the scale of the grooming gangs scandal, the timeline of events, the people involved, and the nitty gritty of it all. Charlie spent the last 18 months travelling up and down the country learning everything there is to know...

1: Masculinity and Its Discontents - Nina Power | Maiden Mother Matriarch 1 12.02.2023

Nina Power is a writer, philosopher, and a senior editor and columnist at Compact Magazine . Her latest book can be found here…  UK: What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents US: What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents   Australia: What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents  Canada: What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents  Nina and I spoke about masculinity,...

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