Dehumanization involves wrongly treating or viewing some person or group as less than human. But what exactly is it to treat or view some person or group as less than human? And how might these actions and beliefs be related? This essay introduces influential answers to these questions so we might better understand dehumanization.| Dehumanization involves wrongly treating or viewing some person or group as l...
What is civil disobedience? Can it be justified? If so, under what conditions? And what should happen to people who engage in civil disobedience? Should they be punished? Or should they be praised This essay reviews some important philosophical answers to these questions. The post Civil Disobedience: Seeking Justice by Breaking the Law first appeared on 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology.| 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology
In this episode of Integral Edge, Keith Martin-Smith explores the modern crisis of masculinity and offers a powerful framework for reclaiming the healthy strengths of traditional, modern, and postmodern masculine expressions. Rather than choosing between power and empathy, discipline and vulnerability, Keith shows how wholeness means learning to embody all of them—at the right time, in the right way. This post was originally published on Integral Life.| Integral Life
Back in October 2022, when Jolyon ‘Angry Dad’ Maugham KC and his (Not Very) Good Law Project were still using Crowdjustice to host their crowdfunders, I reported on this blog the strange case of the GLP’s crowdfunder in support of … Continue reading →| Labour Pains
Since the Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act on 16 April, three organisations – the trans advocacy group TransLucent, the civil liberties group Liber…| Labour Pains
Social media is currently host to a number of quite astonishing clips from the Parliament TV recording of yesterday’s two-hour oral evidence session of the Trans+ Rights Select Committee of M…| Labour Pains
So, we now have not one, not two, but three separate crowdfunders in support of proposed legal challenges to the draft revised Code of Practice issued by the Equality & Human Rights Commission on 20 May, in response to the … Continue reading →| Labour Pains
As noted on this blog last month, it was always going to be fun watching Jolyon Maugham KC and his Good Law Project try to re-invent themselves, following the demise on 4 July last year of the Tory…| Labour Pains
The Supreme Court is comprised of very able and mature minds, aware of the law and of their duties. The case brought by For Women Scotland concerns a pure and straightforward matter of statutory reading and I have no doubt … Continue reading →| Labour Pains
We believe that the so-called Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from a man with titties and a woman with a beard before handing down a decision with the profoundest possible conse…| Labour Pains
In September last year, Jolyon Maugham KC and his (Not Very) Good Law Project announced, in an email to supporters, that they will no longer be bringing legal challenges on transgender-related issues, as It’s getting harder and harder to win rights … Continue reading →| Labour Pains
The modern world is demanding more from men than ever before—strength and sensitivity, resilience and vulnerability, leadership and collaboration—yet many feel lost without clear role models or cultural support. This conversation explores the forces shaping modern masculinity, the allure of strongman archetypes, and the path toward a truly integrated, evolved form of masculinity that balances power with presence, agency with empathy, and tradition with transformation.| Integral Life
Photo of Supreme Court of Pakistan from Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Pakistan’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Act (XX of 2017) represents a significant step towards increasing female participation within the legal sphere. With specific provisions on female representation in court-mandated mediation and ADR centers, this Act moves Pakistan towards a more inclusive and equitable legal…Read More| Canopy Forum
On 5 June, having already grifted more than £20,000 for legal advice on challenging NHS correspondence with parents of trans-identifying young people on puberty blockers, Jolyon ‘I used to be…| Labour Pains