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cvillegrrrl.bsky.social
#theatlantic did it again. They invited #helenlewis to write another #transphobic and biased piece. I had thought this #publication sought to be more than a ranting rag. Instead, they echo the #anti-trans bias like the #nyt.
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM
inkana.bsky.social
a magazine that truly intends on informing and enriching the lives of its readers simply would not employ HelenLewis and Conor Friedersdorf. straight up
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d
The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
spectralthrum.myatproto.social
Every once in a while, I think about how, after the US Guardian called out the UK Guardian et al for their transphobia, she went after Mona Chalabi, one of the journos at the former, and basically compared her to Tommy Robinson:

(Also oof, aside from lying, nowt of what Lewis says has aged well)
Mona Chalabi © @MonaChalabi - Nov 3 I'm one of the people who wrote that piece and I'm British actually. (I'm also a feminist who believes that protecting trans rights does not trample women whatsoever.) Sarah Ditum @ @sarahditum Woken up still irritated by this. Why do Americans think they can impose their culture war on the UK? The US discussion on trans rights is a partisan nightmare where women are trampled from both sides. Why try to drag Britain the same way? amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/... Show this thread • 30 199 1.3K Helen Lewis O @heleniewis • Nov 3 So why have you used US stats to make an argument about the UK? The cultural context here is very different in terms of gun laws, police violence etc. And UK already provides for gender reassignment to be protected in law. No one is arguing against that. • 5 個11 ♥ 109 Helen Lewis © @helenlewis - Nov 3 You've lazily/dishonestly conflated an argument about how to reform the UK's existing process for gender reassignment to be recognised in law with the Trump admin's awful, inhumane suggestion that biology is immutable and therefore people can't change their gender in law. 0 4 17 2 59 Helen Lewis v @heleniewis Follow Replying to @helenlewis @MonaChalabi This has massive echoes to me of the American right bolstering Tommy Robinson's claim that he's bustina open a conspiracy of This has massive echoes to me of the American right bolstering Tommy Robinson's claim that he's busting open a conspiracy of silence because they don't understand the UK has a different attitude towards prejudicing juries, expressed through contempt of court. 2:48 pm - 3 Nov 2018 1 Retweet 46 Likes 3 17 1 46 Tweet your reply Helen Lewis @helenlewis - Nov 3 Replying to @helenlewis @MonaChalabi And there's no one in the mainstream of politics here, on left or right, who is arguing for the kind of regressive policies the Trump administration is flirting with. So it is just an unpleasant straw man, designed to bolster your case. 5 17 2 49 Helen Lewis & @helenlewis - Nov 3 You're making it harder to have a productive, non-toxic argument because it suits you to fight a rightwing bogeyman rather than engage with a genuine, principled disagreement with merits on both sides, which is where we are in the UK.
December 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
rvbdrm.com
Why is Benjamin Ryan being so weird?

Does sharing Bluesky skeets on twitter help him gain substack subscriptions, or is he trying to direct online harassment to these users below?
Screenshot of a tweet on X by Benjamin Ryan. His twitter post reads: “The person in the screenshot maintains a tradition of attacking me viciously (the person recently said they’d like to assault me with a baseball bat; and yet Bluesky never sanctioned them) and personally without ever actually pointing to anything errant I’ve ever written or said. I’m glad to be in the company of Singal and @HelenLewis, meanwhile.” Below is a screenshot of a Bluesky post from FreeLinkophant Shelley B… Handle: @shelleybwoke.bsky.social. The Bluesky post text reads: “The most frustrating thing about the faces of the transphobic corporate media (Singal, Stalker Ben Ryan, Helen Lewis, etc. …) is that they’re so fucking lame and self-absorbed and incredibly self-assured in their wrongness. It’s really not about you, you sick fucks. Below that is a reply from the same user: “And even just on a technical level, the writing SUCKS ASS.” Screenshot of a tweet on X by Benjamin Ryan. His tweet reads: “Astrophysicist Katie Mack explains what compels her to write errant Bluesky posts. Dr. Mack recently claimed that ‘Gender affirming care saves lives’ based on a study that did not reach that conclusion and could not have supported such a causal claim.” Below is a screenshot of a Bluesky post from Katie Mack, with a cartoon avatar drawing. Handle: @astrokatie.com. Her post reads (verbatim): “Every once in a while someone accuses me of posting something they don’t agree with ‘for the likes’ and I assure you it is not for the likes or for any reason other than that I am constitutionally incapable of not posting” Below is a reply from Katie Mack: “Is it a bad post? Very well then it is a bad post. (I am large, I contain multitudes of them.)” Below is a second embedded tweet from Benjamin Ryan with a small thumbnail of another Bluesky screenshot. Handle: @benryanwriter. Timestamp: His text read: “Astrophysicist Katie Mack reposted on Bluesky a Substack article by Erin Reed about a new study with the proclamation that ‘Gender-affirming care saves lives.’” Screenshot of a tweet on X by Benjamin Ryan. His text reads: “A good way to promote literacy is to have kids read books.” Below is a screenshot of a Bluesky post by Pixie Thinks Handle: @pixiethinkss.bsky.social. The post reads: “People don’t understand what is meant by ‘literacy’ and the ‘literacy crisis’. Literacy isn’t just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.” Screenshot of a tweet on X by Benjamin Ryan. His text reads: “Ad hominem attacks, name calling, vague accusations, etc.” Below is a screenshot of another tweet by Benjamin Ryan. His text reads: “And if UK comedian Adrian Comerford were paying attention, he would see that the majority of those books are, in fact, what he would characterize as the ‘pro-trans’ types. But never let the facts get in the way of a viral Bluesky post.” Below is a reposted Bluesky post by Aidan Comerford. Handle: @aidancomerford.b…. The post reads: “‘Look at how I have been educating myself on trans people,’ says Ben Ryan, and then posts a picture of books that are mostly anti-trans propaganda, and, hilariously, a stack of papers with a ruler beside them as if we measure quality of information by the centimetre. These people are ridiculous.” Below is another embedded screenshot of a tweet by Benjamin Ryan with a photo of a stack of books. His text (partially visible) reads: “This person in the quote tweet said that I post about pediatric gender medicine without educating myself.
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
sarahviktoria.bsky.social
Glad she reactivated her account so I can get both sides of this thread again.
Laurie Penny @PennyRed Helen. I know it’s uncomfortable when authoritarians use arguments you’ve been making for decades in their attack ads. But are you seriously suggesting that Democrats could have won if they had publicly disavowed trans rights? Quote Helen Lewis @helenlewis · Nov 9, 2024 Writing about a country that isn’t your own makes you prone to dumb errors. But being British was an advantage when writing about the role of trans issues in the US election. 🧵 6:09 PM · Nov 10, 2024 · 67.7K Views Helen Lewis @helenlewis · Nov 10, 2024 Nope. They were principally whomped by inflation. But it’s toxic for a party to tell voters stuff that patently isn’t true — “there’s no athletic difference between men and women” — and then call them bigots if they demur. You can respect identity without denying biology. Laurie Penny @PennyRed · Nov 10, 2024 Respectfully, I think the issue here is that the Democrats didn’t make their stance on trans issues a huge part of their platform, whereas the Republicans did- deliberately whipping up anti-trans panic with by flooding the airwaves with arguments like the one you’re making here. Laurie Penny @PennyRed · Nov 10, 2024 I’m honestly shocked that you’re using this moment of international grief to tell us that the far right…actually make some good points on gender? If that’s not what you’re saying, I’d like to know where exactly you disagree with the MAGA platform on trans and gender issues. Helen Lewis @helenlewis · Nov 10, 2024 I don’t think states should make laws restricting adult transition. Transition (and detransition) care should be covered by Medicaid. Texas shouldn’t threaten to prosecute parents who—in good faith, believing it’s well-evidenced —seek medical care for their GNC kids. Etc. Laurie Penny @PennyRed · Nov 10, 2024 Acknowledged. Glad to hear that, at least! I’m still saddened to see you making common ground with Republicans over the rest, at a time like this. It really does read as if you’re blaming a m…
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
katiefenn.bsky.social
Helen Lewis is questioning Lewis Goodall on Twitter.

Her grievance boils down to:

- She wasn’t “allowed” to debate trans rights on Newsnight

- The evidence for this is that Freddie McConnell and Paris Lees exercised their right to withdraw their participation

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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
whodat35.bsky.social
“Jeffrey Epstein wouldn’t have been friends with plain Andrew Windsor,” @helenlewis argues. “So the correct punishment for the disgraced royal is obvious.” | The Atlantic

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Prince Andrew Deserves at Least This Penalty
Jeffrey Epstein wouldn’t have been friends with plain Andrew Windsor. So the correct punishment for the disgraced royal is obvious.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
flyingrodent.bsky.social
Hey lads, why don’t we just lock the cabin door and fly the plane into the ground, because fuck the haterz, am I right or what
Helen Lewis @helenlewis • 1h It's very easy for me to say "I would prefer Labour to make correct but unpopular choices and go down in flames next time" but also I feel like ... maybe it wouldn't be any worse than their current strategy of trying to hold a middle that doesn't exist?
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
b7bird.bsky.social
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October 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
gen3sf.bsky.social
The Epstein scandal has devolved into mere political soap opera in the US, says @helenlewis. In the UK, ethical lapses still carry a serious political price. The UK has fired its US ambassador for writing a msg in the same bk as reportedly did the US president.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Epstein Scandal Finally Takes Down a Politician
Just not an American one
www.theatlantic.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
1hime.bsky.social
“Behold Miss Americana and her Heartbreak Prince. She is molding Brand Tayvis into the beloved American archetype of the smart if uptight wife and the dumb but lovable husband,” @helenlewis writes:

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The Defiant Conventionality of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
Swifties love seeing him take pride in her success.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
suebeeblue.bsky.social
No such thing as having mild GC views. Either you're a bigot, or you're not. Being critical of the most marginalized communities makes them more vulnerable to violence than they already are.
@helenlewis says "Given the wide prevalence of gender critical views in the general population, it’s very bad that anyone with even the mildest GC views is not welcome here and instead stays on X, the everything app and radicalisation engine."
August 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
gen3sf.bsky.social
Humans have tried for centuries to understand a quicksilver quality that defies explanation. In this week’s Time-Travel Thursdays, @HelenLewis writes about the flawed ways we decide who is a “genius”:

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What Does ‘Genius’ Really Mean?
Humans have long tried to understand a quicksilver quality that defies explanation.
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August 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
gen3sf.bsky.social
Humans have tried for centuries to understand a quicksilver quality that defies explanation. In this week’s Time-Travel Thursdays, @HelenLewis writes about the flawed ways we decide who is a “genius”:

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
What Does ‘Genius’ Really Mean?
Humans have long tried to understand a quicksilver quality that defies explanation.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
cvillegrrrl.bsky.social
This (edited for clarity) section from Assigned Media's interview w/ a team member of the Southern Poverty Law Center's report on pseudoscience and the Christian Right's attacks on trans healthcare is dedicated to #theatlantic, #helenlewis and #jeffreygoldberg.
AM: At the end of all that, what
August 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
thirteentwelve.bsky.social
You miserable soulless liberal
Infamous Helen Lewis tweet; Helen Lewis @helenlewis Corbyn: "There is a poet, a painting, a novel, a play in all of us." DON'T ENCOURAGE THEM JEREMY.
August 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
deborahhyde.bsky.social
Here is @Psythor introducing @helenlewis for this evening's talk about her latest book 'The Genius Myth'.
July 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
1hime.bsky.social
Hunter Biden’s recent interview unveiled a “straightforward, pummeling aggression” that the Democratic Party has been missing, @helenlewis argues.

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Finally, a Democrat Who Could Shine on Joe Rogan’s Show
Hunter Biden is unrepentant.
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July 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
justjami.bsky.social
“If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers. Let’s call them journalists,” @helenlewis writes:
July 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
m-s-correia2025.bsky.social
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If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,” @helenlewis writes. “Let’s call them journalists.”
MAGA Influencers Don’t Understand What Journalism Is
As the Jeffrey Epstein case shows, right-wing internet personalities prefer “just asking questions” to getting answers.
www.theatlantic.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
janefriedman.com
1,000x yes. “This is a microcosm of the problem of working in the mainstream, now. You’re not fiery enough for either side, and some people try to destroy your career for covering an issue at all. Is it any wonder so many writers and podcasters succumb to audience capture?” —@helenlewis
The Bluestocking 375: Evita, Skrmetti, Wolfe
Not bam bam bam bam bam bam, but bama bampa barama bam bammity bam bam bammity barampa
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July 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
prismnpen.bsky.social
We have been treating the words of bad-faith actors in good faith for far too long, and I want to make the case that we need to start actually classifying them as conservatives.
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Helen Lewis, Andrew Sullivan, and Other Anti-Trans Critics Are Right-Wing
Just because someone uses the word nuance doesn’t mean they aren’t bigots
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July 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
michaelhobbes.bsky.social
No I very much am contesting the central claim: “Lifesaving” is a perfectly reasonable way to describe a treatment that reduces depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation in a population with high rates of all three!
Helen Lewis @helenlewis • 9h The Bluesky reaction is about what you'd expect in terms of the emotional pitch. But what's telling is that no one is contesting the central claim -- that the suicide claims were overblown. Again, it isn't me that's spent a decade earmongering on this.
June 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
sarahviktoria.bsky.social
#WarOnTrans #HelenLewis

Helen Lewis deserves a hashtag of her own.
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jun 29
The "misinformation" in question here is that gender-affirming care reduces suicides among youth. It merely reduces depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation.
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The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine How the left ended up disbelieving the science By Helen Lewis “We often ask parents, ‘Would you rather have a dead son than a live daughter?’” Johanna Olson-Kennedy of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles once explained to ABC News. Variations on the phrase crop up in innumerable media articles and public statements by influencers, activists, and LGBTQ groups. The same idea—that the choice is transition or death—appeared in the arguments made by Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s solicitor general, before the Supreme Court last year. Tennessee’s law prohibiting the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to treat minors with gender dysphoria would, she said, “increase the risk of suicide.” But there is a huge problem with this emotive formulation: It isn’t true. When Justice Samuel Alito challenged the ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on such claims during oral arguments, Strangio made a startling admission. He conceded that there is no evidence to support the idea that medical transition reduces adolescent suicide rates.
June 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
mattferrel.bsky.social
Pass
HELEN LEWIS Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social 45.1K followers 1.3K following 830 posts Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 and Strong Message Here | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/ helenlewis Megan McArdle Follower St Mary's School Private School
June 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM