Feminist Current

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Kajsa Ekis Ekman, author of "The Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman"

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with founder of Sex Matters, Helen Joyce, about new political developments in the UK around gender identity legislation, why women's bathrooms matter, and her spat with Matt Walsh

In this episode, I speak with Jennifer Bilek about the millionaires funding the transgender movement and what they aim to accomplish

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with founder of New Zealand's Women's Rights Party.

In this episode, Meghan Murphys speaks with two activists fighting to keep male inmates out of women's prisons

Meghan Murphy speaks with Director of the International Centre on Sexual Exploitation, Haley McNamara, about exploitation on Pornhub.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Alix Aharon about the realities behind platforms like OnlyFans and porn in the internet age.

Trans activists stopped Prof. Robert Wintemute's talk, but started an international conversation.

Scottish women suffered major blow in December when the SNP government passed a bill that will allow anyone to get a gender recognition certificate through self-declaration without a diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” or doctor's assessment. They will need only to claim to have been “living as a different gender” for three months. Teenagers will become…

Marissa Darlingh is suing the Milwaukee Public School District after she was fired from her job as a school counselor for speaking out against gender identity ideology in schools at a rally.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Maryam Namazie, feminist, secularist, and human rights activist, about the uprisings she calls a "women's revolution" in Iran.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with founder and CEO of Giggle, a female-only social network and app

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with the producer of a new documentary series looking at the disturbing truth about the pornography billions watch around the world.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Katy Worley, also known as DJ Lippy, about the argument that feminists must only ally with the left, not the right.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Abby Epstein and Holly Grigg-Spall about the profit motive compromising the pill and women's health, and why women need to think more critically about hormonal birth control.

Most feminists don’t think as guns as a means to empower women — rather, we tend to see them as a danger. Antonia Okafor Cover, the founder and president of EMPOWERED, an American non-profit, sees things differently. Antonia is the National Director of Women’s Outreach and a national spokesperson for Gun Owners of America. She…

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Julie Jaman, the 80-year-old woman who was banned from her community pool for asking a man to leave the woman's change room.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Louise Perry, author of "The Case Against the Sexual Revolution," about how modern sexual and relationship norms hurt women.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Norwegian feminist Christina Ellingsen, who is being investigated under hate crime charges for saying that men can't be lesbians or mothers.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speak with Katherine Deves, the co-founder of Save Women's Sports Australasia, who ran as the Liberal candidate for the seat of Warringah in 2022.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Mary Lou Singleton, a midwife and nurse practioner, about the flaws in the abortion debate and the implications of overturning Roe v. Wade.

On the podcast, Meghan Murphy speaks with Maya Forstater, co-founder of Sex Matters and the 'Respect my sex if you want my X' campaign.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Holly Lawford-Smith about social media censorship and her new book, "Gender-Critical Feminism."

Surrogacy has become a relatively mainstream practice. Celebrities and those with means treat surrogacy as a harmless option to aid women who cannot or do not wish to carry their own babies or to allow gay couples to have children. Few seem to consider the impact on mother and baby. A new surrogacy bill in…

The stories of those who exited prostitution tend to be wildly different than those still working in the industry and identifying as “sex workers.” And what men tend to believe about those working in prostitution tends to align with that “sex worker” narrative as well — that some women just really enjoy prostitution, that it…

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Elvira Pablo of Girls Not Brides about child marriage in Mexico.

Milli Hill is a freelance journalist and author The Positive Birth Book, Give Birth like a Feminist, and a new book for preteens, My Period. She founded the Positive Birth Movement in 2012 and ran it until recently, when she was “cancelled” for defending woman-centered language when talking about pregnancy and birth. In this episode,…

One of the most common questions I receive from women is, “How can I take action?” So many women are concerned about the legislation and ideology being embraced by politicians, the media, and institutions, yet feel helpless to make a difference.  A new book, Practical Politics for Bold Women, is for women who want to…

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with The Famous Artist Birdy Rose, a UK-based artist from Essex who has been subject to an ongoing slander campaign on account of her advocacy for women and women's rights. Find her online @artistbirdyrose.  

While kids once would learn about their changing bodies, puberty, sex, and reproduction as part of “sex ed,” what is now being taught in schools has changed suddenly and rapidly, without consultation with parents or consideration for the impact on kids. Today, students are no longer learning about sex, but about “gender” and “gender identity.”…

Meghan Murphy speaks with Alia Pierini and Heather Mason about the impact of allowing males to be transferred to female prisons in Canada.

On June 17, Britain's Royal Academy of Arts published a post on Instagram, saying: “Thank you to all those for bringing an item in the RA Shop by an artist expressing transphobic views to our attention. We were unaware of the artist’s stated views, and their work will not be stocked in the future. We…

The transitioning of kids is ever more common these days, despite growing concerns about physical, mental, and social impacts of encouraging youth to identify as the opposite sex. A new documentary film, Trans Mission, explores the background, messaging, and consequences of transitioning kids, through conversations with doctors, experts, parents, educators, and detransitioners. In this episode,…

Meghan Murphy speaks with Beth Stelzer, founder of Save Women's Sports.

Meghan Murphy speaks with Donna Hughes, a Professor at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in the Gender and Women's Studies Department who was recently denounced for writing critically about gender identity ideology.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Jessica Megarry about feminist organizing online and women's experiences on social media.

On January 20 2021, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” Biden’s order chooses to interpret sex broadly as “sexual orientation and gender identity” but does not make any provisions for the physical category of sex, meaning that women and girls may…

Last month, on inauguration day, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” Women across the United States and around the world reacted with anger. This meant, they feared, the erasure of women’s sex-based rights. But the language and impacts of the order…

Meghan Murphy speaks with Phyllis Chesler about her new book, Requiem for a Female Serial Killer.

Meghan Murphy speaks with Keira Bell, the 23-year-old detransitioner who is suing the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, arguing minors cannot consent to puberty blockers.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with journalist Helen Joyce about what she's learned covering the gender identity trend and its impact on girls.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Janice Raymond about her book, The Transsexual Empire, and what has happened since, in terms of the conflict between transgenderism and feminism.

Meghan Murphy speaks with Katherine Acosta and Lauren Levey about the aims of WHRC USA and the problem posed to women by the Equality Act (H.R. 5).

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Daphna Morell and Luba Fein about the Israeli feminist movement.

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Susan Hawthorne about her book, "In Defense of Separatism."

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Kathleen Lowrey, who was dismissed from her position as associate chair of undergraduate programs for the department of anthropology at the University of Alberta due to her views on gender identity and sex.

Stella Perrett was a political cartoonist for the UK’s only socialist daily newspaper, The Morning Star, from 2015 to 2020. She had published cartoons criticizing capitalism, the police, Brexit, the American president, and more. It…

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Renate Klein about the harms of surrogacy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone. But imagine if you were impoverished, a migrant, or living in close quarters with no way to socially isolate. What if you were a prostituted woman? A…

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with

Last month, a scheduled screening of Vaishnavi Sundar’s film, But What Was She Wearing? was abruptly cancelled. Vaishnavi was told, a week before the screening, that the event was cancelled because of her “transphobic” views.…