The World and Everything In It 5.8.26 The federal investigation into Smith College, a review of The Sheep Detectives, and a classical music label focused on beauty
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May 8, 2026 
John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center and Breakpoint host, joins Culture Friday to tackle legal and cultural clashes around Smith College’s transgender admissions policy. He discusses how definitions and policy collide. Conversations also cover trends in adult doll collecting, WNBA marketing questions, a family-friendly mystery film, and a classical label redefining recording economics.
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Expanding Sex Definitions Undermines Single-Sex Institutions
- Expanding Sex Definitions Undermines Single-Sex Institutions.
- John Stonestreet argued Smith College admitting men who identify as women collapses the legal category of a women's college, forcing complex administrative and legal contradictions.
Own Policy Consequences Instead Of Complaining
- Own Your Policy Consequences Instead Of Complaining About Complexity.
- John Stonestreet advised Smith's counsel that by changing category definitions the college 'made this bed' and must now resolve predictable legal messes transparently.
Abortion Advocacy Separates Access From Procedure Realities
- Abortion Advocacy Often Separates Access Rhetoric From Procedure Realities.
- John Stonestreet highlighted a congressional exchange where a witness defended clinic access while refusing to discuss graphic abortion methods, exposing rhetorical avoidance.