Beyond Gender

Nancy McDermott, author and parenting culture expert, discusses the alarming effects of modern parenting styles on children's resilience. She reveals how the shift from communal to individualistic parenting since the 1970s has left both parents and kids in a cycle of fear and disappointment. From the struggles of gentle parenting to the erosion of parental authority in schools, McDermott critiques the need for balance between protection and real-life challenges. Her insights urge a reevaluation of how we nurture the next generation.

What if millions of pregnant women were unknowingly given drugs that altered their children’s brains, and their grandchildren’s?In this episode, Jill Escher, autism advocate and president of the National Council on Severe Autism, shares the shocking discovery that reshaped her understanding of her family, and the modern neurodevelopmental crisis. Escher’s journey began with two profoundly autistic sons and led her to a startling truth: her mother received weekly injections of synthetic steroid hormones during pregnancy.Now, as rates of both autism and gender dysphoria skyrocket, Jill connects dots that the medical establishment refuses to acknowledge, from DES disasters to modern anti-miscarriage drugs still in use until 2023.

What if the most destructive concept in modern psychiatry emerged from men lying to get hormones? Mia Hughes traces the shocking origins of childhood gender dysphoria back to the 1960s, when researchers studying effeminate boys were actually chasing ghosts—transgender children who didn't exist. Meanwhile, Stella O'Malley shares her harrowing personal journey as a child who desperately wanted to be a boy, offering a rare window into what gender dysphoria actually feels like from the inside. Their conversation challenges everything: Is this a real diagnosis? Should it exist? And in our current culture, is it too dangerous to leave in the DSM?

“To a close approximation, I would, quote, diagnose the West as having a thoroughgoing case of borderline and narcissistic personality disorders.”What if the same psychological abuse tactics you escaped from your childhood home are now running our political culture? Josh Slocum saw it first in his borderline mother's rages, then in his leftist activist circles, and now everywhere: the emotional manipulation, reality distortion, and performative victimhood of Cluster B personality disorders have infected the body politic. A former funeral industry reformer turned cultural critic, Slocum brings 20 years of nonprofit leadership and personal trauma recovery to decode our narcissistic age. His message is blunt: we're being governed by the psychological rules of the personality disordered, and the only cure is learning to say "no."Full shownotes: https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/cluster-b-politics-an-abuse-survivors

Buckle up for evolutionary psychology without guardrails. Diana Fleischman tackles the questions everyone thinks but nobody asks: Why do women feel visceral disgust at pregnant “transmen”? Why did #MeToo accidentally break dating? Could autogynephilia be men trying to psychologically "hunt" women? A polyamorous mother of two who openly advocates eugenics, Fleischman brings hard science to our softest taboos. She explains why your disgust reflexes know things your politics don't, why patriarchy might be "the natural order," and how millions of years of evolution shape today's gender wars. No apologies, no euphemisms - just data that nobody wants to hear.Full show notes: https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/disgust-dating-and-autogynephilia

What do you call a Pulitzer finalist, former lawyer, and veteran pharma investigator who dares to ask the questions no one else will?In this episode, Gerald Posner pulls back the curtain on the trans medical industry — exposing how profit motives, off-label drug loopholes, and institutional cowardice have allowed ideology to trump science. With chilling parallels to the opioid crisis, Posner warns: we’ve seen this before.

🎙️ “Everything I Believed Was a Lie” — Monica Harris Breaks the SilenceWhat happens when a Harvard-trained lawyer, raised to trust the system, starts questioning everything?In this episode, Monica Harris, former Disney executive, media insider, and now Executive Director of FAIR (Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism) reveals how she walked away from elite institutions, exposed the illusion of racial division, and discovered a deeper truth about race, media, and power in America.

Psychologist Jaco van Zyl explores how Western culture's shift from duty to gratification is harming young people's psychological development. From the dangers of gentle parenting to the allure of "my truth," this conversation dives deep into what we're getting wrong—and how we can build something better.

“Family life is much more problematic now than it was in the past.”In this episode, sociologist and author Frank Furedi reflects on his journey from radical politics to critiquing identity politics and therapy culture. He unpacks how ideological movements target children, reshape families, and transform education across Europe.

“It’s a heartbreaking time to live in — we’re so fragmented.”In this episode of Beyond Gender, filmmaker Michael Nayna unpacks how viral media, academic hoaxes, and ideological capture have reshaped our institutions. From filming a racist incident that went global, to exposing bias in academia through the Grievance Studies Affair, Nayna gives a rare inside look at the cultural unraveling across media, education, and tech — and what it all means for the future.