Fictional Influence

Fictional Influence

Gender Discourse

Pretty. Stupid. Girls.

Feminism says there's no rules for women, and it's putting us in danger

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Kristin McTiernan
Jul 25, 2025
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The first time I set eyes on Lauren Southern, she was in the crush of a hostile crowd of LGBTQ activists, when a large They/Them emerged to dump a bottle of piss on her head.

She seemed to take it in stride, but I sat at my work computer, mouth agape at what I’d just watched, wondering, “Why the hell is that pretty girl there?”

Lauren Southern - Wikipedia

Doesn’t she know that she is uniquely vulnerable, even in comparison with other women?

No. She didn’t know that. But she sure as shit found out.

Lauren Southern announced the release of her memoir last week by dropping a bombshell on Twitter: she was raped by Andrew Tate.1

She is far from the first to make such an accusation, and for those following the case, the M.O. was startlingly familiar.

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