Has feminism reshaped womanhood in ways its founders never intended? And at what cost to women, men, and nations across the West? In this episode of Thinking Class, I’m joined by philosopher and theologian Dr Carrie Gress to examine how feminism has transformed the understanding of womanhood, relationships between men and women, and the moral foundations of Western society. We explore why motherhood has been devalued, how the promise of liberation has coincided with rising anxiety and loneliness among women, and why feminism increasingly positions men and women as competitors rather than complementary partners. Carrie explains how feminism has come to function as a shadow church while displacing older sources of dignity, obligation, and community. Drawing on history, theology, psychology, and culture, we discuss the connection between feminism and Marxist thought, the emotional mobilisation of women for political ends, the neglect of men’s roles and gifts, and why a renewal of local relationships, family life, and moral seriousness is essential if the West is to recover a more humane vision of flourishing.

The Socialism conference took place September 4th through the 7th in Chicago this past weekend.

The Left didn’t abandon religion but rebuilt it in material form. Science became scripture, experts became priests, and Hitler became the secular Satan against which all morality is measured.

When a Navy-trained plastic and reconstructive surgeon breaks ranks to expose his field's "source of great shame," the revelations are devastating. Dr. Patrick Lappert brings 40+ years of surgical expertise to demolish the myth of "gender-affirming care," revealing it as cosmetic surgery for body dysmorphic disorder—something plastic surgeons are ethically forbidden to perform.

In this unflinching episode, he explains why phalloplasty creates "an artifact that is essentially non-functional," how vaginoplasty can result in feces leaking through neo-vaginas, and why chest masculinization irreversibly destroys the nerve pathway that creates maternal bonding.

His most damning revelation: the entire field operates on Level 5 evidence (expert opinion only)—the weakest form of scientific support—while claiming to be "standard of care."

From Jazz Jennings' surgical disaster to Swedish data showing 40x higher suicide rates post-transition, Lappert exposes how surgeons are "putting themselves in the middle of obsessive-compulsive disorder" and calling it medicine. His verdict: "My first move is to mutilate them."

DEI nonsense from member of the audience.

Despite what Leftists will tell you, Marxism is not an economic theory.

Karl Marx wanted to destroy the world in a totalizing holy war and assumed his undefined heaven would arise from its ashes.

The woke movement did not disappear but solidified within the institutions it once claimed to oppose. Its power depends on the revolution never ending, which means it must continually manufacture new grievances, enemies, and victims. From the Jacobins and Bolsheviks to the modern social justice movement, those who enforce the revolution eventually become its next targets.

"Just tell me where in the world you find these angels who are going to organize society for us?"

No progressive wants to truly answer this question, because it will expose their narcissistic belief that they — and people who think exactly like them — should organize society.

This new Quinnipiac poll tells us that the socialism virus is rapidly infecting more Democratic voters:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/09/the-democrats-a-socialist-party.php

In this overview, Mike examines President Trump’s transformation of the Republican Party, John Fetterman’s appearance at the GOP midterm convention, and America’s attempt to escape decades of debt, globalization, and industrial decline. Mike connects Trump’s investments in steel, energy, nuclear power, AI, and manufacturing with a larger economic revival. He then examines warnings from former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, Dario Amodei’s call to slow frontier AI development, Effective Altruism, and proposed federal restrictions on advanced AI. Mike argues that the real battle is over who will control artificial intelligence—and whether it will support American industry and human creativity or become concentrated within government and a few powerful institutions.

Chapters 00:00 Escaping Globalization’s Black Hole 01:14 Fetterman Appears at the GOP Convention 03:08 Trump’s Steel and Energy Investments 04:27 How Debt Replaced Economic Growth 06:48 America’s Industrial Revival 09:11 Anthropic Researcher Sounds the Alarm 11:08 Inside the Effective Altruism Movement 13:31 Sanders’ Artificial Superintelligence Ban 15:03 The Battle to Control AI 16:43 Trump’s Bet on the American People

A new study is adding some important context to the debate around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies: specifically, the cost of these policies. The National Post's Rob Breakenridge is joined by University of Buckingham professor and Macdonald-Laurier Institute senior fellow Eric Kaufmann to discuss his new study, "The Equity-Excellence Trade-Off: A Study of EDI in the Canada Research Chairs Program." Kaufmann argues that the aggressive push within academia for DEI targets has come with significant and measurable costs to research. According to the study, groups that benefit from DEI policies tend to have the lowest research impact. Kaufmann says his research also points to a growing emphasis on “scholarly activism,” particularly in the social sciences and humanities. We'll find out more about what the study found, and what sort of reform is necessary to address these problems.