# The Bluestocking 360: T-Cow and T-Hid  ## Metadata - Author: [[Helen Lewis]] - Full Title: The Bluestocking 360: T-Cow and T-Hid - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: On a good day, he claims to read four or five books - URL: https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/the-bluestocking-360-t-cow-and-t - Source File: web-only ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > My starting position has always been that the excesses of the left helped re-elect Donald Trump; also, that you can’t expect to be taken seriously on vaccines when you are denying sexual dimorphism[2](https://helenlewis.substack.com/p/the-bluestocking-360-t-cow-and-t/#footnote-2). But of course, the charge is frequently thrown about that anyone vaguely “anti woke” was just pandering to a rightwing moral panic. Now, that’s partially true. The Trump administration’s alleged commitment to free speech is tissue-thin—see the detention of Palestine activist [Mahmoud Khalil](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/palestinian-activist-columbia-arrest-ice). Nonetheless, stories like Kevin Drum’s really happened, and they were abominable. I’m proud that I stood up to my political “side” when that was unpopular. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jpcf0fd00sm0vk2dvebesyf4))