Michaela Chamberlain

The Pain of Perfectionism It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.

A psychology professor argues that young people, especially Gen Z-ers, are facing an “epidemic of perfectionism,” largely fuelled by social media.

Campaign against sexism and misogyny Our campaign to tackle sexism and misogyny

‘But this year’s Girls’ Attitudes Survey shows too many are afraid - afraid to go out after dark, to use public transport, or to be themselves online. In fact, 68% of girls have changed their behaviour to avoid sexual harassment in the last year.’
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Other than the science free nature of it all, perhaps the least surprising part of the admin’s new claim is the onus it puts on pregnant women. Dying of fever? Deal with it. In severe pain? Deal with it. Child has autism? It’s because you were weak, and if you say it wasn’t, you’re a liar. We know.

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Domestic abuse and public violence: will the state now accept the two go hand in hand? | Joan Smith Many men arrested in disorder after the Southport murders had themselves been accused of attacking women. It’s high time police acted on these red flags, says author Joan Smith

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The Invisible Edifice: How Gendered Structures Shape Clinical Work - nscience “I don’t think of myself as a misogynist.” Neither do most people. Yet a teacher who hesitates to express anger in a predominantly male staff meeting, a girl who shrinks her ambitions to accommodate i...

Join us for a closer look at how misogyny plays out in psychotherapy - really looking forward to presenting this course with Jan Hepburn.https://www.nscience.uk/product/the-invisible-edifice-how-gendered-structures-shape-clinical-work/

Alba de Céspedes’s Broadcasts Against Fascism During the Second World War, the Italian writer took to the radio, urging resistance to the pressures of tyranny.

“Tonight a woman is speaking to you.” During WWII, the Italian station Radio Bari became the voice of free Italy. Alba de Céspedes broadcast twice a week, addressing the women of Italy. Read three transcripts, translated into English for the first time.

Karnac Books on X: "@MisogynyinPsych's 'brave and pithy' book is sparking crucial conversations about the hidden biases shaping psychoanalysis. 🍏 Get your copy here: https://t.co/npv9BK33Ca 🔗 Read Annie Pesskin's review: https://t.co/BSODuSwYVx #Psychoanalysis #feminism #publishing https://t.co/hcEZauWYZX" / X @MisogynyinPsych's 'brave and pithy' book is sparking crucial conversations about the hidden biases shaping psychoanalysis. 🍏 Get your copy here: https://t.co/npv9BK33Ca 🔗 Read Annie Pesskin's review: https://t.co/BSODuSwYVx #Psychoanalysis #feminism #publishing https://t.co/hcEZauWYZX

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Babies in groups: expanding imaginations By Ben S. Bradley, Jane Selby, Matthew Stapleton, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2024. pp. 208. £32.66 (paperback), £32.66 (hardback) Click on the article title to read more.

My review of this wonderful book - Babies in Groups is in the current edition of BJP - great book, challenging the misogyny of attachment theory and psychoanalytic tropes about mothers & babies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Teachers triage the schoolyard effects of online misogyny | BPS A survey of UK-based teachers reveals prevalent misogynistic attitudes and behaviours in primary and secondary schoolboys, and details their impacts on female pupils and staff.

Around 44% of secondary school teacher participants described female pupils being the victims of misogynistic comments, discrimination, or inappropriate behaviour…30% of these teachers making reference to negative influences on self esteem and engagement.

Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship' Will the government clamp down on legal but harmful online pornography? Sienna Rodgers talks to Conservative peer Baroness Bertin about her new rev...

New: “It is not your right to see abusive, harmful, degrading, misogynistic porn, much like it's not your right to go and punch someone in the face in the street”

My interview with Baroness Bertin on her newly published porn review: www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...

Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship' Will the government clamp down on legal but harmful online pornography? Sienna Rodgers talks to Conservative peer Baroness Bertin about her new rev...

‘choking’ sex is being normalised, with a Savanta survey showing 38 per cent of women aged 18 to 39 have experienced it.’
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Kyle Clifford watched Andrew Tate videos before triple murder Jury was not told former soldier convicted of murder and now rape was interested in misogynist influencer

‘judge said: “The prosecution suggest the sort of violent misogyny promoted by Tate is the same type of motivation that, on their case, fuelled both the murders and the rape. The defence submit this material has too vague a link and it [is] far too prejudicial.” Any training for judges on misogyny?

‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever

“We can’t tell boys that bullying is bad and then equally reward bullies like Trump in power,” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.

Jos Buttler steps down as captain of England’s white-ball cricket team England’s white-ball captain Jos Buttler has stepped down after their exit from the Champions Trophy after two opening defeats and a dispiriting tour of India

We’re playing cricket with a country that forbids women speaking in public, excludes them from education, withdrawn basic human rights, and this is the news story?

Toril Moi · I must divorce! On Vigdis Hjorth Women who write ​about women drinking and writing and sleeping around have until recently been dismissed as less...

‘Women who write​ about women drinking and writing and sleeping around have until recently been dismissed as less serious, less “universal”, than men who write about men drinking and writing and sleeping around.’

@torilmoi.bsky.social on Vigdis Hjorth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

White Men are the Beneficiaries of Preferential Hiring With DEI under attack, it’s time to get clear on the facts: white men still get far more than their fair share of opportunities in 2025. And systemic racism in hiring remains real and deleterious.

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Confessions of an Ambivalent Psychiatrist Susan Mahler, MS, MD, is a writer and psychiatrist who practices in North Adams, MA.

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Misogyny in Psychoanalysis (​Online Presentation) | Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2025  |  9:30 – 11:30 AM (Eastern)

Pleased to share that the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies will be hosting Michaela Chamberlain (@michaelacham.bsky.social) this Saturday 01.25 for a virtual presentation, "Misogyny in Psychoanalysis"
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Looking forward to meeting with the Centre for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies to talk about Misogyny in Psychoanalysis on Saturday 25th Jan - here’s the flyer if you’d like to join us
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Controversial face-down restraint still being used for mental health patients in England Dangerous practice was supposed to be phased out but new data reveals thousands of incidents every year

www.theguardian.com/society/2024... -it’s also deeply traumatic for all involved and a huge betrayal of trust - there are alternatives but they require more staff, training and valuing dignity

‘The point here is not that all men are rapists-in-waiting, nor that all women who put their trust in men are at risk. The point is that patriarchy puts women in a sceptical scenario, making the distinction between the men you can and can’t trust difficult to draw’

How the defence tried to frame Gisèle Pelicot in court (from Sophie Smith's essay in @londonreview.bsky.social).

Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: husband jailed for 20 years as all 51 men found guilty Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her in their French home over nine years

Gisèle Pelicot is a hero

What One Mass Rape Case Shows about the Depth of Rape Culture So many men were willing to rape a woman. And not one was willing to try to stop it.

open.substack.com/pub/katemann... ‘there was always a large hole in the “cycle of abuse” theory: it doesn’t make sense of the fact that girls are more likely to be abused than boys, but are far, far less likely to become abusers as adults. The proclivity to abuse is a highly gendered phenomenon’

Extending what feels like a very personal invitation to my few followers on Bluesky 😂 to these two events at the Freud Museum early next year about Anna Freud and Dorothy Birmingham’s long relationship. Hope to see some of you there! www.freud.org.uk/event/queer-...

Sara Sharif’s father given custody despite years of reported abuse of mother and siblings Trial of Urfan Sharif revealed children’s services, Surrey police and primary school were aware of concerns about the family for 16 years

The family had been known to services since before Sara was born and whilst she was at school with multiple chances to intervene. Home schooling clearly isn’t the issue- just adds further stigma and lack of understanding about why people home school(often forced to homeschool due to lack of support)

Un biopic de Frantz Fanon, figure majeure de l'anti-colonialisme, attendu en salles en avril Présenté en avant-première au Festival du film de Marrakech, ce long-métrage raconte comment naquit chez le psychiatre et essayiste sa réflexion sur la violence du colonialisme.

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The complete lack of insight would be comical except for the astounding entitlement with a side serving of blaming women for his behaviour #misogyny Gregg Wallace says accusations made by ‘middle-class women of a certain age’ - ITV News