Buckle Up for “the Manosphere 2.0” - Helen Lewis

2026-07-30

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What’s up with boys? Or, more importantly, what’s up with the men who use “what’s up with boys?” to crush women?It’s not just a rag-tag fringe of young male influencers who are reviving sexism. There’s a professional movement of influential Christian nationalists whose long-term agenda is to return women to their rightful place, as homebound subjects of their husbands.Helen Lewis’ reporting on gender, politics, and internet culture has made her one of the sharpest voices on the culture war...

What’s up with boys? Or, more importantly, what’s up with the men who use “what’s up with boys?” to crush women?

It’s not just a rag-tag fringe of young male influencers who are reviving sexism. There’s a professional movement of influential Christian nationalists whose long-term agenda is to return women to their rightful place, as homebound subjects of their husbands.

Helen Lewis’ reporting on gender, politics, and internet culture has made her one of the sharpest voices on the culture wars. She became a viral sensation when she bested Jordan Peterson in a 2018 debate about gender roles for British GQ. She’s now a staff writer at The Atlantic, where her recent cover feature was “The New Gender War”.

Helen and Josh unpack the evolving backlash to feminism and liberalism, the furore around surrogacy and transgender rights, Andrew Tate… and what the World Cup had to do with all of it.

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