Lara Brown

Washington, D.C.

Opinion Contributor at The Hill

Political Scientist. Author, Amateur Hour & Jockeying for the American Presidency. Proud UCLA Bruin (3 degrees). College football & SD Padres fan.

Articles

The next front in the gender wars

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Lara Brown

April’s Supreme Court judgment ought to have been the final nail in the coffin for transgender ideology. The belief that you can pick your gender, like you would a hat in the morning, seemed to have ended. The highest court unanimously confirmed that for the purposes of the Equality Act, sex is biological – immutable, material and not up for ideological reinterpretation.
The next front in the gender wars

1 week ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

April’s Supreme Court judgment ought to have been the final nail in the coffin for transgender ideology. The belief that you can pick your gender, like you would a hat in the morning, seemed to have ended. The highest court unanimously confirmed that for the purposes of the Equality Act, sex is biological – immutable, material and not up for ideological reinterpretation. Yet if the past decade has taught us anything, it is that the gender industry doesn’t give up; it adapts.
King’s College Cambridge is wrong to cut ties with arms firms

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Lara Brown

Who says that student activism is pointless? Setting up a tent, donning a keffiyeh, and camping out on your university’s front lawn might look like a waste of time, but at Cambridge it’s a strategy that pays off. King’s College – which has been repeatedly targeted by pro-Palestinian protestors – has agreed to cut ties with arms companies.
King's College Cambridge is wrong to cut ties with arms firms

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

Who says that student activism is pointless? Setting up a tent, donning a keffiyeh, and camping out on your university’s front lawn might look like a waste of time, but at Cambridge it’s a strategy that pays off. King’s College – which has been repeatedly targeted by pro-Palestinian protestors – has agreed to cut ties with arms companies. The college announced that it will divest money from weapons manufacturers after its governing body voted to ‘adopt a new responsible investment policy’.
Gender ideology is still dictating NHS policy

3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

The NHS have decided that there is no minimum age before a child can begin treatment for gender dysphoria. Freedom of Information requests seen by the Telegraph have revealed that toddlers under the age of five are being treated in new specialist gender clinics. The health service had previously proposed that referrals could only be made for children over the age of seven, but after pressure from activists this has now been dropped.
What is the Tate Modern for?

4 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Lara Brown

Twenty-five years ago today, the Tate Modern first opened its doors to the public. The main attraction: a nine metre-high steel sculpture of a female spider which towered over visitors to the Turbine Hall. In its first year, the Tate Modern saw twice its projected number of visitors. London’s first museum of modern art was an unmitigated success.
The Tate Modern has lost its sense of purpose

4 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

Twenty-five years ago today, the Tate Modern first opened its doors to the public. The main attraction: a nine metre-high steel sculpture of a female spider which towered over visitors to the Turbine Hall. In its first year, the Tate Modern saw twice its projected number of visitors. London’s first museum of modern art was an unmitigated success. Say what you will about contemporary art, but it is undeniably true that the Tate Modern succeeded where others failed.
Ministers must now stand up for women's rights

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments The highest court in the land was set the task of determining: what is a woman? Today it gave its answer: sex in the Equality Act 2010 is biological and immutable and cannot be altered by a gender recognition certificate (GRC). The Supreme Court should be commended for securing women’s sex-based rights – rights to which they have should always have been entitled as a matter of law. It will come as a surprise to many...
Museums need a new approach to restitution

1 month ago | spectator.com.au | Lara Brown

Three years ago, the Horniman Museum agreed to return 72 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The museum’s chair hailed the decision as ‘moral and appropriate’. Curators were promised that they were handing those artefacts over to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, a government agency tasked with preserving the country’s heritage.
Museums need a new approach to restitution

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Lara Brown

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments Three years ago, the Horniman Museum agreed to return 72 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The museum’s chair hailed the decision as ‘moral and appropriate’. Curators were promised that they were handing those artefacts over to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, a government agency tasked with preserving the country’s heritage. But where are the Bronzes now? The sad reality is it is almost impossible to find...