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Louise Perry is a British journalist, author and podcast host. She is a featured writer for the Daily Mail and a columnist at the New Statesman, and has been described as a leading reactionary feminist.
Perry co-runs the charity We Can't Consent To This, which campaigns around problems with the rough sex murder defence. She is the co-founder and research director of The Other Half, a non-partisan feminist think tank which was founded in 2022. She is the host of the podcast Maiden Mother Matriarch.
Since February 2023, Perry has been hosting Maiden Mother Matriarch, a weekly podcast exploding topics such as feminism, gender rights, societal roles, and the cultural impacts of sexual norms. Guests have included a range of academics, writers, and social figures, such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Kathleen Stock, Bryan Caplan, Helen Joyce, Julie Bindel, Christopher Caldwell, Gad Saad, Tom Holland, J. Michael Bailey, David Betz, Anna Machin, Diane Purkiss, Katharine Birbalsingh, Sarah Haider, Robin Hanson, Eric Kaufmann, and Geoffrey Miller.
In October 2023, Perry published an essay in First Things on abortion and infanticide in ancient Rome. The article was discussed in National Review, which described Perry as presenting a non-Christian argument in favour of Christian ethics. She argued that debates on abortion policy reflect broader discussions about whether society should retain its Christian foundations and how historical Christian values have shaped attitudes towards the vulnerable.
On 13 September 2023, Perry participated in a debate with Anna Khachiyan against Grimes and Sarah Haider. The debate, referred to as "a clash of the female titans", was held at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles and was moderated by Bari Weiss.
Perry was also a speaker at the first conference of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship in late 2023. In her panel discussion, she argued that both women and society more broadly had been negatively affected by the abandonment of conservative sexual norms.
In January 2026, Perry published a New York Times guest essay titled "The Harry Potter Generation Needs to Grow Up," arguing that "the increasing illiberalism of young Americans" differentiates Gen Zers from older generations who grew up with the Potter series.
Perry became a Christian some time after writing The Case Against the Sexual Revolution. In a 2025 interview for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Inside Policy Talks podcast, she explained that her decision was influenced by observing how Christian teachings corresponded with sociological realities, particularly in relation to monogamous marriage. Perry stated, "if Christianity supernaturally true, you would expect it to be sociologically true. And observing quite how sociologically true it is was very persuasive to me." She also noted that she had become more inclined to articulate her arguments in theological terms.
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