The View of the Shrew – available now!
Dear Off-Guardian readers, as someone who has been honoured to share my thoughts with you through these pages, I’m excited to invite you to dive into my book, The View of the Shrew: Unmasking the Truth in a Confused World, 2022–2024.
This collection of 42 Shrew Views articles, born from my work at www.shrewviews.com, tackles the issues we wrestle with together: the rise of transhumanism, the subtle pull of psychological control, and the battle against authoritarian tides. With the same unyielding curiosity and defiance you’ve come to know in my Off Guardian pieces, this book is for those who question boldly and seek truth fiercely.
Pick it up on Amazon.com or Books.by/ToddHayen and let’s keep challenging the narrative!
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Free tip. Would suggest a re-brand from ‘shrew’ to ‘shrewd’.
‘Shrew’ still carries connotations of the eternally quarrelsome woman (cf ‘Taming of the Shrew’) alongside the obsolete meaning of the eternally ‘wicked man’ (though obsolete).
‘Shrewd’, by way of contrast, and through the passage of time, at least carries more positive connotations, such as ‘cunning, clever’, although etymologically derived from the same root I believe.
‘The View of the Shrewd’. Slightly more catchy?
Or even the “The Taming of the Shrewd” if you wish to go the whole hog…
Shakespeare has been cancelled, so I don’t care about him.
Shrews are shrewd. Clever, vicious if need be, smart, etc.
Shrew stays…but thanks for the thought.
The Taming of the Shrew film.
According to the internet :
Petruchio, a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona, journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There, he marries the fiery Katharina, a self-willed shrew who is determined to maintain her independence as Petruchio attempts to “tame” her.
Is this the reason of the Shrew name?
Actually, no. The shrew name, as it was originally envisioned, had nothing at all to do with “Taming of the Shrew”…it actually had more to do with the ’50s Sci-Fi film “Killer Shrews” than with Shakespeare.
Although, ironically, the “Taming of the Shrew” idea fits nicely. At the time Shakespeare wrote the story (did it originate with him?), a “self-willed shrew who is determined to maintain her independence” in a woman would not be desirable, but today it certainly would be. Therefore, the correlation with “Taming of the Shrew” fits, although it was not the original inspiration for calling us “independent” folks “shrews.”
Yes this is the reason for the shrew label.
We are exactly like fiery Katharina, feminine men, self-willed and determined to maintain our independence, as the masculine women attempts to “tame.
Confused Ladies and Gentlemen? Your problem!
I was following the articles for a long time and I always said to myself: ‘shrew?’ It’s a very small animal, mouselike. How does this make me feel? A name is a name but it would be nice that it would actually mean something. Are these little animals smart ? Nobody knows. Have they been in any child stories ? I am not sure. The other meaning (Shakespeare) is even worse : ‘ill tempered woman’.
Anyway, good luck with the book sales (Amazon, really?)
Not an “ill-tempered” woman, but a woman who insists on her independence and autonomy in a relationship with a man. She stands up to dominating power.
And yes, shrews are ferocious for their size. They have been known to jump up a foot or more to nip the nose of an aggressive dog.
Thank you ! Have to look up the ’50 scifi
Anyway, a name is a just a name (stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus)
“The primary intention behind the book is to build community amongst all of us.”
To become part of this “community” I should give my full name,address and bank details to Amazomb or the other guy.
Not very appealing at the moment.
No worries. Just give all your details to me instead as one of the officially ‘trusted persons’. Then it’s all good. Believe me. Just look into my eyes… I’m trustworthy too…(repeat after me)….
Unfortunately, yes.
Hello Todd. You have huge competition from another book that may well overtake you in the bestseller stakes. It’s called “Otherlands” by one Thomas Halliday.
I saw it in Waterstones and the blub was laced with plaudits. “The greatest book ever written” “Made me orgasm with every page” “I’d sacrifice my own kids for the sake of this book” etc.
It apparently amounts to the most spellbinding ever account of life on Earth ever!
Sniffing an enormous rodent I turned to the last page and sure enough – it was “We must ensure we don’t become instant fossils and so we must shrink our consumption down to zero, cut climate changing activities such as breathing, and get ourselves castrated for the sake of the planet!”
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the whole fucking book had been written just to get to that last bit.
‘Shrink our consumption’ hey?
No more Lear jets, yachts, Porsches or mansions?
It’s gonna be hard, but I’ll give it my best shot.
Usually helps before going book-hunting. Tip of the day
Touche.
Should I understand it that much that none of you guys are going to buy Todd’s book?
So…you are going to Church, hear the Priest speaking, enjoying all the Choir song and music, eat all the Jesus bread and wine on the table, make your eyes to the nice girl or handsome man, and run off the job the moment the Priest ask for 5 cent yes??
Dunno mate. People need to make a living sure.
I guess we all sense the difference between the Holy man on the ship needing to pay his passage by transcribing the Gospel and someone who’s just generally on the make.
Call me hard if you wish
Stone cold fever’s a better word. From the 1970’er days when they knew how to play roc’kn roll with soul. https://youtu.be/KiiFKJrrk8A .
Yeah that about sums it up.
I will try to buy it but definitely not from Amazon. When the small basket for the collect comes I feel like it’s my duty to drop the coins / notes. I would not just touch my phone to some gadget for the payment.
If my priest came that way with a collector, I would feel insulted.
Deeply hurt on my personal feelings, and never attend that church again.
As this church is not the only church in my neighbourhood, who is trying to get followers by giving out pastry and red wine and a warm toilet.
I have my dignity!
Like the optical illusion image. Someone facing the eternal climb, descent or perhaps working out that he/she is always on the same level
Yes, my book cover designer, I think is a genius…https://bespokebookcovers.com/
I’d agree. The ambiguity in the way the figure is facing is particularly clever. As is the idea of viewing of an optical illusion from within rather than from without. Good choice
He understand ‘our problems’. He must be a genius………….LOL.
Yeah, and I don’t think he is a shrew himself.
No, you are right. I saw his made front pages. They are really sharp professional. It was just the word play I found amusing.
Someone who can understand so many different weirdos (different ideologies) must really be a wisestein.
Does the book come with an warning.?
The image of the shrew perhaps. Looks pretty ferocious. Warning off the faint-hearted
Good observation.
Congratulations, Todd!
I enjoy your articles very much and wish you lots of success with your book.
Nice shrew on the cover, by the way.
Call em what you like:
Oligarchs, mass murderers, thieves, liars, psychopaths, deranged, Brutes in suits, or scourges on humanity, but one thing they all have in common: they are bloodsucking PARA$$$$$$$$ITE$$$$$$$$!
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/07/05/lifting-the-lid-on-a-bankster-stink-tank/
NEW PATHOGEN CREATION CONTINUES
The new pathogen creation comes as the NIH continues funding virus enhancement experiments abroad, including a July 2025 Virology Journal paper in which U.S.-backed researchers in China created lab-made influenza viruses using bird, dog, and human pandemic strains—resulting in chimeras that infected human lung cells more efficiently, triggered heightened inflammation, and carried “considerable zoonotic risk.”
https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/nih-funded-researchers-engineer-drug
Congratulations, Todd. A big moment for you. Ordered.
What happened to Sylvia?
I need some stories about skunks and racooons Todd!
I believe she’s been people-watching instead. Human hands and gestures catching the eye
Good luck Todd.
Problem being, if only Shrews read your book (Cause we know Sheeple only read the TV guide, Tweets from celebrities and the sports pages) it may not have much effect on the Zombiefied.
The primary intention behind the book is to build community amongst all of us. If sheeple want to join, fine, if they don’t, fine again.
Fair enough Todd.
Keep em comin.
A shrew is not an individualist. He is someone who seeks out like-minded people and bands together with them. Sheep are individualists.
Shrew = Outsider (usually).
Sheep = Flock creature.
True about the animals. Not true about people. I am calling slightly into question the metaphor.
Thank you for the down-votes. Did a single one of you ask you what I mean? Does a single one of you understand what I mean? No. But you oppose me anyway. You are not interested in knowing what another person thinks. You have your minds made up. Hmm. I wonder what animal that resembles.
Don’t assume multiple people downvoted you. I certainly didn’t. It’s usually just one person responsible for all the downvotes..
So they’re meaningless. You were downvoted because you opposed the expected narrative in some way shape or form. Simple, but a sad reflection on those who do it
Very insightful observation. I shall keep it in mind. Thank you.
I haven’t seen many flocks of shrews!
The down votes could easily be AI/Robot. Dont take them serious.
In case you do, you are caught in a psychological trap.
I understand what you mean. You are challenging our auto reaction and illusion
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“We in the shrewd group are all individuals and think the same, and down on lowlife level where they are real personalities and each think different they are collectivist.”
Among Liberals I hear this bs all day long. So your point is taken but…….., because Liberals have a concept and language problem with newspeak, it doesnt make Tood’s articles bad, worse or better. Yes?
So, what DO you mean? My observation also is that shews are individuals, seeking autonomy at the very least over our own bodies, rights of movement, etc. Whereas sheeple seek the herd and their approval; they cannot tolerate disapproval which is why they align themselves with those in power.
I’ll try to explain it. Thank you for asking. The people you are calling “sheeple”, if you think about them, all think that they are independent thinkers. They all think that they came up with their “opinions” all on their own. They are confident that they have carefully assessed the evidence and come up with their own, personal, unbiased opinions, free of the influence of the opinions of others. The fact that they all come to the exact same conclusions is just incidental. They didn’t get together, form a sheep committee, and crank out a position paper. That’s more like what shrews do. No, they came to their conclusions all on their lonesome, from sampling the air and tasting the water and sensing the zeitgeist. They do not need a “herd” to verify their rightness. In fact, they will tell you they would stand up against any crowd and defend their hard-won opinions, no matter how minority those opinions are. Unfortunately, their hard-won opinions are never minority. And so their mettle against the crowd can never be tested. Look at it this way, they look at their own opinions as if they are the only individuals holding them. They don’t see themselves as belonging to the struggling masses yearning to be free. They see themselves as well-informed individual people who just happen to hold the opinions they do because they are well-informed. I am trying to get you to see how they see themselves. How they see themselves–as hard-core individualists–I think, is important to understanding why it is so hard to persuade them to change their opinions. Their opinions are personal. Their opinions belong to them, like their car or their house or their family. Try getting them to abandon their car, house, family. Not an easy row to hoe, that is for sure. Does that help?
“Hard-won” opinion is the clue to your lament. By contrast, the “sheeple”? Answer: TV.
I am not talking about what you think about them. I am talking about what they think about themselves. They are individualists who have developed opinions after long and hard thought.
It does help. As might any pure thought amidst fog:
The Lightning Seeds – Pure
That is one way of looking at it. Another way could be that: they have learnt to ‘trust’ certain aspects of society so just “go along with the flow” and don’t really give a sh*t about what is really going on outside their ‘bubble’.
In reality, there is likely an array of reasons, from one extreme to the other.
Shouldn’t care about downvotes. Maybe people disagree or just don’t understand. You can try to explain it better or move along, it’s not a contest. Even metaphorically it’s something that needs explaining (I consider myself individualist, although a ‘shrew’ as Dr.Hayen likes to put it but on the other hand I comment here with most of the people thinking alike). I believe that there are two categories of people : a) those who divide the others into categories and b) those who don’t 😬
Whatever it is, we may conclude that by God’s hand at least, we are all born as individuals with each our personality, but that ideology and the beast desperately want to ‘make that better’.