Cornell and Consent
An open letter to young men and women from an exasperated mother.
Marilyn Simon
Marilyn Simon is a Shakespeare scholar and university instructor. She is working on a book titled, ‘Shakespeare's Gift: Reclaiming the Joy in Erotic Possibility.’
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On Trauma-ism
Catherine Liu’s new book makes some valuable points, but it fundamentally misunderstands the trauma culture it critiques.
I, Victim
Pascal Bruckner’s book about victimhood culture invites us to choose liberation, and to move from resentment to a secular kind of grace.
Strange Delight
Radley Metzger’s 1975 hardcore adaptation of a celebrated literary hoax is a vast improvement on the cynical source material.
Sexual Perversity in Ontario
An absurd trial, a prurient media circus, and a failure of feminist ethics.
Scandalous Monogamy and Faithful Infidelity
On eros and marriage.
Shakespeare Versus the Girlboss
Jodi Picoult’s latest novel is a ham-fisted expression of cultural rage, embodying the most anodyne values of corporate human-resources departments.
Against Agency
Attending to Shakespeare on his own terms may allow us to reclaim the erotic warmth that is latent in our human condition.
On Sin and Repentance
Our secular ideas about guilt and absolution distort the language and values of Christianity.
To Winter, With Love
The cold allows me to feel alive.
Strong Like Teen Spirit
Parents should be more courageous in trusting adolescents’ capacity for joy and resilience.
Little Liliths
Contemporary feminist thought is correct to identify the male gaze as the default way of seeing, but has largely overlooked the fact that the gaze places power squarely in the hands of women, not men.