Policing in the Anomie Era
Over the last 20 years there has been a massive increase in awareness of Indigenous issues in Canada.
Mike Wilson
· 10 min read
Activism
A collection of 247 posts
Neo-Totalitarianism and the Erasure of History
And this neo-totalitarianism has learned from the past: It has its inquisitions, its auto-da-fes, its purges and cultural revolutions, reeducation and self-criticism sessions, and above all the ostracization and ultimate erasure of dissidents.
Benjamin Kerstein
· 5 min read
She Who Must Not Be Named
Using “female” instead of “woman” is clearly an attempt to avoid circularity. The problem is that “female” is not something you can identify as.
Helen Joyce
· 6 min read
The Purity Paradox: How Tolerance and Intolerance Increase at the Same Time
By relentlessly expanding the concept of intolerance, prevalence-induced concept change ensures none of us can ever be good enough—if we pass one test of tolerance, we are sure to fail the next.
Peter Hughes
· 7 min read
How Britain’s Feminist Grass Roots Turned the Tide Against Gender Extremists
The novelists, librarians, and booksellers circling the wagons to shut women up have been insisting for years that they are motivated by nothing but love and tolerance.
Erin Perse
· 7 min read
White Saviors Need to Leave the Room
We need to have a discussion about racism—including a discussion about what that word means.
Rukhsana Sukhan
· 6 min read
Seattle’s Summer of Love
Their goals are not reformist, they are revolutionary—they seek conflict not peace, and they have given scant thought about what they wish to build from the rubble of what they destroy.
Andrew Gleeson
· 8 min read
From South American Anthropology to Gender-Crit Cancel Culture: My Strange Feminist Journey
Anthropology taught me how to spot this instinct. Gender-critical feminists taught me how to stand up to it.
Kathleen Lowrey
· 13 min read
Meet Critical Theorists' Latest Target: Critical Theorists
Wæver has dedicated his career to the idea that some of the most consequential forms of political activity and statecraft should be viewed through the lens of unspoken societal power hierarchies.
Kathrine Jebsen Moore
· 10 min read
America's Black Communities Are Suffering. Violent Protests Will Make the Suffering Worse
All in all, the evidence suggests that violent protests and rioting empower right-wing political forces, provide an opportunity for gangs to enrich themselves and exploit destabilized local populations, impoverish property owners, and harm long-term economic fortunes.
Zaid Jilani
· 9 min read
Moving Away from Meat Means Welcoming the New 'Flexitarians'
Even prior to the pandemic, Barclays was predicting that the alternative-meat industry could grow ten-fold by the end of the next decade.
Ari David Blaff
· 6 min read
Ronan Farrow’s Botched Journalism is Troubling. The Response to It Has Been Worse
The #MeToo era has been a time for all journalists to re-examine their professional standards.
Jonathan Kay
· 14 min read
A Closer Look at 'White Fragility' Theory
Why might a social psychological concept gain such broad traction despite being poorly defined and weakly researched? Perhaps because it is true.
Valerie Tarico
· 10 min read
An Alternative Feminist Perspective on Abortion
The fight to enshrine the right to unrestricted abortion in law is based on ideological feminism’s two main premises: victimization and what I call “undifferentiation.”
Silvia G. Poratelli
· 12 min read
My Former Life as a Radical
They believe in the perfectibility of man in their own image: a combination of unscrupulous optimism and narcissism.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 11 min read