The Sad Truth About âFat Acceptanceâ Unfortunately for some activists, gravity wasnât invented by white settlers. Anna Slatz 26 Apr 2019 · 9 min read
Teenage Climate-Change Protestors Have No Idea What Theyâre Protesting Our decisions tend to be rooted not in scientific analysis but in emotional reaction; and we tend to see protest not as a tool for social or legislative change, but simply as a chance to upset the status quo. Felix Kirkby 25 Apr 2019 · 4 min read
Self-Harm Versus the Greater Good: Greta Thunberg and Child Activism A workplace strike shows company owners and management that workers are able to harm them economically. A school strike, on the other hand, constitutes a form of self-harm, undertaken to attract adult attention. Paulina Neuding 23 Apr 2019 · 7 min read
When Children Protest, Adults Should Tell them the Truth The climate debate is a complicated one. It requires the careful weighing of interests and trade-offs, not the uncompromising fanaticism of an absolutist. Kathrine Jebsen Moore 21 Mar 2019 · 8 min read
The Environment Is too Important to Leave to Environmentalists We know enough to understand that we should be taking serious action. The fact that the only groups advocating action at the moment are demanding questionable strategies doesnât change that. Mallen Baker 16 Mar 2019 · 13 min read
Why the American Left Should Embrace Effective Altruism over Provincial Populism Principle of impartiality, universalizability, equality, or whatever, we cannot discriminate against someone merely because he is far away from us. Matt Johnson 27 Feb 2019 · 9 min read
A Witch-Hunt on Instagram Knitting, which helps lower the blood pressure and keep the mind busy, has enjoyed an upsurge in popularity in recent years. Kathrine Jebsen Moore 17 Feb 2019 · 10 min read
Homophobia and the Modern Trans Movement Gender dysphoria gradually has replaced homosexuality as a subject of fascination by clinicians and activists. Sky Gilbert 31 Jan 2019 · 14 min read
The Virtue Economy These data are consistent with Amnestyâs findings, where nearly 9 percent of Twitter mentions toward black women were problematic. Suzie Mulesky 31 Jan 2019 · 16 min read
What PETA Has Cost the Animal Rights Movement In fact, the word âPETAâ has become a pejorative for stunts, gimmicks, and putting feelings over facts when it comes to animal issues. Jacy Reese 28 Dec 2018 · 5 min read
The New Evolution Deniers The massive social media website Twitterâthe central hub for cultural discourse and debateâis now actively banning users for stating true facts about basic human biology. Colin Wright 30 Nov 2018 · 10 min read
Silencing Women in the Name of Trans Activism Since I made my story public, Goldstein has tried to suggest that he is the true victim, and that he was bullied into apologizing to me (âa decision I now retractâ). Julie Bindel 31 Oct 2018 · 8 min read
Do Advocacy Groups Belong in Academia? Science seeks to explain the world, but explanation conflicts with condemnation, which is an important component of injustice and in turn advocacy. Uri Harris 11 Oct 2018 · 11 min read
Single Issue Campaigning and the Polarisation Problem Campaigns that mischaracterise issues and stigmatise opponents reduce the complex to the simplistic in ways that are fundamentally unhelpful Ali Goldsworthy and Rob Blackie 9 Oct 2018 · 8 min read
Effective vs. Pathological Altruism What if feeding the hungry creates more hungry people to feed? Jonathan Anomaly 26 Sep 2018 · 5 min read