The Feminist Case for Free Speech
Could it be time to reassess global standards of free speech to mute misogynist trolls and amplify the voices of women?
Jacob Mchangama
· 8 min read
Feminism
A collection of 232 posts
Crown and Consternation
Confusingly, however, it has been impossible to discern what this principle actually is.
David Paxton
· 8 min read
Time for Evidence-Based Gender Policy
But do we really have sound evidence and trustworthy scientific sources, particularly in politically very sensitive areas like gender?
Teresa Gimenez Barbat
· 4 min read
Grid Girls and the Puritans
‘Grid Girls’ – models employed by Formula One for promotional purposes – have just discovered that their role is to be discontinued.
Kirio Birks
· 6 min read
Dishonesty and #MeToo in Canada's Literary Scene
The effect of the #MeToo movement, especially in Canada, is creating the same subdued atmosphere among men.
Irene Ogrizek
· 9 min read
Catherine Deneuve, #MeToo, and the Fracturing Within Feminism
The disproportionate backlash that Deneuve and her co-signers have incited is indeed a sign of the fracturing within feminism.
Ulysse Pasquier
· 7 min read
The Empathy Gap in Tech — Interview with a Software Engineer
The tech industry more broadly is rarely discussed in terms of friendliness towards those with high functioning autism, such as Gideon.
Claire Lehmann
· 15 min read
Why No One Cares About Feminist Theory
At this point, we must really pause to ask ourselves how feminist theory is leaking into popular culture, and the reason is that it’s activism-driven scholarship.
James Lindsay
· 10 min read
Femen's Inna Shevchenko — Fear of Causing Offence Has Cost Many Innocent Lives
Femen founder Inna Shevchenko argues that the Western taboo on criticising religion — especially Islam — has directly enabled atrocities that frank discussion might have prevented.
Jeffrey Tayler
· 12 min read
Islamic Feminism's Depressing Future
Muslim women are fighting stridently within their communities, but their fight doesn’t tread the same path as secular Western feminism.
Chetna Prakash
· 8 min read
Campus Counsellors and the Politicisation of Sexual Assault
Campus support for sexual assault victims often casts women as damaged for life. A college teacher makes the case for agency, recovery and street-smart safety.
Irene Ogrizek
· 9 min read
Are Women Victims? — Four Women Respond
Women can be victims. In this world, there are violent, exploitative people willing to use and abuse their fellow human beings.
Quillette
· 9 min read
Sex Through the Looking Glass
What began as a drive toward liberation thus becomes tyranny. What was normal becomes antisocial; what was malign becomes laudatory.
Howard Schwartz
· 5 min read
I'm Uneasy About the #MeToo Movement
An assumption of personal responsibility is the sine qua non of independence and autonomy in a free society.
Lexa Frankl
· 13 min read
Education NGO Faces Backlash After Academics Retract Essay Citing Intelligence Research
The essay’s author and summit panelist, Toby Young, says he was blindsided at the sudden retraction two days after its publication.
Andy Ngo
· 5 min read