In these eye-opening (for some) and unsurprising (for others) days following the recent tsunami of assault and harassment allegations, many are now voicing concern about a potential slippery slope where misplaced erotic fumblings become conflated with assault and workplace harassment. It’s a reasonable worry with much historical precedent: From trumped up hysteria over Satanic daycare …
Many women (and men) spent the post-election weeks in an altered state, where the world seemed torn asunder and all that was solid melted into air. But as the various postmortems poured in, one dominant frame emerged: Democratic electoral failure was the result of a myopic focus on “identity politics” by a liberal elite woefully …
Sociologist and gender studies scholar Suzanna Walters explores how the framework of tolerance—and the marriage mania that depends on it—actively undermines robust queer inclusion and freedom. Read the full article on Contexts.
Explain this: We are in the midst of the Trumpian apocalypse. Actual bigoted provocateurs like Charles Murray and Ann Coulter throw flames in the academy. Hate crimes against trans people and people of color and Muslims are on the rise; women’s reproductive rights are on the line, as are just about every other aspect of …
Many women (and men) spent the post-election weeks in an altered state, where the world seemed torn asunder and all that was solid melted into air. But as the various postmortems poured in, one dominant frame emerged: Democratic electoral failure was the result of a myopic focus on “identity politics” by a liberal elite woefully …
Advice for surviving the primaries from a mixed-candidate couple.