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“Queering Plato”

This is a scholarly paper titled 'Queering Plato: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave as a Queer-Theoretic Emancipatory Text on Sexuality and Gender' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

“Rebraiding Masculinity”

This is a scholarly paper titled 'Rebraiding Masculinity: Redefining the Struggle of Women Under the Domination of the Masculinity Trinity' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

“Hoax on Hoaxes, First Attempt”

This is a scholarly paper titled 'Hegemonic Academic Bullying: The Ethics Of Sokal-Style Hoax Papers On Gender Studies' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

“Gay BJJ”

This is a scholarly paper titled 'Grappling with Hegemonic Masculinity: Masculinity and Heteronormativity in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

“Good For A Girl”

This is a scholarly paper titled '“Pretty Good For A Girl”: Feminist Physicality And Women’s Bodybuilding' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

“Cisnormativity at Work”

This is a scholarly paper titled 'Going In Through The Back Door: Challenging Straight Male Homohysteria And Transphobia Through Receptive Penetrative Sex Toy Use' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

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Decolonization is Violence

Host James Lindsay reads through French Marxist Jean-Paul Sartre's famous summary of Fanon's Wretched of the Earth and shows that decolonization is little more than a Gnostic rebirth ritual perpetrated through murder.

Land Acknowledgment Statements: The Cultural Violence of the Academic Elite

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Land Acknowledgment Statements: The Cultural Violence of the Academic Elite

Imported from countries like Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, where Postcolonial Theory is more prominent than in the US, Weapon X in the rhetorical arms race that pervades academic wokeness has reached American shores: it is called the “Land Acknowledgement Statement.”

The University of California Drifts toward Conformism: The Challenges of Representation and the Climate for Academic Freedom in the Country’s Greatest Public Research University

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The University of California Drifts toward Conformism: The Challenges of Representation and the Climate for Academic Freedom in the Country’s Greatest Public Research University

In this essay, we address the consequences of the University of California’s policies to address racial disparities and its support for social justice activism as influences on its commitment to academic freedom and other intellectual values.

Negy's Challenge: Academic Cancellation and the Freedom to Fight

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Negy’s Challenge: Academic Cancellation and the Freedom to Fight

The cancellation of tenured psychology professor Charles Negy cleared a major hurdle last week, when the University of Central Florida fired him, making good on the promise they made in a Notice of Intent to Terminate that was provided on January 13.

G.K. Chesterton and the Value of Tradition

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G.K. Chesterton and the Value of Tradition

Chesterton knew that a lack of appreciation for tradition is antithetical to liberal democracy.

James Explains: What About Sociology?

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What About Sociology?

Sociology is a complicated topic. As we said when we went public with the Grievance Studies Affair, and as we have come to understand even better since, it's best to think of grievance studies as a kind of infection.

What The 'Grievance Studies Affair' Says About Academia's Social Justice Warriors

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What The ‘Grievance Studies Affair’ Says About Academia’s Social Justice Warriors

Today’s social justice warriors in academic fields such as gender studies share unfortunate commonalities with Adolf Hitler's 'struggle.'

How the Woke Virus Infects Academia and Our Covid-19 Response

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How the Woke Virus Infects Academia and our Covid-19 Response

Critical Social Justice operates like a virus.

Why Professors Fear to Livestream Critical Social Justice Classes

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Why Professors Fear to Livestream Critical Social Justice Classes

James lindsay takes a few minutes to dig deeply into the mindset of Critical Social Justice to explain exactly why its proponents are so reluctant to be seen applying their work in administrative and educational spheres.

The Illiberalism of Social Justice

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The Illiberalism of Social Justice

Social Justice is a dangerous, illiberal ideology that is taking over society.

A Principled Defense of the University

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A Principled Defense of the University

Despite some broken fields, the university is one of humanity's crowning achievements and it must not fall to the reactionary right.

The Influence of Anti-Racist Scholarship-Activism on Evergreen College

The Influence of Anti-Racist Scholarship-Activism on Evergreen College

This belief system worked its way into Evergreen State College and destroyed all that it once stood for.

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Are Academics Cowards? The Grip of Grievance Studies and the Sunk Costs of Academic Pursuit

There is much that should be said about the ways in which the dominant Social Justice ideology has negative impacts upon the university, free expression, academic freedom and, especially, the sciences.

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