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“Masturbation (as Sexual Violence)”

This is a scholarly paper titled 'Our Struggle is My Struggle: Solidarity Feminism as an Intersectional Reply to Neoliberal and Choice Feminism' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

“Dildos”

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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Somewhere Over The Rainbow: Introducing The Queering of the American Child

In The Queering of the American Child you'll learn what Queer Theory is, where it comes from, how it got into schools, and what it wants to do with your children.

Kindergarten and the Asylum: "Sanism" in Early Childhood Education

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Kindergarten and the Asylum: “Sanism” in Early Childhood Education

Woke Marxism has no limiting principles. It is, in fact, openly hostile to any such boundary on its own madness. As a result, it possesses no mechanisms to prevent the implementation of the worst possible ideas, as we often see, including in the education of young children.

Learning and Countering Leftist Strategy

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Learning and Countering Leftist Strategy

Host James Lindsay ties together three activist principles from Beautiful Trouble to make clear how Marxist Leftism works and is working in our current American Cultural Revolution.

Rousing the American Judiciary

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Rousing the American Judiciary

A great deal of subversion has already taken place in both low courts and high, though we’re also seeing a wakening judiciary quickly starting to realize the problem and its underlying nature. This rousing of the judiciary is patently visible in the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, especially in light of Justice Clarence Thomas’s remarks about misapplications of substantive due process in that and other decisions.

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How to Prevent Revolutions

One of the best things about reading Marxist literature is that they almost always tell you their weaknesses if you pay attention. A huge focus in the literature of Western Marxism has been on the fact that Western societies don't have Marxist revolutions because they are stable societies.

Groomer Schools 5: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

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Groomer Schools 5: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, the fifth in the "Groomer Schools" mini-series, host James Lindsay pulls back the veil on the pillars of Comprehensive Sexuality Education.

OnlySubs: Don't Contradict Grandma!

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OnlySubs: Don’t Contradict Grandma!

In this episode of my subscribers-only podcast, James Lindsay OnlySubs, I tell you the story, expose this tactic, and explain why a heuristic like "don't contradict grandma" (and hurt her feelings) is fundamentally different thing than Woke demands for weaponized empathy.

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This is How We Fight and Defeat the Woke

In this off-beat episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay describes a broad, comprehensive strategy for fighting Woke Marxism by analyzing it from the perspective of traditional five-element theory.

Woke: A Culture War Against Europe | James Lindsay at the European Parliament

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Woke: A Culture War Against Europe | James Lindsay at the European Parliament

On March 29, 2023, James Lindsay delivered a short address before a conference at the European Union Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.

Dog Park

“Dog Park”

This is a scholarly paper titled 'Human Reactions to Rape Culture and Queer Performativity in Urban Dog Parks in Portland, Oregon' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

Pendulum

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A Homily to Young Men

Young men have had it rough for a decade or more now. How are young men and adolescents growing to become them supposed to navigate the world they find themselves in today?

James Lindsay Goes to Oxford

James Lindsay Goes to Oxford

Imagine my surprise. Late last summer, I got an email from the Oxford Union formally inviting me to debate the proposition “This House Believes Woke Culture Has Gone Too Far.”

Four Fallacies of the Woke Prohibition of Cultural Arguments

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Four Fallacies of the Woke Prohibition of Cultural Arguments

In banishing culture, the woke prohibitionists leave only one viable explanation: structure.

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.

In Defense of the Status Quo

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In Defense of the Status Quo

Join Lindsay in this episode of the New Discourses Podcast for a little over an hour of common sense in his liberal defense of the so-called "status quo."

Sharing Size: Nine Reasons Critical Race Theory Is Terrible for Dealing with Racism

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Sharing Size: Nine Reasons Critical Race Theory Is Terrible for Dealing with Racism

As unlikely as it seems, a highly obscure academic theory known as Critical Race Theory has completely mainstreamed in society, and now everyone is discussing it.

Eight Big Reasons Critical Race Theory Is Terrible for Dealing with Racism

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Eight Big Reasons Critical Race Theory Is Terrible for Dealing with Racism

As unlikely as it seems, a highly obscure academic theory known as Critical Race Theory has completely mainstreamed in society, and now everyone is discussing it.

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.

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