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Theory

The Right to Evil

Dušica Popović

But women are not only vulnerable; they are also agents. They make decisions that are neither morally spotless nor self-sacrificial, decisions that may be pragmatic, ambiguous, or driven by interests that do not align with idealized images of feminist virtue.

The Right to Evil

Dušica Popović

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The Digital Laboratory of Hate

Roman Kuhar

The content circulating in the manosphere rests on three pillars: narratives of a masculinity crisis, pseudoscientific theories of sex and gender, and motivational advice on how to get rich and “win” women.

The Digital Laboratory of Hate

Roman Kuhar

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Academic Freedom in a Time of Destruction

Judith Butler

The protection of extramural speech is crucial for understanding the relationship of democracy to higher education.

Academic Freedom in a Time of Destruction

Judith Butler

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Queer Liberation. From Stonewall to Rainbow Capitalism

Verica Rekić

The struggle for queer liberation should not only oppose increasingly vocal conservative demands but also the seemingly well-intentioned neoliberal capitalism.

Queer Liberation. From Stonewall to Rainbow Capitalism

Verica Rekić

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The Bleak Genius of Michel Foucault II

Sohrab Ahmari

In practical terms, Foucault’s and his followers’ assault against sexual normalization has helped bring about institutions that disavow normativity at every turn. And yet the sexually abnormal figure is still obliged to confess, to reveal a true inner identity.

The Bleak Genius of Michel Foucault II

Sohrab Ahmari

Theory

The Bleak Genius of Michel Foucault I

Sohrab Ahmari

Year 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. Four decades after complications from AIDS brought his career to a premature end, the French philosopher continues to top rankings of the most-cited scholars in the humanities.

The Bleak Genius of Michel Foucault I

Sohrab Ahmari

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After Homosexuality

Kate Redburn

"Sexual Hegemony", an ambitious retelling of the history of capitalism through the politics of gay sex, arrives just in time to help dissuade us of the idea that we have reached the end of gay history.

After Homosexuality

Kate Redburn

Theory

Pope Francis: A Reformer in an Unreformed Church

Vukoman Milenković

The reforms he enacted were responses to pressure from below: the cries of Gaza, the persistence of women serving the Church without a voice, the faith of LGBT Christians who refused to renounce God.

Pope Francis: A Reformer in an Unreformed Church

Vukoman Milenković

Theory

Humanism and Democracy

Judith Butler

To say there is no future, or that the future moves only in the direction of greater destruction, then we are still imagining something, even if it is a dark picture, one that shows no signs of hope. If we are imagining a fatal conclusion, we are still imagining.

Humanism and Democracy

Judith Butler

Theory

The Pitfalls of Radical Feminism

Erica West

Rather than seeing men as the core source of women’s oppression, we must identify class society as the culprit. Fighting capitalism remains the only path toward women’s full liberation.

The Pitfalls of Radical Feminism

Erica West

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40 Years After Death of Michel Foucault

Cameron Shackell

Foucault brilliantly analyzed the panopticon and that analysis is relevant to social media.

40 Years After Death of Michel Foucault

Cameron Shackell

Theory

The Right to Sex?

Amia Srinivasan

There is no entitlement to sex, and everyone is entitled to want what they want, but personal preferences – no dicks, no fems, no fats, no blacks, no arabs, no rice no spice, masc-for-masc – are never just personal.

The Right to Sex?

Amia Srinivasan

Theory

Who’s Afraid of Gender?

Finn McKay

The US activist, who has been falsely accused of denying the importance of sex, makes a plangent appeal for gender diversity

Who’s Afraid of Gender?

Finn McKay

Theory

A Right to Marry?

Martha Nussbaum

If two people want to commit a marital sort, they should be permitted to do so, and excluding one class of citizens from the benefits and dignity of that commitment demeans them and insults their dignity.

A Right to Marry?

Martha Nussbaum

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Transgender Marxism

Jules Joanne Gleeson

I will distinguish between two commonplace understandings of how transitions unfold. The first centers transitions as the consequence of trans people overcoming an array of hurdles on a personal level.

Transgender Marxism

Jules Joanne Gleeson

Theory

Why Is The Idea of ‘Gender’ Provoking Backlash The World Over?

Judith Butler

The attacks on so-called “gender ideology” have grown in recent years throughout the world, dominating public debate stoked by electronic networks and backed by extensive right-wing Catholic and evangelical organizations.

Why Is The Idea of ‘Gender’ Provoking Backlash The World Over?

Judith Butler