A STEM professor writes personal essays and a monthly digest on gender, technology, education and culture from an abolitionist, transfeminist perspective. Readers get first-person reflections on teaching and being a trans educator, plus curated links and action items on AI skepticism, science and politics.
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Elizabeth Spiers shares sharp, personal opinion essays on politics, culture and media, often drawing on her own experiences such as a Southern Baptist upbringing and a college sexual assault. Recent issues cover generational moral panics, campus rape culture, and the use of AI in professional op-eds.
Historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez writes about the intersections of religion, gender and politics, focusing on the Christian Right and threats to democracy. Issues combine news commentary, book recommendations and reporting on church responses to political events.
Philosopher Kate Manne writes about misogyny, rape culture and gendered power, mixing essays, interviews and commentary on current events. Issues combine academic insight with personal reflection, including her work on campus sexual violence and fraternity culture.
Essays on politics, culture and gender dynamics from an Irish perspective, mixing literary references with commentary on online discourse and current events. Readers get opinionated, idiosyncratic analysis of how internet culture shapes status, masculinity and Irish political movements.
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