Judith Butler’s status in the world of gender studies is nothing short of legendary. If philosophy can be considered a series of footnotes to Plato, gender studies is a series of footnotes to Butler. Her first book, Gender Trouble, hit the scene in 1990 and became a feminist classic, . . . . Continue Reading »
When he was a young social worker in St. Louis, Roger Baldwin was briefly engaged to Anna Louise Strong, who later published more books in defense of the Russian Bolsheviks and Chinese Maoists than any other English-speaking author and ended up buried in a revolutionary martyrs’ cemetery in . . . . Continue Reading »
Avik Roy and John Hood recently launched what they hope will be a movement, Freedom Conservatism. In consultation with others of like mind, they drafted a statement of principles. It’s available on their website, freedomconservatism.org. One can debate the principles and their formulations. . . . . Continue Reading »
In her new book Women and the Gender of God, Amy Peeler adds contemporary questions of power and consent to the shopworn themes of feminist theology. Continue Reading »
We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable books they read this year. Continue Reading »
The winners and losers may change, but the game is always the same: to dethrone whatever today’s dominant categories might be, whether of heterosexuality, whiteness, or the gender binary. Continue Reading »
Abigail Favale joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory. Continue Reading »
Inclusive language is exclusive; exclusive language is inclusive. That’s the oxymoronic truth I will argue here. So as not to cause confusion, let me briefly explain. By claiming that inclusive language is exclusive, I mean that so-called gender-inclusive language (such as . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a clear push to grant LGBTQ+ ideology a favored legal and cultural status that enforces it without compromise, with any dissent labelled as morally evil. Continue Reading »
Two books marshal cogent arguments against gender identity ideology. But is argument enough? Continue Reading »
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