Christina Sommers
Resident scholar, AEI. Former philosophy professor. Author of War Against Boys. Host of YouTube’s The Factual Feminist & co-host of weekly podcast @Femsplainers
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What I want from modern architecture
Modern architecture should stop aiming for the ‘iconic’ and focus on everyday beauty, says the chair of the British government's new architecture commission
Christina Sommers
“What I want from modern architecture” by Sir Roger Scruton
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RIP Culture War Thread
I. I Come To Praise Caesar, Not To Bury Him Several years ago, an SSC reader made an r/slatestarcodex subreddit for discussion of blog posts here and related topics. As per the usual process, the t…
Meet the Guardian of Grammar Who Wants to Help You Be a Better Writer
Benjamin Dreyer sees language the way an epicure sees food. And he finds sloppiness everywhere he looks.
Outrage culture is out of control
Because I questioned the excess of the #MeToo movement in a YouTube series, my husband's business is now in jeopardy.
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Not the Fun Kind of Feminist
How Trump helped make Andrea Dworkin relevant again.
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What is the point of this waffling piece by @michelleinbklyn ? At least Dworkin was clear: “Under patriarchy, every woman’s daughter is a victim... … every woman’s son is her potential betrayer &also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman.”
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A Conservative Berkeley Student Got Punched in the Face for Protesting Hate Crime Hoaxes
"Encouraging violence"
Does Judd Apatow deserve to be cancelled?
In the past few years, the Hollywood director ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up," "Funny People") has increasingly targeted comedians, TV broadcasters, ...
Left, Right, Left: Anti-Semitism Marches On
The emergence of the alt-right in the aftermath of the 2016 election started a long national conversation on the dangers of anti-Semitism. And now thethe flap over tweets by freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar suggesting that American support for the state of...
The Fifth Column - Analysis, Commentary, Sedition
Listen to The Fifth Column - Analysis, Commentary, Sedition episodes free, on demand. News, politics, and culture w/ Michael Moynihan (Vice), Matt Welch (Reason), and Kmele Foster (Freethink). Each week, this triumvirate scrutinize big stories and...
A Failure of Pedagogy
From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Donald J. Trump, our political class is profoundly ignorant of basic economics.
The Atlantic Hires Andrew Ferguson as Staff Writer, Joining Ideas Section
Dante Ramos also begins as senior editor of Ideas.
What My Days as a Marxist Taught Me About Modern Political Cults
There was a time when Das Kapital was my bible. It sits on one of the bookshelves that line my living room, alongside other artifacts from my youthful foray into Marxism. The front cover is worn, the pages slightly frayed. For years, I returned to...
Orchestrating false beliefs about gender discrimination
In this article from the New York Times, they claim that there is extreme sex discrimination in tech:
Video Shows Brothers Linked To Jussie Smollett Attack Buying Items Allegedly Worn In Assault
CBS 2 has obtained video of two men linked to the attack on “Empire" actor Jussie Smollett buying a red hat and ski masks from an Uptown store the day before the assault.
Why the Right-Wing Media Is So Furious About the Jussie Smollett Affair
A rush to judgment was endemic on the left. But the Smollett episode also exposes a complementary phenomenon on the right, specifically an ever-simmering resentment at being labeled the party of bigotry, or racial grievance, or discrimination, which...
Harvard Law professor faces backlash for defending Harvey Weinstein
On Monday, a group of students carrying signs like “Harvard’s Legacy? Ignoring Survivors” called on Harvard to remove Sullivan from his faculty dean position
Brothers in Jussie Smollett Case Caught on Cam Buying Ski Masks and Gloves
The brothers who say Jussie Smollett paid them to stage the "attack" were caught on camera buying items for the incident.
Let's Talk About Sex Differences with Christina Hoff Sommers and Debra Soh: Podcast
Frank talk about evolution, feminism, politics, and why we don't want to acknowledge social progress.