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fromPortland Mercury
4 days ago

Why Portland Author Justin Hocking Calls Toxic Masculinity "Extractive" - Portland Mercury

A Field Guide to the Subterranean explores memory, history, and personal identity through a collage narrative of Hocking's life and environmental themes.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
5 days ago

Doing Philosophy in a Borrowed Tongue

Experiencing a second language can create a profound sense of self-difference and challenges in communication for international students.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Too hot to handle? Why it's time for straight male authors to rediscover sex

Straight male writers often avoid writing about sex, fearing it may seem exploitative or gratuitous, unlike their female counterparts.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 weeks ago

OUTSIDERS Investigates the Space Between Society and Solitude

Modern design challenges conventional public seating to enhance social interaction and presence in urban spaces.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The manosphere is dead and no one cares about Andrew Tate any more': the poet taking on toxic masculinity

Sam Browne uses performance poetry to address mental health and masculinity, aiming to change perceptions and support men in their struggles.
Right-wing politics
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

The Promise of 'Woke 2' Is Fueling a Leftist Fever Dream

Donald Trump's 2024 victory was seen as a rejection of 'woke' ideology, leading to a culture of offensive speech without fear of consequences.
fromApaonline
1 week ago

On the Insufficiency of Current Gender Equality Policies in Academia and the Necessity of a Cultural Shift

In 2021, women held only 28% of professorships in higher education and research institutions, even though they comprised 48% of PhD students, according to data gathered from a sample of 900 EU and non-EU institutions.
Philosophy
#frankfurt-school
Philosophy
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Talk is precious: in the age of communication collapse, Jurgen Habermas's message remains vital | Eva von Redecker

The Frankfurt School is a scholarly constellation pursuing critique as transformative description of reality, with Jürgen Habermas serving as a foundational figure who shaped generations of critical theorists despite controversies surrounding his positions on discourse ethics and power.
Philosophy
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Talk is precious: in the age of communication collapse, Jurgen Habermas's message remains vital | Eva von Redecker

The Frankfurt School is a scholarly constellation pursuing critique as transformative description of reality, with Jürgen Habermas serving as a foundational figure who shaped generations of critical theorists despite controversies surrounding his positions on discourse ethics and power.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Social Malpractice in the Age of Cultural Compliance

Socially engaged art faces challenges in a world increasingly hostile to independent thought and public expression.
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Homophobia Is Back. It's Different Now.

LaBeouf hasn't anchored a box-office hit in more than a decade, and little of his 2020s art-house work has drawn buzz. The most notable thing he's starred in lately was a clip of him on a podcaster's couch, hunched and diminished, talking about his fear of gay people.
LGBT
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

The Death of Millennial Feminism

Lindy West's memoir, Adult Braces, reflects on her life and the complexities of Millennial Feminism, revealing a more nuanced truth behind her public persona.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

How Long Can You Live Your Ideals?

Pat Calhoun chooses parenthood over radicalism, paralleling Elsa Haddish's struggle between her militant past and raising her daughter safely.
#liberalism
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

White Girls and the Global South

Spring offers a variety of art books to rejuvenate reading habits, featuring diverse themes and historical insights.
#philosophy
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How Social, Cultural, and Political Structures Influence Our Feelings

Modern society's structural features—individualism, capitalism, democracy, and meritocracy—shape emotions that reflect both internalization of the outer world and externalization of inner experience.
Scala
fromMedium
1 month ago

Rage Against the (Plurality of) Effect Systems

Open-source effect systems provide genuine benefits for safe parallel programming but create systemic problems through their pervasive, infectious nature that spreads throughout entire codebases.
Mental health
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

The things we carry - Harvard Gazette

Childhood adverse experiences cause long-term health damage through cellular-level biological changes that increase risks for cardiovascular disease, mental health problems, and other conditions decades later.
Women
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Feminist Visionary Who Lost the Plot

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's experience of discrimination at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention catalyzed her feminist activism, though her sense of intellectual superiority later contributed to bigoted views.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Are We Entering a Post-Individual Era of Art? | Artnet News

Artist Christopher Kulendran Thomas explores how technology reshapes human identity through AI-generated imagery, deepfake interviews, and installations examining political systems and future trajectories.
Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The one thing everyone gets wrong about feminism

Feminism's repeated obituaries reflect unrealistic expectations that millennia of patriarchy should be dismantled in one lifetime, rather than evidence of actual failure.
Social justice
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Why we need Black bioethics - Harvard Gazette

Black bioethics is necessary to address persistent healthcare inequities, including higher mortality rates, lower life expectancy, and disparities in COVID-19 treatment rooted in historical medical racism.
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks ago

Lea Ypi, writer: The two major problems of the 21st century are capitalism and the nation-state'

In her latest book, Indignity, Ypi blends archival material with a fictionalized account of her grandmother's childhood in Thessaloniki and her arrival in Albania, exploring themes of memory and dignity.
Philosophy
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Why You Don't Have to Choose Just One Version of Yourself

Humans possess multiple self-aspects across different roles and contexts, and greater self-complexity provides psychological resilience against stress and setbacks.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Acclaimed 20th century philosopher Jurgen Habermas dies at 96

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher and theorist of democracy and modernity, died at age 96, leaving a legacy spanning over 60 years of shaping political discourse through concepts like the public sphere.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guardian view on the legacy of Jurgen Habermas: philosophical sustenance for illiberal times | Editorial

The Theory of Communicative Action, his 1980s magnum opus, was not (to put it mildly) as accessible as some of his newspaper opinion pieces. But its central idea—that our nature as linguistic beings puts reason and the search for consensus at the core of who we are—remains an antidote both to intellectual relativism and Trumpian realism, which elevates national or individual self-interest above all other sources of human motivation.
Philosophy
Philosophy
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

In Defense of Being Performative

Democracy requires citizens to actively perform civic engagement; dismissing performative politics misunderstands that democratic participation is inherently performative and essential for democratic survival.
Books
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

After Hours: The Tension That Divides Us with Claude M. Steele

Trust building mitigates tensions between people with different identities and power levels through psychological understanding of historical wariness rather than bias alone.
SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Compulsory heterosexuality is thwarting pleasure & hindering gender liberation. We can change that. - LGBTQ Nation

Trans women can deconstruct femininity built around male desire and reconstruct authentic womanhood through self-directed pleasure and relationships centered on mutual connection rather than male validation.
Philosophy
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Jurgen Habermas obituary

Jürgen Habermas transformed from a Hitler Youth member into a leading defender of Enlightenment values and democratic theory after witnessing Nazi atrocities, dedicating his philosophy to ensuring collective democratic influence over society.
Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Harriette Cole: People look at me differently since they heard my old classmate's stories

Respond lightly to social embarrassment and focus on rebuilding confidence and resilience during prolonged unemployment through practical steps and perspective.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

America's contract to protect white women has always been tenuous

In the hours after the 7 January fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother of three, gut-wrenching footage of her killing was released, discrediting initial claims from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and the Department of Justice that she was shot in self-defense. As a response to the public outcry, the Trump administration and a chorus of conservative public figures unleashed a litany of dehumanizing and defamatory remarks about Good,
US politics
Music
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How Diversity Informs the Conversation

Shared attention and inclusive listening, not uniformity, enable social cohesion and allow diverse perspectives to form a coherent, exploratory collective voice.
World news
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

What Edward Said Teaches Us About Gaza

Gaza endures continuous displacement and erosion of place, where neighborhoods, routes, and lives are repeatedly erased yet persist through memory and daily survival.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Matthew Kelly: Something extinct I'd bring back to life? Wokeness a good thing that's been hijacked'

Born in Lancashire, Matthew Kelly, 75, studied drama at Manchester Polytechnic and acted at the Liverpool Everyman. He moved into TV, presenting Game for a Laugh in the 80s, You Bet! in the 90s and Stars in their Eyes from 1993 to 2004. Having returned to the stage, he received an Olivier award in 2004 for his role in Of Mice and Men in London's West End.
Television
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Supermodel says only women can be bisexual: "Double standards exist for us all" - LGBTQ Nation

Jessica White's statement that bisexuality is acceptable for women but not men sparked controversy and amplified biphobic attitudes, with experts attributing such stigma to toxic masculinity and rigid gender expectations.
World news
fromPrx
2 months ago

The World

Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years; Milan Cortina bans PFAS ski wax; Sanae Takaichi won snap election; Albania reviews 45 years of Hoxha films.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

White people are increasingly protesting oppression. The interest convergence theory explains why. - LGBTQ Nation

An armed, masked ICE officer in Minneapolis fatally shot Renee Nicole Good at point-blank range as she moved her car away from an ICE operation.
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 months ago

Remembering Martha Hudson, whose literary salon inspired UC Berkeley's women's studies program

Marsha eventually brought her salon to campus and founded the Comparative Literature Women's Caucus, an activist collective that established the first women's literature classes in Comparative Literature, conceived and taught by graduate student women. Caucus members helped produce the first major translation anthologies of women's world-wide poetry, encouraged women to write feminist dissertations on women authors, and researched discrimination against women in the department.
Women
Higher education
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Opinion: Sociology is taking it on the chin. Here's how we can preserve this critical field of study.

Sociology faces politicized attacks, curricular exclusion, and erosion of departmental standing despite teaching critical thinking, inequality analysis, interdisciplinary synthesis, and scrutiny of power.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Politics of Looking Away

Like us, you may feel paralyzed in the face of the relentless images of violence we see every day. Suffering children, military occupations, the devastated neighborhoods, the cries of parents mourning their dead-these scenes haunt us. Whether it is happening in Palestine or Minneapolis, we are witnesses to suffering, and that witnessing takes a heavy toll. Clearly, the devastating situations in the West Bank and Gaza and in Minneapolis differ
Social justice
Philosophy
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Where have all the public intellectuals gone? - Harvard Gazette

Public intellectuals are essential in democratic cultures to articulate unformed ideas and help citizens understand their values, but conditions supporting intellectual life in America are eroding due to social and economic shifts.
Psychology
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Upside of Not Fitting In

Feeling like an outsider often signals growth potential and builds resilience, creativity, and original thinking through discomfort rather than indicating failure.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship

The close friendship that Noam Chomsky maintained with Jeffrey Epstein continued being detailed extensively among millions of investigative records pertaining to the late convicted sex offender recently released by the US justice department, including Chomsky fantasizing about the Caribbean island. In Friday's tranche of the so-called Epstein files, which built upon earlier disclosures of their close social ties, there is no indication that the famed academic and linguist was referring
US politics
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

Are the Humanities Poised for an Academic Comeback?

Many colleges and universities have made cuts in these programs, often bolstering STEM programs at their expense. It's a situation that has sparked no small amount of impassioned editorials. The headline of a recent article at The Guardian by Alice Speri referenced an 'existential crisis at U.S. universities,' and Speri's reporting features numerous examples of undergraduate and graduate programs facing cuts or outright elimination.
Higher education
Philosophy
Society exists as a real entity distinct from individuals, comparable to how organs form a brain; denying society's existence while acknowledging individuals is logically inconsistent.
US politics
fromNew York Post
1 month ago

Udder nonsense: Woke NYC professor makes claim that whole milk is racist

Reintroducing whole milk in schools prompted claims that whole milk consumption has been used as a symbol in racist and far-right messaging.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

The surprising way a professor & her students are preserving centuries of LGBTQ+ history - LGBTQ Nation

UC Berkeley professor Juana María Rodríguez teaches a Wikipedia course that preserves and expands LGBTQ+ history by creating and editing niche entries to counter contributor bias.
fromMedium
4 years ago

bell hooks saved me

bell hooks saved me. I say that in all sincerity. At a critical time in my life, when I was at my lowest point, it was bell hooks, through her books, who pulled me out of a hole of profound depression and set me on a path of self-renewal on which I have remained ever since. Newly divorced with two very young sons, I was determined to give a better fatherhood experience than the one I had.
Higher education
fromNature
2 months ago

'Bodies like ours aren't considered in academia'

Academic spaces, equipment, and norms often exclude people of larger body sizes, creating everyday barriers and unspoken discrimination.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott

The move to cancel gender studies is explicitly justified as a way to comply with Donald Trump's executive order of last year titled Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government. That document makes the biological reality of sex a matter not of science but of law.
Higher education
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

University class making sure Wikipedia doesn't erase LGBTQ+ history

During those 10 years, her students have created 63 new articles and edited 588 others, adding 332,000 words and more than 3,000 citations across pages that have collectively been viewed more than 900 million times. "As a professor, I am really proud of the impact my students are having to make sure that Wikipedia reflects the diversity of the world," Rodríguez told PinkNews.
LGBT
#higher-education
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

The Humanities Challenge: Expanding the Circle of Philosophy

Philosophy offers transformative insights and vision into human life, and public humanities must evolve beyond traditional academic formats to make philosophy accessible to broader audiences through innovative, engaging methods.
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

How Was Sociology Invented?

What I mean is that 'religion' was the way the classical sociologists like like Emil Durkheim, Georg Simmel, and Max Weber first managed to turn 'society' into something you could actually study. Durkheim's Elementary Forms defines religion as a system of beliefs and practices tied to sacred things, and what matters there is how those beliefs and rituals bind people together into a moral community-the church. For him, the believer isn't wrong to think he depends on a higher power.
Philosophy
Philosophy
fromThe Philosopher
2 months ago

On Being and Appearing: Social Reproduction and the Family Form

The family operates as the social form of appearance that conceals and shapes unwaged reproductive labour within capitalist value relations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Just not monetizable': humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities

The mock funeral was a protest against the university administration's plan to overhaul the college by consolidating its departments into four thematic schools including one devoted to human narratives and creative expressions, encompassing what was previously taught in the English, classics, languages and Latino Studies departments, among others. Fears over the future of the humanities aren't limited to New Jersey's second-largest public university.
Higher education
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy

Prevailing accounts of affective polarization misdiagnose the phenomenon by focusing on survey patterns instead of the underlying narrative and affective practices that shape political life.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Embracing Intellectual Humility in Political Conversations

Intellectual humility recognizes knowledge limits, seeks other perspectives, and restrains certainty, tribalism, extremism, and contempt in political judgment.
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