Thursday afternoon I belatedly fulfilled a promise to post a book to Wilcannia. The school day was just finishing and as I left the Post Office I overheard a child around eight years old:| Crooked Timber
When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society, progressive politics in general is...| London Review of Books
“When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society,” Judith Butler wrote recently, “progressive politics in general is held responsible for every social ill.” Authoritarians are empowered to oppress vulnerable people in the name of “the nation, the natural order, the family, society or civilization itself”.| Crooked Timber
I’ve held off posting this in the hope of coming up with some kind of positive response, but I haven’t got one.| Crooked Timber