In a recent interview, Leslie Forde, founder of the organization Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs, described what it felt like to go back to work full-time in a demanding professional role after having her second child. Due to circumstances outside of her control, her job responsibilities increased, and she needed “to bring [her] most strategic, clear-thinking […] The post Why We Should Take Maternal Burnout Seriously appeared first on Fairer Disputations.| Fairer Disputations
Outside of academia and other sites of rebellious conformity, most people have experienced the trans phenomenon as unprecedentedly weird. Almost on a dime, we were asked to turn from viewing the sexual binary as a basic reality to viewing it as a pernicious lie perpetuated to defend positions of power. The fact that the two […]| Fairer Disputations
I was pleased to get to respond to Suzanne O’Sullivan’s The Age of Diagnosis for Fairer Disputations. She wrote a compassionate, curious book on a highly charged issue: O’Sullivan isn’t…| Leah Libresco
For many men who identify as women, nothing is more arousing and “gender affirming” than being treated as a sex doll. When trans activist Paris Lees was “catcalled, sexually objectified and treated like a piece of meat by men,” his response was very different from that of the average woman. To him, “it was absolutely […] The post “Protect the Dolls”: The Porn to Trans Pipeline appeared first on Fairer Disputations.| Fairer Disputations
Let’s say you’re a particularly driven girl. You grew up thinking you’d do the best of everything, find the best of everything, be the best of everything. You have setbacks here and there—even some glorious failures—but overall, you find a way to come out on top in most situations. Ambition can be directed at any […]| Fairer Disputations
A few months ago, my husband and I schlepped our kids to a phone store in a large outdoor mall. Eyeing a few large concrete balls like the ones you see outside Target, my daughters asked if they could stay outside and play while my husband and I ran our errand inside the shop. I […] The post The Limits of Maternal Intuition and the Downsides of the Digital Village appeared first on Fairer Disputations.| Fairer Disputations
The number of trans-identified youth is spiking. But so is the number of kids with autism. And with ADHD. The increased number of children of these diagnoses (and others) raises obvious questions. Was this experience always common, but we weren’t looking? Is the rise driven by an environmental change? Is there an element of social […]| Fairer Disputations
What the post-woke era means for marriage, manhood, and meaning In February 2022, Allison P. Davis, a features writer for The Cut, earned her Nostradamus bona fides: “A Vibe Shift is Coming,” her piece was titled. The subhead: “Will any of us survive it?” Davis’ piece popularized that now-omnipresent phrase, coined by consultant Sean Monahan, […]| Fairer Disputations
January is a hectic month at the gym. I race over right after school drop-off, just to get a parking spot. The treadmills are often taken, and it may take a little muscle to get a bench. By mid-February things will have calmed down, and by April we’ll be back to “Cheers bar” days, just […]| Fairer Disputations
In my book Gender‑Critical Feminism, I argued that consuming the products of the sex industry is a paradigm example of unethical consumption. Discussion of unethical consumption focuses on injustices in the supply chain of a product, anywhere from the extraction of raw materials through to the selling by the final retailer, and looks at whether […]| Fairer Disputations
Ninety-three percent of time management books were written by men. This is a problem, says self-improvement guru, Kendra Adachi. In her recent book, The PLAN, Adachi advocates for an integrative approach to time management. While most (male) productivity writers view time as something to be controlled or mastered, Adachi views time differently. She recommends the […]| Fairer Disputations
