Welcome to the weekly Fairer Disputations round-up: your one-stop shop for the best in sex-realist feminism. This week: Freya India on how the right has forgotten feeling, Helen Joyce on why trans stories are suddenly making the news, and Stephanie Murray on the new marriage of unequals. Plus: the new singlehood stigma, working moms, America’s missing men, beyond the feminist debate, a conference on marriage, motherhood, and women’s happiness—and more!
First, Freya India discusses why the right’s message doesn’t appeal to young women, whose plight is often ignored or mocked.
Next, Featured Author Helen Joyce makes the case that the trans issue has escaped becoming news—until now.
Finally, Featured Author Stephanie Murray writes about the growing numbers of American couples in which the women is more educated than the man.
More Great Reads:
- Beyond the Feminist Debate: Time to Reclaim a Lost Vision on Women’s Dignity?, The New Digest, Gabriela García Escobar
- Working Mom, Interrupted, Emily Hancock, Women’s Work
- America’s Missing Men, Amber Lapp, Commonplace
- Andrew Tate and Conservatives’ Kierkegaard Trap, Nathanael Blake, Public Discourse
- The New Singlehood Stigma, Faith Hill, The Atlantic
- Truth Seeking Is Not A Pathology, Mary Harrington, Mary Harrington
Fairer Disputations Recommends:
On April 8, 2025, the National Marriage Project is hosting its Spring Conference discussing the nature and consequences of marriage and motherhood today. This conference is co-sponsored by Fairer Disputations.
The conference will be held at the University of Virginia, in Old Cabell Hall. There will be a research presentation at 3:30 and a keynote lecture at 7pm. It is free and open to the public.
Fairer Disputations Editor-in-Chief Erika Bachiohi wil present as part of the research panel, Featured Author Louise Perry will speak on the main panel. Editor Serena Sigillito will also be there—drop by and say hi if you attend!
