Welcome to the weekly Fairer Disputations round-up: your one-stop shop for the best in sex-realist feminism. This week: Serena Sigillito interviews Abigail Favale on Simone de Beauvoir, Sarah Ditum on how assisted suicide could unleash male violence towards women, and Valerie Stivers on how every aspect of life has been pornified. Plus: the gender gap, forcing women to change in front of men, the work of celebration, the major implications of minor sexism, our Flowers of Fire book club—and more!
First, Fairer Disputations Editor Serena Sigillito interviews Featured Author Abigail Favale on how Simone de Beauvoir shaped mainstream feminism.
Next, Sarah Ditum argues that legalizing assisted suicide poses a particular danger for women.
Finally, Valerie Stivers writes that no aspect of life is safe from being pornified by mainstream culture. (Related: Bop House Will Make You a Porn Star, Poppy Sowerby, Unherd, and The Dirty Truth About the OnlyFans Economy, Sarah Ditum, Unherd)
More Great Reads:
- No Woman Should Be Forced to Change Her Clothes in Front of a Male Colleague, Sonia Sodha, The Guardian
- Fraternising With the Enemy, Louise Perry, Maiden Mother Matriarch (See also How to Find Love in 2025, Louise Perry & Bari Weiss, Honestly)
- The Work of Celebration, Ivana Greco, The Dispatch
- The Major Implications of Minor Sexism, Victoria Smith, The Critic
- What Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Can Teach Us About Marriage, Beatrice Scudeler, Verily
Flowers of Fire Book Club:
Our Flowers of Fire book club continues this week:
“Flowers of Fire” Book Club, Week Two: “Where Did All the Girls Go?”, Leah Libresco Sargeant & Patrick T. Brown, Fairer Disputations Substack
Doubling Down on South Korea’s Gender War, Leah Libresco Sargeant, Other Feminisms
Our live Zoom discussion: Tuesday, March 11, at 1pm EST, featuring Leah Libresco Sargeant, Patrick Brown, Eliza Mondegreen, Spencer Klavan, Rachel Lu, Nadya Williams, and Editor Serena Sigillito.
