Welcome to the weekly Fairer Disputations round-up: your one-stop shop for the best in sex-realist feminism. This week: Audrey Horne on whether society’s problems should be blamed on “feminization,” Esther Berry on the perils of dismissing postpartum depression, and Liza Libes on the parallels between anorexia and gender transition. Plus: the goon squad, London’s grooming gangs, bodies, selves, and the quest for identity, a different voice?—and more!
First, X’s Audrey Horne responds to the Helen Andrews piece on “the Great Feminization.” Horne’s response is also quoted at length in “How Women Destroyed the West”, in The New York Times. “How Women Destroyed the West” in the New York Times.
Next, Esther Berry argues that conservative magazines shouldn’t deny the existence of postpartum depression in order to make motherhood more appealing to women.
Finally, Liza Libes reflects on her own experience of anorexia as a teen, and how many of today’s teens seeking “gender-affirming care” are medically pushed toward the hormonal imbalance she recognizes as so dangerous in her own case.
More Great Reads:
- The Goon Squad, Daniel Kolitz, Harper’s Magazine
- Why is London Ignoring its Grooming Gangs?, Julie Bindel, UnHerd
- Bodies, Selves, and the Quest for Identity, Rachel Lu, Civitas Outlook
- A Different Voice?, Martin Robb, Careful Thinking
- Epstein’s Inner Ring of Evil, Mary Harrington, UnHerd
- The Appeal of the Campus Right, Julia Steinberg, The Atlantic
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