Helen Pluckrose, Author at Uncommon Ground Media

Articles by Helen Pluckrose:

The Academic Roots of Post-Truth Society

January 4, 2018 | by Helen Pluckrose | 0 Comments

(This is an expanded version of an opening statement given by Helen Pluckrose on the 28th October 2017 at the Battle of Ideas festival hosted by The Institute of Ideas and supported by Conatus News). Postmodernism bears significant responsibility for the post-truth society, perhaps even more than we realise. Post-truth is not simply lying. It’s […] Read more

The Dangerous Problem with the Concepts of Fatshaming and Fatphobia

October 7, 2017 | by Helen Pluckrose | 3 Comments

In the past decade, we have seen a change in intersectional feminist discourses around obesity and the rise of ‘fatness’ as a marginalised identity Read more

Moral Values and Cultural Relativism

July 26, 2017 | by Helen Pluckrose | 2 Comments

Proponents of cultural relativism often misunderstand the arguments of their critics, and are unaware of their own inconsistency, particularly as liberals. Read more

The Right to Choose and the Rightness of Choice

July 8, 2017 | by Helen Pluckrose | 0 Comments

One of the most glaring logical fallacies in our current discourse is the conflation of the right to choose with the ethical rightness of that choice. Read more

Hate Twitter? You Might Just Be Doing It Wrong: Keys to a Productive Conversation

July 1, 2017 | by Helen Pluckrose | 0 Comments

Do You Hate Twitter? You Just Might Be Doing It Wrong Read more

The Western-Centric Nature of Intersectional Feminism

May 27, 2017 | by Helen Pluckrose | 2 Comments

Intersectional feminists fail Muslim women by valorising difference over shared humanity and overlooking or excusing abuse from their own communities. Many critics of intersectional feminism have accused its activists of not caring about the welfare of Muslim women. This is not straightforwardly true but it is easy to see why they get this impression. In […] Read more

The Illiberal Attack on Tim Farron

April 28, 2017 | by Helen Pluckrose | 0 Comments

Tim Farron, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, recently sparked much disappointment and anger from liberals by declining to say whether he believes gay sex to be a sin. This question had been directed at him several times because he is known to be a devout Christian. Although Farron confirmed he did not think it is […] Read more

Hypocrisy: The Left Needs to Rebuild Trust

April 11, 2017 | by Helen Pluckrose | 0 Comments

The current obsession with hypocrisy has special significance for the Left. Evolutionary psychology and Moral Foundations Theory shed light on this. Read more

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Donovan Cleckley holds a BA in English and Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Montevallo and an MA in English from Tulane University. His research focuses on the relationship between women’s rights and gay rights, literature and sexual politics, and the social and political implications of transgenderism as an ideology, an industry, and an institution. Learn more about his work at https://donovancleckley.com.

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Dan Fisher is the Editor-in-Chief for Uncommon Ground Media.

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