The Pointlessness of Postmodernism
Postmodernism rails against structures but has little practical utility in challenging the structures we live within.
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Out of the Fog: How Society Teaches Us Not to Love
Renée Gerlich outlines how we are robbed of the natural urge to feel compassion by cultural expectations in her new book Out of the Fog.
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The Misunderstood Significance of ‘You Are Not Your Body’
The doctrine of the impermanence of form has been interpreted as a denial of reality and biology. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
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The Renewed Objectification of Women, Part III: Sex Denialism
Sex denialism – exemplified by the ideology of transgenderism – is the newest angle in the push to objectify women, by erasing knowledge of the female body. Transgenderism is both the product of Objectification of the female and necessary for it. It is a chicken and egg scenario because in order to treat women and […]
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The Renewed Objectification of Women, Part II: Prostitution, Porn and Surrogacy
Prostitution, pornography and surrogacy: three lucrative industries which rely on the objectification of women. Women, having been dehumanised to the status of Object, are being exploited as a resource for male profit. Males as a class claim not to be able to name what they sell, not to be able to distinguish the sold from […]
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The Renewed Objectification of Women, Part I: Language
Dehumanising and objectifying language is being employed to justify the continued subordination of women to male desires. To right wing men, we are private property. To left wing men, we are public property. In either case, we are not considered to be humans: We are things’ -Andrea Dworkin, Right Wing Women. The Objectification of women, […]
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What is Our Moral Responsibility Towards Animals?
As humans we have the power to affect the lives of entire species of animals. What moral responsibilities do we have towards them? Animals cannot be held morally responsible for their actions. However, that does not mean that they don’t have moral worth. In fact, it is reasonable to infer that we, as rational beings, […]
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AGP Males and Domestic Abuse, Part IV: Sissyfication and Submissive ‘Women’
Unpacking the connection between autogynephilia and sissyfication. Warning: this article may not be suitable for readers with weak stomachs. As Catharine MacKinnon has argued ‘Fantasy expresses ideology, [it]is not exempt from it’.1 AGP sissyfication fantasy tells us what they think of women: that women exist to be dominated, used, abused, forced, and penetrated. Can you imagine […]
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AGP Males and Domestic Abuse, Part III: Sexual Abuse
Many transwidows relate stories of sexual abuse and coercion. We should listen to these women and their experiences.
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Domestic Abuse Related to Late-Transitioning Partners, Part II: Gaslighting & Patterns of Behaviour
Abusive patterns of behaviour can be identified in the experiences of women with late-transitioning partners.
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