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Out of the Fog: How Society Teaches Us Not to Love

November 1, 2022 | by Renée Gerlich | 0 Comments

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. Read more

Humans Are a Cancer: But It’s Not All Bad

June 1, 2020 | by Federico Germani | 0 Comments

If humanity is a cancer, what does that mean for our place within the wider universe? Are humans detrimental to the system we live in? Read more

Why Criticising China’s Wet Markets Isn’t Racist

April 10, 2020 | by Thomas Clements | 0 Comments

Being squeamish about animal welfare is better than being squeamish about criticising China over their wet markets, which many Chinese people oppose too. Read more

Sustainable Fashion And Future Challenges – An Entrepreneur Speaks

October 15, 2019 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Greg Horowitz is the Founder of Double Espresso Textiles (“Double Espresso”). With a Bachelors Degree in History from Binghamton University and a Masters in International Business from the University of Leeds, Greg leverages his wide range of professional experiences in Politics, Entertainment and E-Commerce to make ethical and sustainable fashion a far more achievable reality. […] Read more

Clearing up Confusion About the Green New Deal

February 13, 2019 | by Christopher Soria | 0 Comments

What do farting cows, men urinating in milk jugs, and airplane bans have in common? They’re all not in Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal”. Read more

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal”: Separating Fact from Fiction

February 12, 2019 | by Christopher Soria | 0 Comments

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's "Green New Deal" has been criticized by both the left and right. But there’s no need to attack it based on something it is not. Read more

Has New Zealand’s Green Party Forgotten Democracy – or Just Women’s Rights to It?

January 29, 2019 | by Renée Gerlich | 0 Comments

Renee Gerlich describes how the New Zealand Green Party has ignored women's voices in the rush to protect a minority of men. Read more

Green Party Verita Report: Safeguarding Failures in Challenor Case

January 11, 2019 | by Dan Fisher | 11 Comments

Yesterday, Verita released a report on their investigation into how David Challenor was allowed to fulfil the role of an election agent for the Green Party whilst facing 22 serious charges including rape and sexual assault of a child. Aimee Challenor, who has been a national spokesperson on LGBTIQA+ issues and a member of the executive […] Read more

Plastic, Periods and Poverty – Saving the Environment or Shaming Women?

January 9, 2019 | by Emma Chesworth | 0 Comments

Shaming women into shelling out money for expensive replacements of necessary plastic sanitary products is not the way to protect the environment. As we step into the New Year, talk and thoughts inevitably concentrate on resolutions for the coming 12 months. This year, more than ever, it feels there is a move away from vowing […] Read more

The Myth of the Soy Boy: Veganism and Masculinity

December 11, 2018 | by Gerfried Ambrosch | 0 Comments

Despite vegan men often being dismissed as ‘soyboys’ in popular culture, there is no inherent contradiction between veganism and masculinity. The popular neologism soy boy, “used to describe males who completely and utterly lack all necessary masculine qualities,” has brought back the trite equation of veganism with sub-masculinity. Real men eat meat, as the cliché […] Read more

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Dr Em writes articles anonymously, mostly on feminism, sexism, and gender.

Donovan Cleckley

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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