Informed Dissent
Informed Dissent
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You Have Permission to Question, Scrutinize, Push Back, and Dissent!
Ben Appel, Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, Eliza Mondegreen, and Jamie Reed report on their adventures and misadventures trying to explain and mitigate the gender culture wars. We will publish most weeks, focusing some on the news and some on important topics from social transition to lawsuits to what the heck the word “gender” means. informeddissentpodcast.substack.com
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The podcast tackles crucial topics within the realm of gender culture, including social transition, legislative changes, and public perceptions of gender identity. Episodes explore current events, such as the implications of Trump’s executive orders on gender and the influence of protests and education on societal attitudes, with discussions often featuring critical reflections on news articles and media narratives.
You Have Permission to Question, Scrutinize, Push Back, and Dissent!
Ben Appel, Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, Eliza Mondegreen, and Jamie Reed report on their adventures and misadventures trying to explain and mitigate the gender culture wars. We will publish most weeks, focusing some on the news and some on important topics from social transition to lawsuits to what the heck the word “gender” means.
Alex Byrne is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at MIT and the author of the book Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions. Last week, Alex revealed in a Washington Post op-ed that he was one of the nine co-authors of the anonymous HHS report on pediatric gender medicine. He is married to the evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven.
CORRECTIONS: UPenn is restoring titles and records and issuing apologies to female athletes. Not Penn State. And it’s Title IX, not Title X.
* “In Defense of Transracialism,” Rebecca Tuvel
* “A Defense of ‘Transracial’ Identity Roils Philosophy World,” NY Times
* Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism, Kathleen Stock
* “What Is It like to Have a Gender Identity?,” Florence Ashley
* “Ashley on Gender Identity,” Alex Byrne
* “The Deposition of Jack Turban,” Leor Sapir
* The Man Who Would Be Queen, Michael Bailey
* Ray Blanchard’s transsexualism typology
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