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Blocking Puberty Doesn’t Block Biology
A flawed assumption about puberty is reshaping sports policy and putting children at risk.
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Colin Wright
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The Revolution Will Be Peer Reviewed
A peer-reviewed paper titled ‘My pronouns are fuck ICE’ turns tea, pronouns, and gender confusion into anti-colonial resistance.
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Colin Wright
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‘Biology’ Is Not Binary, But ‘Sex’ Is
A new open letter signed by over 350 academics and clinicians criticizes the British government for acknowledging the reality of biological sex.
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Colin Wright
32
If Democrats Want To Reach Men They Need To Stop Demonizing Masculinity
Respecting and valuing masculinity is the first step toward earning back men’s trust.
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Julian Adorney
50
Simone Biles Owes Her Legacy to the Rules Riley Gaines Is Defending
The very rules that allowed Biles to become a legend are the ones she now wants to destroy for the next generation of female athletes.
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Colin Wright
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Imane Khelif Is Male—And the Evidence Was Always Clear
The leaked DNA test didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know. Had we put truth before ideology from the beginning, this wouldn’t have been a…
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Colin Wright
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Paris Hilton’s Activism Is Harming Kids
Sensational stories and online outrage have dismantled wilderness therapy—one of the most effective interventions in adolescent mental health.
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Facets
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The Zombie Study Behind the ‘1% Regret’ Myth for ‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery
A critical look at the paper behind one of gender medicine’s most repeated false statistics.
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Colin Wright
13
Stuck in the Middle: Puberty Blockers and the Risks for Body Dysphoria
Cross-sex hormones often lead to bodies that fall between the sexes, raising questions about their ability to relieve dysphoria.
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Gregory Brown
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Sex and Violence: What the Data on Trans Offenders Really Show
Transwomen offend like men, and placing them in women’s prisons creates avoidable harm.
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Aaron Kimberly
125
Escaping the Dissident Right’s Resentment Trap
How the politics of resentment traps young men—and how both secular wisdom and Christianity can offer a pathway out.
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Julian Adorney
13
The Queering of Physical Therapy Education
Activists are reshaping physical therapy into a field that prioritizes queer ideology over science and patient care.
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James L. Nuzzo
16
The Planet’s Not Warming—It’s Just Having Hot Flashes
This queer erotica masquerading as environmental theory was published by a top academic press.
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Colin Wright
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Caught in the Crossfire of the Gender Wars
Inside the bitter purity politics dividing those who oppose gender medicine.
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Travis Brown
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I Pretended To Be ‘Nonbinary’ To Expose a Medical Scandal at Kaiser Permanente
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When Asked ‘What Are Your Pronouns,’ Don’t Answer
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Sex Is Not a Spectrum
 • Colin Wright
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Imane Khelif Launches Hyper-Feminizing PR Campaign as a Distraction
 • Colin Wright
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Fact vs Fiction: Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Is Male and Should Not Be Allowed To Fight Women
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Blocking Puberty Doesn’t Block Biology
A flawed assumption about puberty is reshaping sports policy and putting children at risk.
 • 
Colin Wright
7
‘Biology’ Is Not Binary, But ‘Sex’ Is
A new open letter signed by over 350 academics and clinicians criticizes the British government for acknowledging the reality of biological sex.
 • 
Colin Wright
32
The Zombie Study Behind the ‘1% Regret’ Myth for ‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery
A critical look at the paper behind one of gender medicine’s most repeated false statistics.
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Colin Wright
13
The Queering of Physical Therapy Education
Activists are reshaping physical therapy into a field that prioritizes queer ideology over science and patient care.
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James L. Nuzzo
16
Men Can’t Get Pregnant—No Matter What Yale Says
When academic theory turns pregnancy into performance art, women and science are left behind.
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Jennifer Lahl
54
The Slow Death of Archaeology in the Name of ‘Repatriation’
What began as a respectful process of return has devolved into the wholesale destruction of archaeological knowledge.
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Elizabeth Weiss
7
The Paper That Made Me Realize Academia Had Lost Its Mind
How a paper about ice broke the internet—and broke academic credibility.
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Colin Wright
21
Fertility Preservation in Gender-Dysphoric Youth: A Closer Look at the Evidence
Fertility preservation to mitigate the reproductive harms of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones is based more on hopeful speculation than sound…
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Colin Wright
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Religion

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Escaping the Dissident Right’s Resentment Trap
How the politics of resentment traps young men—and how both secular wisdom and Christianity can offer a pathway out.
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Julian Adorney
13
Why Christians Must Reject the Woke Right’s Answer to Racism
White identity politics is not the antidote to DEI—and is incompatible with the teachings of Christ.
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Julian Adorney
17
‘Christ Is King’ Is the Woke Right’s ‘Black Lives Matter’
What was once a phrase of religious affirmation has now become a tool for extremist groups seeking to advance exclusionary and, increasingly, openly…
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Colin Wright
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Atheism Did Not Cause Wokeism
If the decline of religion really did bring about wokeism, the last place we would expect it to arise is the United States.
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Helen Pluckrose
144
Neo-Atheism’s Victory Was a Loss for Atheism
By dismissing religion’s positive aspects and creating a societal void, neo-atheism has inadvertently paved the way for activists to find meaning in…
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Kushal
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Republicans Support Indoctrination in Public Schools After All
Republicans are hypocritically supporting the mandatory display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
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Brad Polumbo
74
The Navajo Nation’s Spiritual Battle for the Moon
It’s time for the US government to stop its unconstitutional preference for Native American religion.
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Elizabeth Weiss
57
Destroying a Satanic Display Goes Against America’s Founding Principles
Liberal, secular democracies cannot afford to accommodate extremists’ notions of heresy or blasphemy if they want to remain liberal, secular…
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Helen Pluckrose
58

Free Speech

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Harvard, Trump, and the Battle Over Bias
Demanding viewpoint affirmative action is not the correct response to Harvard’s longstanding political bias.
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Colin Wright
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In Colorado, ‘Misgendering’ Your Kid Could Lose You Custody
A new bill would make not using a child’s preferred name or pronouns a factor in custody battles.
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Colin Wright
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I Hate Gender Ideology but I Don’t Hate Trans People
I don’t believe we can win this fight by demonizing an entire group of people. Nor do I want to win it that way.
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Eva Kurilova
47
Biology Is Not Bigotry
The redefinition of a term with a long biological history can be seen only as an attempt to force ideology onto nature.
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Jerry Coyne
108
The Women Who Wouldn’t Shut Up
A review of Susan Dalgety and Lucy Hunter Blackburn’s ‘The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht’
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Ben Appel
8
Why Is the Liberal Order Eroding (And What Can We Do About It)?
If we’re going to preserve the freedoms we cherish, we must find the courage to stand up for our ideals.
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Julian Adorney
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Mark Johnson
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What Is Cancel Culture? (Part 3 of 3)
Cancel culture can sometimes look like a social justice movement, but far more often it’s the opposite.
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Julian Adorney
13
Destroying a Satanic Display Goes Against America’s Founding Principles
Liberal, secular democracies cannot afford to accommodate extremists’ notions of heresy or blasphemy if they want to remain liberal, secular…
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Helen Pluckrose
58
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