A collection of 63 posts
Much as Substack originally supplied writers with a turnkey newsletter operation, Notes provides us with a turnkey form of community-building.
In a recorded DEI session on ‘Trans Inclusion,’ activist Adrienne Smith told the dissenting staff member, ‘I’m past the point of seeking a respectful debate.’
It’s fine to concede the (originally) progressive nature of wokeism, so long as we also call out the movement’s betrayal of core liberal values
Without a faith, people must find new sources of meaning, new congregations to which they can belong.
Years after being falsely accused of rape, Stephen Elliott will receive a six-figure defamation settlement from Moira Donegan.
The singer’s new book awakened me to a paradoxical fact: tragedy can sometimes remind us of what makes life worth living.
To the extent social-justice extremism resembles a puritanical faith, it’s one that provides believers with no grace and no hope of redemption.
A philosopher breaks down the debate over how to treat male criminals who self-identity as women.
How to identify a male research subject? At the University of British Columbia, it’s anyone who “resonates with masculinity.”
With a biologically male athlete poised to break a Canadian women’s record, it’s time for the sport’s leaders to acknowledge the reality of sexual dimorphism.
Trumpeting your wokeness—or anti-wokeness—won’t do anything to fix society’s problems.
Intended as an expression of trans rights, the fracas instead illustrated why many LGB feminists want to escape their ‘forced teaming’ with trans activists.
When Hakeem Oluseyi exposed false claims about former NASA director James Webb, anti-Webb activists tried to take Oluseyi down as well.
A frightening injury at an NHL-sponsored transgender tournament in Wisconsin reminds us why women’s leagues should remain sex-protected spaces.
The hubris and dilettantism of corporate titans is an old story. But the risk has been compounded by digital technology’s hugely scalable nature.