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A journalist’s deep dive into the manosphere asks big, important questions about why men are susceptible and what we can do. But it struggles to provide answers.
Pierre Poilievre’s recent 100-minute interview with controversial media commentator, Jordan Peterson, provided some clues about the Conservative leader’s political ideology.
Donald Trump was supported by a group of converted Democrats, like Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, RFK Jr and Tulsi Gabbard, who are united by membership of the intellectual dark web. What is it?
The Black hosts of the ‘Fresh & Fit’ podcast speak in the parlance of social justice movements, but apply it, in a twisted way, to justify misogyny.
In Ontario and in Alberta, university decisions about balancing free expression and protection from harm will be an important test of recent university policy shifts pertaining to free expression.
The Slovenian philosopher is one of the world’s most famous thinkers. But what does he actually stand for?
The manosphere may not strictly be centred on misogyny, but in young men’s search for connection, truth, control, and community at a time where all are increasingly uncertain and ill-defined.
Climate models from the 1970s and 80s stand up incredibly well when compared with actual warming trends.
An examination of academic publications since 1980 suggests the status of ‘cultural Marxism’ has been greatly exaggerated.
Why did Vintage Classics make the baffling decision to ask controversial psychologist Jordan B. Peterson to write the forward to an abridged edition of ‘The Gulag Archipelago?’
Rationality is the newest casualty of populist philosophy.
The Ford government in Ontario is taking aim at free speech on the province’s campuses. But is it addressing a problem that doesn’t exist?
Free speech may protect offensive speech, but we degrade this central right when we see it as simply the right to offend, regardless of the impact on others.
Jordan Peterson’s lawsuit against Laurier is hardly the action of a free speech advocate. Here’s how he resembles Cleon of ancient Greece.
Though the cultural origins of free speech are progressive, there is nothing actually liberal about the current crop of free speech warriors in the Canada and the United States.
Kanye West is making headlines for his support of Donald Trump and remarks about slavery being a choice. The rapper has also signalled he’s a fan of controversial Canadian professor Jordan Peterson.
Social psychologist Ignacio Martín-Baró’s work reminds us of the urgency to bring all psychology into the orbit of liberation. Doing so allows a necessarily ambitious conception of liberation.
Most Canadians are more than happy to support free speech, believing it to be the foundation of democracy. But for speech to be free it must be aligned to freedom itself.
Jordan Peterson is now a right-wing darling for his views on everything from transgender people, the #MeToo movement and political correctness on campus. But he’s not saying anything new.
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