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PEN America announce 2026 World Voices festival with Judith Butler and Bill McKibben

The 2024 festival was cancelled after multiple authors pulled out over the non-profit’s stance on the Israel-Gaza war

The Guardian - US

How watching videos of ICE violence affects our mental health

The recent murders of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good are drawing renewed attention to the activities of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

The Conversation

UC Berkeley names 160 staff and faculty to Trump administration as part of antisemitism investigation

Investigation comes as Trump administration has pursued over $1 billion in funding cuts and settlements from prominent University of California schools

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UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

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Freud Museum faces call for inquiry over bullying and board misconduct claims

Writers and academics urge charities regulator to investigate ‘serious issues’ with London institution

The Guardian - UK

Labour is still gendered – and women are still getting a raw deal in the workplace

“When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society,” Judith Butler wrote recently, “progressive politics in general is held responsible for every social ill.” Authoritarians are empowered to oppress vulnerable people in the name of “the nation, the natural order, the family, society or civilization itself”.

The Conversation

Samia on appeasing men and trying to be the perfect idea of a woman

NEW SENSATIONS: Now living a low-key life in Minneapolis, singer-songwriter Samia wants people to know the real her. Making herself the ideal unknowable woman for men to project onto is the subject of her third album, ‘Bloodless’, she tells Hannah Ewens

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After months of Trump’s shock tactics, whistleblower groups are pushing back against attacks on workers’ rights

In the US, under president Donald Trump, rapid assaults on civil servants’ rights, including their rights to speak out about wrongdoing, are increasingly part of the administration’s play for power. Shock tactics tend to work when the speed leaves observers too stunned to act.

The Conversation

Judith Butler: ‘Swimming is the closest thing I have to a religion’

The philosopher, 68, tells Michael Segalov about kayaks capsizing, imitating trees, left-wing schisms and how instead of being stony-faced and serious, they like to clown around

The Guardian - UK

Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed

Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

The Guardian - US

Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore

Course set to be taught by controversial British ‘anti-woke’ media commentator Andrew Doyle

The Guardian - US

JD Vance's beard and its manly meaning

Beards have long been thought to confer masculinity on its wearer, especially as a reaction to times of crisis

Salon

The surprising shame of pet loss: ‘You are supposed to think humans are more important than animals’

Pets provide solace, support and sometimes unconditional love. Yet, when they die, much of our grief remains unspoken

The Guardian - UK

Sexed by Susanna Rustin review – the fraught battle for feminism

A historical overview of the often chaotic fight for equality in Britain celebrates the pioneers who elbowed their way into male-only spaces

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Exploring The Top 10 Political Thinkers Of The 21St Century

Explore the works of renowned intellectuals like Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, and Thomas Piketty across diverse fields.

Evening Standard

Read all about it! The 27 best new books to get lost in

From Salman Rushdie’s terrifying story of surviving a stabbing to David Nicholls’ latest must-read romantic novel, Saskia Kemsley shares her pick of the best new fiction and non-fiction releases for the summer

The Guardian - US

Are progressive politics the real reason why US lawmakers are spooked by Tiktok?

Lawmakers say they’re on the warpath because TikTok’s owner is a national security threat. Some users think the app has become a hub for progressive activism

Evening Standard

Who's Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler review: It’s tough going on the front line of the gender wars

In late 2017, I read about an article about an academic with the startling headline, “Judith Butler discusses being burned in an effigy at Brazil protest”. It was my first introduction to the strength of feeling that the field of gender studies — and Butler — would soon come to…

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Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler review – the gender theorist goes mainstream

The US theorist and activist, who has been falsely accused of denying the importance of sex, makes a plangent appeal for gender diversity

The Independent UK

The best non-fiction books to read in 2024

From candid memoirs to provocative essay collections, 2024’s forthcoming non-fiction is enticing. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to what you need on your reading pile

The Conversation

Friday essay: 'what else should I lose to survive?' The young writers living – and dying – in Gaza

Please note that all our dreams are vanished. I lost my house. I lost 33 of my family members. And I’m about to lose Palestine. What else should I lose to survive? These are messages sent to me via Facebook Messenger from a 24-year-old Palestinian writer, Abdallah Aljazzar, who, along…

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How I learned to stop worrying and love the doll – a feminist philosopher's journey back to Barbie

As a mama trying to raise a daughter free from the gendered stereotypes of my own childhood, I steered her clear of Barbie dolls.

The Conversation

A science of sexuality is still possible — but not in the traditional sense

Human sexuality has long been a subject of fascination and curiosity in the scientific community. Researchers from different fields have sought to understand why we are attracted to certain people and how our sexual orientation develops.

The Independent UK

Subversive? Dangerous? Boring?: How the red carpet became a barometer for modern masculinity

From Timothée Chalamet in a backless suit to Lucien Laviscount’s corsage and evening gloves, red carpet menswear has become as much an exercise in mass marketing as an opportunity to dismantle gender rules, writes Joseph Bobowicz

The Conversation

Judith Butler: their philosophy of gender explained

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the American philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler, both for intellectuals and for queer communities. There are scholarly books, university courses, fan clubs, social media pages and comics dedicated to Butler’s thinking.

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