... finally, I think it's just incredible what she's done. For such a young person, and indeed as a woman in a man-heavy world, to stick her neck out & create her own magazine & give voice 2 many writers & perspectives that genuinely stimulate & do challenge ossified thinking ...
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... all while fending off daily abuse with confidence and even a sense of humor ... well, I think that's really impressive! ... And just one more thought --
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...As someone w/ feminist & progressive convictions AND interest in so-called 'classical liberalism' I would just encourage ppl who disagree w
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Brian, I don't believe that there would be good faith in accepting responses because the well has been wholly poisoned against whole categories of theorising. It's anything but an open-minded place – it's just closed around a worldview you/we have *some* agreement with.
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There's a strong view that rationality and present scientific theorising map to each other and little acknowledgement of the degree to which culture and theory change what present scientists think. I've watched you long enough to know that this is not something you agree with.
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I mean, honestly, on Sam Harris:https://quillette.com/2018/07/17/what-is-the-tribe-of-the-anti-tribalists/ …
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I'm nervous to ask, but did u think my piece on transgender & the fight within feminism was on the right track? I tried v hard to synthesize opposing views, but may have fallen shorthttps://quillette.com/2016/07/02/in-praise-of-ambivalence-young-feminism-gender-identity-and-free-speech/ …
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I like it. Point of tension you feel are ones I feel. If you make mistakes in resolving them they are earnest mistakes. Also fits with something I want very much: for the left to see itself as a collection of alliances for policies rather than an ideological whole.
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That really means a lot to me, thank you ...
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