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Identity Crisis Episode 23: The End of the Beginning
In this episode Sasha and M.K make a special announcement and look back over some of our favorite past episodes of Identity Crisis.
Hyperbole on the Loose! The Left Cries Wolf and is Unprepared to Recognize the Real Thing
When you’ve branded every dissenting voice–no matter how mild, with the harshest possible labels, what vocabulary do you have available to point out the actual wolf when it comes out of the forest?
Raquel Rosario Sánchez, a feminist writer, campaigner and researcher, is the most recent recipient of the Plebity Free Speech Fund.
We are proud to support Raquel with a grant from the Free Speech Fund, and we are always accepting applications from anyone who needs material support after being punished for their speech or subject to a hostile work environment due to their speech or beliefs.
Identity Crisis Episode 22 Billie Eilish and Hypersexualization in Media
In this episode, Sasha and M.K. discuss the recent Billie Eilish music video in which the pop-star adopted a newly sexual personal. They talk about the commercialization of women's bodies and the pointlessness of movements like Slut Walk and the push for sexual "empowerment" AKA self-objectification.
Remembering Regan Russell: Looking Directly at Animal Agriculture
For well over a year, all eyes have been on the pandemic. While we have been singularly focused on the pandemic, another global tragedy has been taking place, though this tragedy has been happening for many years, its existence well-known, but conveniently ignored. It’s all around us, and has been normalized to such a point where any mention of it is met with denial, justification, ostracization, and anger – not anger on behalf of those suffering, but anger towards the messenger who is making the suffering known.
A Chat With Nehanda
In this episode, I am joined by Nehanda, an artist and feminist who decided to speak out against gender identity ideology after witnessing the policing of women's language online by gender activists. We chat about Nehanda's music journey, what got her into rap originally, and how standing up for women is her main driving force.
A Leftist Scholar on Populism Abandons Foundational Principles of Free Speech and Class
If anyone is wondering just how deep is the left’s abandonment of its most long-standing and foundational values, namely free speech and class analysis, one need look no further than this book about populism: Systemic Corruption: Constitutional Ideas for an Anti-Oligarchic Republic by Columbia Law School postdoc scholar Camila Vergara.
Identity Crisis Episode 21 The Decline of the ACLU
In this episode, we attempt to chronicle what we consider the decline of the ACLU. We begin with a game where we take a drink every time Chase Strangio tells a lie in this interview on Democracy Now. Then we discuss this recent New York Times article: "Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis".
Identity Crisis: Why I Still Call Myself a Feminist – by M.K. Fain
For women, whether or not to call yourself a “feminist” has been a hotly-debated issue. Men have long pushed back against progress by branding any woman who resists patriarchy as a feminist — a word hurled often like a slur from the mouths of misogynists.
Adam Coleman on His Book: Black Victim To Black Victor
Adam Coleman joins me for an interview about his new book, Black Victim To Black Victor, his ideas about culture, politics, and the current narrative around race and victimization in America.
Identity Crisis Episode 20: Do We Call Ourselves Feminists?
In. this episode, we have a conversation about why we do or not consider ourselves feminists. From victimhood to group based identity, we discuss several issues within feminist ideology as well as the value of taking on labels at all.
Plebity Interviewed by The Sidebar
This week, Mark White of Plebity had the chance to meet with Scott Costen, Nova Scotia based journalist at The Sidebar to discuss our Free Speech Fund and the political vision behind Plebity. The Sidebar is a progressive, independent media platform that is part of a growing ecosystem of genuinely progressive, independent platforms which reject the conformity of much of what passes for current leftist discourse. We hope everyone will read the article and check out The Sidebar.