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Fountainhead ForumFF-319: Helen Pluckrose on the "grievance studies affair"Follow the channel on Twitter. Go to:https://x.com/FountainheadFmBuy my novel Escape from the Village from major booksellers online. Go to:http://escapevillage.comSubscribe to the Substack. Go to:https://fountainheadforum.substack.com/Support the forum. Go to:https://buymeacoffee.com/fountainheadforum------------------------------------------------------------This was originally recorded on 18 June 2025.Helen Pluckrose is an author who lives in England. Along with James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian, she took part in the "grievance studies affair." The trio sent low-quality academic papers to journals...2025-07-111h 01
Reality TherapyHelen Pluckrose on Liberalism against WokenessIn this episode, Helen Pluckrose gives a defense of liberal humanism and Enlightenment rationality. She discusses the Grievance Studies Hoax, her books on Critical Social Justice, and her advice for the therapy profession.
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Awake at the WheelCan We Save Liberalism? Helen Pluckrose on the Fight for ReasonAwake at the Wheel | Ep 87In this conversation, Helen Pluckrose discusses her journey as a liberal humanist, her involvement in the Grievance Studies Affair, and the implications of social justice movements. She reflects on the evolution of liberalism, the challenges posed by critical social justice theories, and the backlash against her work. Pluckrose shares her personal experiences with public scrutiny and character assassination, emphasizing the importance of dialogue and understanding in a polarized political climate. In this conversation, Helen Pluckrose discusses the challenges posed by authoritarianism and cancel culture, particularly in the context of critical social justice...2025-06-111h 01
The Dan Astin-Gregory PodcastHelen Pluckrose: We've Passed Peak Woke (But What's Next Could Be Even Worse)Have we passed peak woke—or is the next wave even more dangerous?In this episode, Dan Astin-Gregory speaks with Helen Pluckrose—author of Cynical Theories and The Counterweight Handbook—to unpack the rise and evolution of Critical Social Justice ideology, its authoritarian tendencies, and what may follow in its wake.We discuss:Why wokeism spread so fast—and why it hasn’t truly gone awayHow liberalism can offer a way forward amid polarisationWhat individuals can do to push back with principle and clarity🔗 Explore Helen’s work...2025-06-051h 30
The Kainos PodcastThe Rise of the Woke RightI’m on my way to Australia for a tour hosted by Small Giants Academy! We’re kicking off with a preview screening of the upcoming Kainos documentary ‘Crossroads’ and a talk at the Byron Bay Theatre on Saturday 22nd of March - get your tickets here.Having been ‘woke critical’ since 2016, in recent years I’ve felt increasingly vindicated as mainstream culture has pushed back against the institutionalisation of social justice theory. The publication of the Cass Report in 2024 felt like the straw that broke the camel’s back here in the UK, and I wrote a piece...2025-03-1942 min
New DiscoursesPanel: Why We Need New Discourses | Boghossian, Doyle, Lindsay, Nayna, O'Fallon, PluckroseIn the Panel: Why We Need New Discourses, held on October 13, 2019, in London, panelists Peter Boghossian, Andrew Doyle, James Lindsay, Helen Pluckrose, and Mike Nayna, moderated by Michael O'Fallon, came together to critique the influence of social justice ideology on academia and public discourse. Each speaker addressed the effects of ideological capture, particularly in social institutions and education, arguing that social justice’s rigid worldview distorts reality and suppresses open conversation.
Lindsay and the panel discussed how critical theory has infiltrated educational and social systems, creating an environment where questioning or debating its assumptions can be socially and professionally costly. Bo...2024-12-211h 03
New DiscoursesDoing Social Justice Responsibly | Helen PluckroseIn her talk, Doing Social Justice Responsibly on October 13, 2019 at the 'Speaking Truth to Social Justice' conference in London, Helen Pluckrose tackled the ideological excesses within social justice activism, offering a way to address genuine social justice issues without abandoning reason or liberal principles. She argued that the dominant framework in social justice today—rooted in critical theory and postmodernism—has transformed genuine concerns about power and privilege into a rigid worldview. This ideology, she explained, rejects objective truth and promotes “strategic knowledge,” constructed to serve specific identity-based agendas rather than being tested against reality.
Pluckrose acknowledged that while social justice...2024-12-1631 min
Nationalism and the Culture Wars podcast'Did Liberals Start the Culture Wars', Unherd Evening with Helen PluckroseBestselling authors Helen Pluckrose and Eric Kaufmann might both describe themselves as classically ‘liberal’ in their politics, but they have very different ideas of what the future of the liberal project looks like. Is there hope for the principles of liberalism to challenge censorship and draconian politics, or have well meaning liberals become their own worst enemy? They join UnHerd for a public discussion of the ‘post-liberal’ moment.
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New DiscoursesPanel: Grievance Studies | Boghossian, Lindsay, Nayna, O'Fallon, PluckroseIn October 2019, James Lindsay, Peter Boghossian, Helen Pluckrose, and filmmaker Mike Nayna gathered in London for a panel moderated by Michael O’Fallon to reflect on the infamous "Grievance Studies" project (https://grievanceproject.com/), often called "Sokal Squared." This provocative project involved writing and submitting intentionally absurd papers filled with ideological jargon to academic journals. Their aim was to demonstrate how deeply critical social justice ideologies had compromised academic rigor, making it possible for nonsensical submissions to be accepted as legitimate scholarship.
During the panel, Lindsay traced the project’s origins to a simple yet unsettling question about whether fields like...2024-11-1454 min
Gender: A Wider LensPremium: "People Have the Right to Not Have a Gender Identity"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.widerlenspod.comEncouraging workplace policies that support anti-discrimination without imposing specific beliefs allows employees from all backgrounds—whether critical social justice advocates, feminists, conservatives, minorities, LGBTQ individuals, or those who are religious or agnostic—to align with an organization’s commitment to fairness and inclusivity. This approach empowers individuals to clarify their own philosophical beliefs regarding race, gender, and identity, enabling them to advocate for anti-discrimination from their unique perspectives rather than imposing a culture of conformity to a single narrative or ideology. F...2024-11-0203 min
Gender: A Wider Lens191 - Holding the Line on Liberal Values, with Helen Pluckrose and Carrie ClarkSasha and Stella welcome writers Carrie Clark and Helen Pluckrose to the show for thoughtful and provocative dialogue, critically examining the intersections of identity, sex-based rights, mental health, and societal influences. Drawing from both personal experiences and professional insights, they explore complex and sensitive ideas around self-expression, feminism, and gender, encouraging a nuanced and reflective perspective. The conversation also delves into the controversy following Genspect’s 2023 Bigger Picture Conference in Denver, known as "Blue Dress Gate," unpacking the cultural and social tensions surrounding the event.For links and resources relevant to this episode, access the full show no...2024-11-011h 12
The Origins Podcast with Lawrence KraussHelen PluckroseHelen Pluckrose has been a formidable voice in the cultural and intellectual debates surrounding critical social justice, liberalism, and free speech. I've admired her work for some time, particularly her rigorous analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of these movements. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Helen about her new book, "The Counterweight Handbook," which offers practical strategies for those navigating the challenges posed by critical social justice ideologies in the workplace and beyond.As with all Origins Podcasts, we spent some time learning about Helen’s own origins, which are just as compelling as...2024-09-042h 28
Fire at WillHow to defeat wokeism, with Helen PluckroseIt's easy to say that "woke ideology" is a nonsense. It's much harder to say that when your job, your social status, or your friendships may be put at risk by doing so. We need a practical, principled approach to fighting back against wokeism. Enter Helen Pluckrose. Helen is a political and cultural author and speaker. She is the co-author of ‘Cynical Theories’, which was book of the year in The Times, Sunday Times and Financial Times. Her latest book, 'The Counterweight Handbook,' is a practical guide to help you survive and defeat critical social justice at sc...2024-08-2850 min
Fire at WillHow to defeat wokeism, with Helen PluckroseIt's easy to say that "woke ideology" is a nonsense. It's much harder to say that when your job, your social status, or your friendships may be put at risk by doing so. We need a practical, principled approach to fighting back against wokeism. Enter Helen Pluckrose. Helen is a political and cultural author and speaker. She is the co-author of ‘Cynical Theories’, which was book of the year in The Times, Sunday Times and Financial Times. Her latest book, 'The Counterweight Handbook,' is a practical guide to help you survive and defeat critical social justice at sc...2024-08-2851 min
The Michael Shermer ShowAre We Confused About Social Justice? (Helen Pluckrose)The stated goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are often reasonable, if not noble—to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Yet, as more and more people are discovering, DEI as commonly practiced isn’t a natural extension of past civil rights movements or an ethical framework for opposing discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, etc. Rather, it is inextricably connected with an illiberal and authoritarian ideology—Critical Social Justice—that demands adherence to its tenets and punishes any dissent from its dogma. Even the mildest questions about Critical Social Justice claims—that all w...2024-08-271h 17
The DissidentsS4 BONUS | Helen Pluckrose on Critical Theory, a Proper Cup of Tea, and Her New BookIn this bonus episode, we share the recording of our Liberal Values in Practice livestream with Helen Pluckrose. ILV Director Jen Richmond and Dissidents Podcast hosts Mike and Elizabeth discuss Helen's new book, The Counterweight Handbook: Principled Strategies for Surviving and Defeating Critical Social Justice - at Work, in Schools, and Beyond. We ask Helen what Liberalism means. We also ask what Critical Social Justice is, whether it remains a genuine threat, and what the average person can do when faced with an ethical choice between silent submission to ideological pressures and often very risky opposition. There is no...2024-07-191h 06
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The stated goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are often reasonable, if not noble—to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Yet, as more and more people are discovering, DEI as commonly practiced isn't a natural extension of past civil rights movements or an ethical framework for opposing discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, etc. Ra...2024-06-258h 13Experience The Immersive Full Audiobook Now, Busy Professionals!The Counterweight Handbook by Helen PluckrosePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/8902to listen full audiobooks.
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Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
Release date: 06-25-24
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Genres: Workplace & Organizational Behavior
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The stated goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are often reasonable, if not noble—to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Yet, as more and more people are discovering, DEI as commonly practiced isn't a natural extension of past civil rights movements or an ethical framework for opposing discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, et...2024-06-258h 13Relish: This Best-Selling Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.The Counterweight Handbook by Helen PluckrosePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/8902to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Counterweight Handbook
Author: Helen Pluckrose
Narrator: Helen Pluckrose
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
Release date: 06-25-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Workplace & Organizational Behavior
Publisher's Summary:
The stated goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are often reasonable, if not noble—to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Yet, as more and more people are discovering, DEI as commonly practiced isn't a natural extension of past civil rights movements or an ethical framework for opposing discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, et...2024-06-258h 13
Dangerous SpeechEp 168 Helen PluckroseI spoke with Helen Pluckrose about her forthcoming book, The Counterweight Handbook, the differences between CSJ and liberalism, and techniques for pushing back against CSJ ideologies.
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Conversations with Peter BoghossianDEI: The Three Blind "Virtues," with Helen PluckroseIsland dweller Helen Pluckrose and continent inhabiter Peter Boghossian sit down to discuss the downfall of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Helen explains DEI's underpinnings, specifically postmodern thought and critical theory, and the blind pursuit of "equity" that drives this ideology. The two also address the need for institutions to transparently admit their mistakes and the crisis of legitimacy. Other topics include liberalism, the need for individualism, how people find meaning, and more! Helen Pluckrose is a British author and cultural writer known for critiques of critical social justice and promotion of liberal ethics, notably in the Grievance...2024-05-161h 28
Calmversationss06e98 | Liberalism's Last Stand, with Helen PluckroseHelen Pluckrose returns to discuss her new book: The Counterweight Handbook: Principled Strategies for Surviving and Defeating Critical Social Justice―at Work, in Schools, and Beyond. We also talk about the origins of her moral philosophy and her newfound love of Norse mythology.
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Quillette NarratedHow French Intellectuals Ruined the West by Helen PluckrosePostmodernism and Its Impact, Explained. Iona Italia reads 'How French Intellectuals Ruined the West' by Helen Pluckrose. First published in Areo Magazine. Republished in Quillette on 7 May 2024.2024-05-0831 min
Free Kiwis!Cynical Theories (Book Club 3)The topic of our third Free Kiwis! book club was Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay's book Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody.We talked about its account of post-modernism and 'grievance studies,' and considered how much this has affected academia and the free speech crisis in New Zealand.Panellists:Dr James Kierstead, NZ InitiativeDr Michael Johnston, NZ InitiativeDr Matthew Birchall, NZ InitiativeDr Bryce WIlkinson, NZ InitiativeProf. Kendall Clements, University of Auckland2024-05-011h 15
Thinking Class#023 - Helen Pluckrose - How To Keep Liberal Principles Alive In An Illiberal WorldHelen Pluckrose is a political and cultural writer and commentator, addressing current affairs from a liberal humanist perspective. Her particular focus is Critical Social Justice (woke) scholarship and activism. Helen took part in the Grievance Studies Affair (along with Peter Bogossian and James Lindsay) which submitted shoddy, ridiculous and ideologically biased papers to academic journals known for publishing Critical Social Justice scholarship. In 2020, she co-authored Cynical Theories with James Lindsay, which traced the evolution of postmodern thought into Critical Social Justice scholarship. In that same year, she co-founded Counterweight, an organization for helping individuals push back at a...2024-04-191h 05
heretics.The Meaning of Transphobia: A Nuanced Discussion with Helen PluckroseHelen Pluckrose is now an adviser to Genspect, and has one of the most nuanced views available on trans activism. She is a liberal who believes people should do as they please as long as it doesn’t affect others. But gender does affect others - so where does she stand?Folllow her substack The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain: https://helenpluckrose.substack.com/Get her book The Countweight Handbook: https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=7d6ba0ed01275c50&sxsrf=ACQVn09ZsqiYkFvYBHHKl-g-kqdlLmcjfA:1710959424379&q=The+Counterweight+Handbook:+Principled+St...2024-03-201h 15
TransparencyGender Ideologies - with Helen PluckroseHelen Pluckrose is a political and cultural writer and commentator, addressing current affairs from a liberal humanist perspective. Her particular focus is current Critical Social Justice (woke) scholarship and activism. Helen took part in the Grievance Studies Affair (along with Peter Bogossian and James Lindsay) which submitted shoddy, ridiculous and ideologically biased papers to academic journals known for publishing Critical Social Justice scholarship. In 2020, she co-authored Cynical Theories with James Lindsay, which traced the evolution of postmodern thought into Critical Social Justice scholarship. In that same year, she co-founded Counterweight, an organization for helping individuals push back at authoritarian Cr...2024-03-101h 01
Creed & CultureCommunism has come to the West | Dr James Lindsay | EP34Dr James Lindsay is a writer, speaker, and podcast host. Along with Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose, he undertook the famous grievance studies hoax, which arguably demonstrated the low academic standards of some university disciplines. James wrote Cynical Theories with Helen Pluckrose, which outlines the intellectual background to the ‘woke’ ideology which is sweeping through western institutions. In this episode, James explains to Luke why he thinks the ‘woke’ ideology is communism under a new guise. https://www.facebook.com/thecreedandculturepodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/thecreedandculturepodcast/Creed and Culture (@creed_culture) / X (twitter.com)https://w...2024-02-211h 00The DissidentsS4 E2 | The Tide is High: Little Evidence of Ebbing DEI ImpactsRecent editorial headlines and social media posts suggest the resignation of Harvard's president, combined with shifting public sentiment, are signals that DEI initiatives are losing their grip on education and government. In this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth discuss why a few small cracks in the DEI facade are unlikely to turn the tide. We are very skeptical that the overall strength and vastness of DEI influences have been diminished and see more evidence of continued vulnerability to a belief system that is baked into the consciousness of so many. Policies, procedures, and commitments have been made that will...2024-01-191h 24The DissidentsEp. 033: Slippery Slopes: Helen Pluckrose & Rio Veradonir talk Liberal Norms and Moral PanicThis week we talk culture, ideological politics, philosophy, and law with the celebrated author of Cynical Theories (Helen Pluckrose) and the Assistant Director at the Bi Foundation and editor-in-chief of Queer Majority (Rio Veradonir). Helen and Rio speak with Mike and Elizabeth about challenges to liberalism, past, present, and future. They also share their reasons to celebrate and be hopeful.
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Bailey, Allison (2014). The Unlevelled Knowing Field: An Engagement with Dotson's Third-Order Epistemic Oppression. Social...2023-12-142h 11
Principle of CharityShould We Aim To Be Thin? Pt.2 On the Couch.In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.Guests Tigress Osborn (she/her) is a fat rights advocate and Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), the world’s oldest documented organization working towards Equality at Every Size. She is a co-founding leader of the Campaign for Size Freedom, which supports passing legislation to outlaw size discrimination. Tigress is a two-time women's college graduate with degrees in Africana Stu...2023-11-1344 min
EquianoPod13. Helen Pluckrose: "People are Essentially Being Trained to be Racist"Helen Pluckrose joins Inaya Folarin Iman on Episode 13 of Equianopod to discuss the impact of critical social justice on individuals, particularly in academic settings. She highlights her involvement in exposing flaws in academia through the grievance studies affair and co-authoring the influential book 'Cynical Theories' with James Lindsay.
Pluckrose emphasises the challenges she faced in pursuing her studies due to pressure to conform to certain ideologies. She outlines the evolution of postmodern thought and its influence on critical social justice, pointing out the shift from deconstruction to the current emphasis on power dynamics and discourses.
...2023-11-1050 minPrinciple of CharityShould We Aim To Be Thin?We live in a culture that is obsessed by weight. About a third of adult women in the US are on a diet at any given time, and a fifth of men. Those who aren’t dieting are thinking about dieting, with well over half of all adults actively wanting to lose weight, with men only slightly trailing women. To feed the obsession on weight, or to help people manage their weight, depending on the way one looks at things, there is a global weight loss and management industry that is expected to surpass US$405 bill...2023-11-0659 min
Second SelfHelen PluckroseThis week's guest is Helen Pluckrose, co-author of the bestselling Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody and founder of Counterweight, an organisation which advocates for liberal approaches to social justice. In this episode, Helen discusses her unorthodox route to becoming a public intellectual, why she decided to set up Counterweight and how her thinking has evolved over time. We have a frank and - in places - challenging discussion on our changing attitudes to feminism, critical social justice, and freedom of expression. Hosted on Acast. See acast...2021-12-071h 16
Solutions With David AnsaraHelen Pluckrose on confronting Critical TheoryIn this episode of the Solutions With David Ansara podcast, I speak with British writer Helen Pluckrose about the pernicious influence of Critical Theory, and how to push back against these dangerous ideas.
Helen and I discuss the postmodern origins of Critical Theory, and how it escaped the ivory tower of academia to become mainstream. This has dramatically altered the way we talk about race, gender and sexuality, she says.
Helen argues that what passes for 'Social Justice' is in fact a fundamentally illiberal and intolerant ideology. Its adherents suppress free speech, foster a culture of...2021-11-2855 min
The Regular Pastor PodcastCynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James LindsayLandon Coleman talks about Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay.
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Sacred TensionCynical Theories with Helen PluckroseIn this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with scholar and author Helen Pluckrose about her book Cynical Theories. We discuss where she believes modern social justice went wrong, whether technology is the primary explanation for online dysfunction, the limiting of LGBT identities, and much more. Find her organization Counterweight here: https://counterweightsupport.com/ Become a Patron to support my crippling content creation addiction: https://www.patreon.com/StephenBradfordLong This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sacredtension.substack.com/su...2021-10-0357 min
SpeechCastSpeechCast - Helen Pluckrose - What is Critical Social Justice (CSJ) Anyway? - 27EPA Discussion with Helen Pluckrose, the founder of Counterweight, which opposes the imposition of CSJ. Pluckrose is a liberal humanist who just wants people to value evidence-based epistemology and liberal ethics. She is the author of “Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity”2021-09-1436 min
HeterodorxBack from Break!After a 3-week hiatus, Corinna and Nina discuss the book Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay. Nina takes a more nuanced approach to Judith Butler, discovering something she said that isn’t utter nonsense. Corinna questions “misogyny” and “patriarchy,” and challenges Nina’s “feminist lens,” after which Nina tells Corinna to f__k himself. It’s good to be back!Links:Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss “What’s Systemic about Systemic Racism?" https://bloggingheads.tv/videos/62356Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53052177...2021-08-2451 min
Dangerous SpeechEp 113: Counterweight AnniversaryI spoke with Helen Pluckrose, Harriet Terrill, Issy Marston, Kevin Lowe, and Jennifer Friend about the work they are doing at Counterweight, and their future plans
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A Partial Perspective13. More Assumptions About Postmodern and Critical Theory with Sam Hoadley-Brill Part 2In this video, Bryant and Will talk with Sam Hoadley-Brill, a philosophy PhD student at CUNY. This is the second chat with Sam where we’ve discussed topics surrounding the public representations of postmodernism and critical race theory. The conversation starts with addressing interesting comments that viewers have issued about the very legitimate criticisms that people like James Lindsay and Jordan Peterson issue against postmodern and critical theoretical thought. In addition to providing some interesting updates since the last conversation, this conversation touches on topics surrounding public intellectuals, ‘real world’ concerns, and the kinds of conversations that might be more conduc...2021-06-111h 39
Derfor skal du lese ...Ep. 17: Derfor skal du lese Pluckrose og LindsayFra franske filosofer til identitetspolitisk aktivisme løper det en piggtråd gjennom idéhistorien, mener Helen Pluckrose og James Lindsay. I boka Cynical Theories argumenterer de for at postkolonialisme, skeiv teori og andre kritiske tankeretninger har blitt en trussel mot demokratiet, ytringsfriheten, vår evne til å resonnere fornuftig og selv minoritetsgruppene det opprinnelig var meningen å forsvare.Det bildet de to forfatterne tegner, viser en bevegelse som slår over i det autoritære og bruker uakseptable virkemidler mot meningsmotstandere, noe som skaper sinne hos dem som beskyldes for å bære urettmessige privilegier og setter i gang en ødelegg...2021-06-031h 01
Quillette PodcastAuthor Helen Pluckrose on the Role of Postmodernism in the Construction of Modern Social-Justice DogmasQuillette founder Claire Lehmann speaks with “Cynical Theories” co-author (and Grievance Studies Hoax collaborator) Helen Pluckrose about the influence of postmodern ideas in the formulation of the latest iterations of Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, and other “intersectional” doctrines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-05-2547 min
Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & CultureCritical/Cynical Theories (with Helen Pluckrose)Since the summer of 2020, Critical Race Theory, and Critical Theory in general, have come out from the academic world and moved into popular culture. Helen Pluckrose, a self-described "exile from the humanities" and James Lindsay, have co-authored a detailed assessment of these Critical Theories. Join Scott and Sean as they interview Helen and she makes a complex subject accessible for those unfamiliar with the topic. Helen Pluckrose is Editor in Chief of Areo Magazine, devoted to free speech, reason and the western tradition of human rights. Read a transcript of this episode at: https://www.bio...2021-05-2135 min
Wolfgang Wee UncutJan-Ove Tuv | Woke, Kritisk Teori, Dekolonisering, Hybris, Gud, Døden, Sløserikommisjonen, Moby Dick, Jesus og Det Nye Testamentet, Evigheten, Har Kirken Lagt Seg På Rygg?Wolfgang Wee Uncut #126: Jan-Ove Tuv er kunstner, podcaster, instruktør og tidligere elev av Odd Nerdrum. Sammen med Bork S. Nerdrum, driver han også Youtube-kanalen og podcasten: @Cave of Apelles I denne podcasten snakker vi om: Woke, Kritisk Teori, Dekolonisering, Hybris, Sløserikommisjonen, Moby Dick, Gud, Døden, Jesus og Det Nye Testamentet, Evigheten, Kulturrådet, Og Har Kirken Lagt Seg På Rygg? Se hele episoden her: https://youtu.be/HTPntzc4Zy0 ---------------------------------------------- Bokliste: Herman Melvilles «Moby Dick» Charles Dickens «Bleak House» Cynic...2021-05-114h 25
Givers, Doers, & Thinkers—A Podcast on Philanthropy and Civil SocietyHelen Pluckrose & woke culture's spell on civil societyToday on Givers, Doers, & Thinkers, Jeremy speaks with writer Helen Pluckrose about critical social justice ideology, what it is, and what to do about it.Helen is a liberal, secular humanist writer and cultural commentator. She is the editor-in-chief of Areo Magazine, a broadly liberal humanist digital magazine that focuses on current affairs, politics, culture, science, and art. She is also the founder of Counterweight, an organization that helps individuals resist the imposition of Critical Social Justice on their workplace, university, or children's school. She is co-author, with James Lindsay, of the bestselling book, Cynical...2021-03-3151 min
New DiscoursesThere Is No Good Part of Hitler's Mein KampfThe New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 26
As most New Discourses fans will know, back in October 2018, James Lindsay, Peter Boghossian, and Helen Pluckrose burst onto the scene with a scandalous expose of Critical Social Justice scholarship within academia. This effort to show the world what was going on in the humanities and (to lesser extent) social sciences research literature was billed the "Grievance Studies Affair" (https://newdiscourses.com/2020/01/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/), and the trio told their story in detail when the Wall Street Journal ended up breaking the story. The expose involved (https://leiterreports.typepad.com/files/project-summary-and-fact-sheet.pdf) their...2021-03-261h 22The Michael Shermer Show163. Helen Pluckrose — Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms EverybodyHave you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn’t practice yoga or cook Chinese food? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed so quickly to challenge the very logic of Western society? In this wide-ranging conversation Helen Pluckrose recounts the evolution of the dogma that informs these ideas, from its coarse origins in French po...2021-03-092h 11
Freeborn & LibertyThe Bondage of Critical Social JusticeHelen PluckroseCo-author, Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms EverybodyFounder, CounterweightEditor, Areo MagazineHelen explains the origins of Critical Social Justice Theory by tracing it back to post-modernism of the 1960s. The four core principles of postmodern thought include:1. Skepticism about objective reality2. Perception of language as the constructor of knowledge3. Making of the individual4. The role of power in all of these are present todayPluckrose explains how the current movement has transformed...2021-03-0250 min
The Godless Spellchecker PodcastEp#171 - Helen Pluckrose - Liberalism & CounterweightThis week on The Knight Tube Stephen Knight welcomes author Helen Pluckrose. Helen is the co-author of 'Cynical Theories' and founder of 'Counterweight'. They talk about the pro's and cons of 'colour blindness' on the issue of skin colour, 'racism blindness', counterweight, her disagreement with James Lindsay, white privilege, diversity quotas, class in the UK, Post-modernism, 'White Fragility', liberalism and much more! Watch the full video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ve7qoFx5KF4 Support the show at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker Visit Counterweight: https://counterweightsupport.com/ Buy Cynical...2021-02-2355 min
New Culture ForumNew 'Citizens Advice' Service For Employees & Other Victims Of Woke CultureThis time on "So What You're Saying is...", Peter Whittle is joined by Helen Pluckrose, co-author of the best-selling "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholars Made Everything about Race, Gender and Identity" and a leading figure in the fight back against Critical Race Theory and Critical Social Justice.
Helen is the founder of 'Counterweight', the newly launched "Citizens Advice" service for "culture war casualties".
to quote from their website: "Following the death of George Floyd and the BLM protests, new policies and training programmes based on Critical Social Justice ideology suddenly began to be introduced into workplaces, universities and schools.
"Many...2021-02-1630 min
TRIGGERnometryFighting Back Against Cancel Culture with Helen PluckroseInstall Pouch for FREE and start saving money today! ▸ https://joinpouch.com/i/triggernometry
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The Same DrugsHelen Pluckrose on postmodernism, feminism, and Cynical TheoriesMeghan Murphy speaks with Helen Pluckrose, co-author of Cynical Theories and one of the masterminds behind the Grievance Studies hoax, about postmodernism, feminism, what liberalism actually means, and why she manages to "annoy everyone." This interview took place on January 5, 2021, and was initially only made available to patrons. Learn more about Counterweight.
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody is co-authored by James Lindsay and published by Swift Press.
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The Lock In with Jeremy PaxmanHelen PluckroseJeremy has another imaginary pint with Helen Pluckrose, co-author of 'Cynical Theories' and participant in the infamous 'grievance studies affair'. Helen unpicks the intellectual history of 'woke' thought, Jeremy is baffled.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-01-2032 minA Partial Perspective11. How James Lindsay and Jordan Peterson Misrepresent Postmodern Philosophy with Sam Hoadley Brill#11 | How James Lindsay and Jordan Peterson Misrepresent Postmodern Philosophy with Sam Hoadley Brill
In this episode, I discuss so-called "Cynical Theories" as discussed by public figures like James Lindsay and Jordan Peterson with PhD philosophy student Sam Hoadley-Brill. We discuss Foucault, Derrida, and other postmodern and deconstruction scholars, and the ways these public debates fall short of making promising critiques of philosophical arguments.
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The Catholic Culture PodcastUnderstanding Postmodern "Social Justice" - Darel PaulWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3Czyd0XSEso The alarmists were right: ideas that were only a few years ago complacently dismissed as the perennial agitation of a few campus loonies are now pervasive in the corporate world, mass media and pop culture. Critical race theory, transgender ideology, the obsessive search for oppressive power relations in every aspect of life and every feature of language, the demand for all to be activists, shutting down of dissenting speech as violence: common sense or the gift of a solid Catholic formation will suffice for most who reject...2020-12-222h 10
In ContextEpisode 6 - Cynical Theories with Helen PluckroseThis show covers a very wide range of subjects surrounding the state of academia. Helen Pluckrose is the editor of Areo Magazine and the co-author, alongside James Lindsay, the book Cynical Theories. Topics of the conversation include identity, gender, race, theory, trans issues and much more. If you are confused by current cultural issues, this will hopefully enlighten you.
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https://areomagazine.com
https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/
https://newdiscourses.com/2020/01/manifesto-against-enemies-modernity/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/1684510317/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords...2020-11-127h 11
Intelligence SquaredThe Ideological Roots of 'Wokeness'. with Helen Pluckrose and Helen JoyceIn this week's episode Helen Pluckrose documents the evolution of the ideas that inform today's radical social justice activism, from its coarse origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields. Pluckrose argues this dogma is recognizable as much by its effects, such as cancel culture and social-media dogpiles, as by its tenets, which are all too often embraced as axiomatic in mainstream media: knowledge is a social construct; science and reason are tools of oppression; all human interactions are sites of oppressive power play; and language is dangerous. As Pluckrose ...2020-10-1340 min
Planet NormalWhy the woke need to wake upSit tight, it's another bumpy journey to Planet Normal. This week, Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan call out the government for failing to excel (see what we did there?) with Test, Track and Trace, interrogate how to cancel the cancel-culture invading UK universities, and debate whether BoJo's mojo has returned. Plus, Allison argues her case to be both Velma and Daphne, thank you very much. Buckling into the passenger seat this week is writer Helen Pluckrose. Helen is the co-author of a new book, Cynical Theories, which looks at how wokeness is ruining academia an...2020-10-0857 min
Salon of the RefusedEp. 22 - Helen Pluckrose on PostmodernismRob Tracinski talks with Helen Pluckrose, editor of Areo magazine and co-author of Cynical Theories, about the roots of today's "woke" culture war in the philosophical school of Postmodernism. The conversation includes: how a philosophy of radical skepticism became dogmatic and authoritarian, how we lost both individualism and universalism, how coronavirus made our ideological bubbles more impenetrable, was Immanuel Kant the first Postmodernist, have we reached peak wokeness, and liberalism as an intellectual system.
For more commentary and analysis, visit The Tracinski Letter at www.TracinskiLetter.com.
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Team HumanHelen Pluckrose and James Lindsay “Toward Justice for All”Playing for Team Human today, authors of Cynical Theories, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay.Pluckrose, Lindsay, and Rushkoff discuss the origins of French postmodernism and how it trickled into academic research and scholarship. Together, they explore our contemporary war of competing narratives and how a fascistic political environment influences not just the politics of a particular moment, but people's attitudes toward one another.In his opening monologue, Rushkoff discusses Netflix's new documentary, The Social Dilemma, and how the very people who programmed our most anti-human technologies are now playing for Team Human.2020-09-1600 minheretics.Helen Lewis: bad sex, bin bags and difficult womenCatch the video trailers on https://twitter.com/AndrewGold_ok or https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok/.
I’ve just had a very fun chat with Helen Lewis, the pre-eminent British journalist of The Guardian, The Atlantic, GQ and others - about Difficult Women. That’s the topic of the podcast, but it’s also the name of Helen’s eye-opening new book which you can get in all the normal places and here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights/dp/1787331288
I wanted to have her on the show because she has a distinct...2020-09-1451 min
Unleash Your Imagination, Through Free AudiobookCynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identityand Why This Harms Everybody Audiobook by Helen PluckroseListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 458309
Title: Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identityand Why This Harms Everybody
Author: Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
Narrator: Helen Pluckrose
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:32:25
Language: English
Release date: 09-11-20
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science, Education
Summary:
Wall Street Journal,USA Today, andPublishers WeeklyBestseller!
Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldnt practice yoga or cook Chinese food? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such...2020-09-119h 32
SpokesHelen PluckroseHelen Pluckrose is a writer and editor with a background in the Humanities. She is the editor of Areo magazine. Helen, along with James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian, were the people behind the so called ‘Grievance Studies Project’ which exposed some of the problems in academia today. The three of them wrote a series of hoax academic papers which contained some fairly ludicrous ideas and then went on to get some of the papers published in academic journals.Since then, Helen has been working on the book Cynical Theories with James Lindsay. The book was published last month...2020-09-1051 minheretics.Lord Daniel Finkelstein: Times Columnist and Conservative PeerFor video clips, follow me - andrewgold_ok - on Twitter or Instagram.
A close friend of former prime minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne, Daniel Finkelstein is a conservative peer and Times political columnist who has just released a collection of his best articles entitled Everything in Moderation. As I said to him in my email asking him on the show, the title of his book is the antithesis in every way to the podcast’s epithet of On the Edge.
But, having read Daniel’s insightful book, which I’d recomm...2020-09-0750 min
The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals#64 - Pluckrose & Lindsay on CYNICAL THEORIESHelen Pluckrose and James Lindsay chat with Trey Elling about CYNICAL THEORIES: HOW ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIP MADE EVERYTHING ABOUT RACE, GENDER, AND IDENTITY--AND WHY THIS HARMS EVERYBODY, including: the three major phases of postmodernism over the last 50 years, why the movement rejects science, the definition of 'Theory', the ins and outs of specific Theories, what will become of postmodernism by 2030, and more.2020-09-0149 min
The Unspeakable PodcastWhat Does Postmodernism Have To Do With Social Justice? Helen Pluckrose Explains It AllBritish academic Helen Pluckrose is the co-author, with James Lindsay, of Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity-And Why This Harms Everybody. She was also part of an infamous academic hoax wherein "grievance studies" papers about subjects such as fat bodybuilding and dog park rape culture were accepted for publication in established journals. In this interview, Helen talks about how the social philosophy known as critical theory came to inform mainstream culture and politics and how we can understand it better while also stop pretending to understand what is fundamentally nonsense. She also gives a c...2020-08-311h 11
Academy of Ideas#LockdownDebates: Can we cancel ’cancel culture’?LOCKDOWN DEBATE: Some suggest that marginalising unpleasant and offensive people – not doing business with them, not giving them a platform, not employing them in your business – is an entirely reasonable, personal decision. When do such actions become a systematic marginalisation of certain views – and what’s wrong with marginalising repulsive views anyway? Many seem eager to ‘fight fire with fire’ – calling out the double standards of their opponents in a tit-for-tat round of cancellations – but how can we expect that to lead to a greater range of opinion and debate? Perhaps we need to ask a fundamental question: what does it mean to...2020-08-251h 46
The Jim Rutt ShowEP73 James Lindsay on Cynical TheoriesJames Lindsay talks with Jim about the history of social progress, illiberalism from postmodernism & its impact on science & culture, and much more...
James Lindsay talks with Jim about his parody scholarly article project, intentions of his latest book, liberalism as a process, history of social progress, illiberalism from the left, the history of postmodernism & its impact on science, cultural & economic power dynamics, postmodern principals & themes, the postmodern applied turn, identity politics, strategic essentialism, post-colonialism, fighting reason & empiricism, research justice, the scope of postmodern cultural influence, queer theory, sex & gender, critical race theory & intersectionality, IQ's impact on cognitive bias, personal responsibility vs...2020-08-241h 47heretics.2+2=5? - Anti-Woke Math Whizz James Lindsay Is Pissed OffFollow the pod's social media for video teasers: https://twitter.com/AndrewGold_ok or https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok/.
James Lindsay is a colleague of Helen Pluckrose, who was on the podcast just a few weeks ago. Together with Peter Boghossian, the group faked woke – or social justice – academic papers and got them published in prestigious journals. These included bogus ideas like that dogs engage in rape culture and that men could become less transphobic by inserting things up their back passage. The idea was to show that there is a bias in academia towards soci...2020-08-2458 min
Culture Wars – with Andrew DoyleThe church of social justice, with Helen Pluckrose and James LindsayThe authors of Cynical Theories join Andrew Doyle to discuss the origins of woke ideology and how the pandemic forced it into the mainstream.
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Embrace The VoidEV - 155 Reviewing Cynical Theories with Sam Hoadley-BrillMy guest this week is Sam Hoadley-Brill (@deonteleologist), a grad student in philosophy at CUNY Graduate Center with interests in moral, social, and political philosophy. We discuss his forthcoming review of Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose.Convocation: Terry PratchettHelen Longino "Cognitive and Non-Cognitive values in science": https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-1742-2_3Alison Wylie "Why Standpoint Matters": https://philpapers.org/rec/WYLWSMCharles Mills "Black Rights/White Wrongs": https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rights-White-Wrongs-Transgressing/dp/0190245425Charles Mills "Black Radical Kantianism": https://simpsoncenter.org...2020-08-141h 06heretics.'Woke is dangerous thought-control': Scholar Helen PluckroseTrigger warning:
This one is going to alienate some people – the woke among you - but this is a safe space for open discussion.
Today, I speak with Helen Pluckrose, author of the new book Cynical Theories and an anti-woke scholar who was part of a team that composed fake papers to highlight poor scholarship across academic fields. They created these bogus academic papers on things like dogs engage in rape culture, men can cure their transphobia by inserting something up their back passage and that mein kampf be translated using feminist language. Ma...2020-07-2753 min
Dangerous SpeechEp 69: Helen Pluckrose Pt2I spoke with Helen Pluckrose about the differences between Liberalism and Critical Social Justice and her upcoming book.
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To be added to Helen’s Discord server send her an email: helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com
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The Babylon BeeThe Woke Cult: The James Lindsay InterviewThis is the Babylon Bee Interview Show. In this episode of The Babylon Bee Podcast, editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle talk to James Lindsay, one of the actors involved with the Greivance Study Papers affair in which they got a bunch of peer-reviewed papers published by inserting woke language into stuff they just made up. They talk about the cult of wokeness, its ideology and its tactics, and also about how the landscape of Christianity is kind of like Narnia to an atheist. Lindsay’s latest book with Helen Pluckrose is Cynical Theori...2020-07-151h 13
Justice with John CarpayEp. 27 Bruce Pardy on Critical TheoryOur guest this week is law professor Bruce Pardy, discussing his recent column in the Financial Post where he identifies Critical Theory as one of the causes of the current social upheaval. Knowing the basics of Critical Theory will help you understand why it's often impossible to succeed by using reason and logic when arguing with the radicals.Bruce Pardy in the Financial Post, Jun 26, 2020: Apocalyptic science: How the West is destroying itselfQueen's University: Bruce Pardy, ProfessorYoutube, Mar 11, 2020: Bruce Pardy at the Runnymede Society--The Civil War Inside the Law and the S...2020-07-0957 min
New DiscoursesThe Evolution Of Postmodern Thought | Helen PluckroseHelen Pluckrose develops the definition of "Social Justice" as it is used in the academic literature in this tradition, explains its connections to identity politics and the political correctness movement, and then shows the relevance of the original postmodernists to this Theory in some detail. She does this to elegantly describe the progression of these ideas from Theory to activism to the streets by describing how these ideas originated, evolved, and were built upon by successive generations of Theorists leading up to those who have become famous names even outside of the scholarly world today: for examples, Peggy McIntosh, Barbara...2020-06-2234 min
Man Overseas PodcastImpossible Conversations, The Coddled Mind & Compulsory National Service with Joseph WellsMy guest is Man O Podcast veteran Joseph Wells. Joseph is a writer & podcaster focused on self-improvement, systems, and societal issues. He's also fast-becoming the McMahon to my Carson. Or more like the Kimmel to my Carolla.Joseph recently interviewed Peter Boghossian, who is best known for his involvement in the Grievance studies affair. Boghossian and co-authors, James Linsdsay & Helen Pluckrose, attempted to demonstrate the lack of scholarship in much of academia by publishing a bogus study. But their plan backfired.Since the study's authors claimed to have inspected 10,000 dog genitals to show the prevalence...2020-05-201h 27
E2 Review: Politics, Discussion, DebateJames Lindsay Interview | Why many 'Critical Social Justice' arguments are fraudulent dogma, and how this spreads a false narrativePlease remember to give this a good rating and review if you liked it, that really helps people find the show (apparently).I spoke to acclaimed author and former academic James Lindsay about his involvement in the 'Grievance Studies Probe', which he led, and which demonstrated that so much of what passes as progressive academic thought is little more than fraudulent dogma. We discuss how and in what ways Social Justice Academia paints a false picture of society, and why and how it must be countered. James is the author of a number...2020-05-061h 02
Plato's CaveEp 2.3 - (ft.) Helen PluckroseIn this episode, I sit down with Helen Pluckrose to discuss the grievance studies papers she co-authored. We also discuss epistemology on the left and her upcoming book and how to combat regressive leftism.
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She Wonders Why by Andrea with the BangsWays of Knowing with Helen PluckroseI speak with grievance studies scholar Areo magazine editor Helen Pluckrose on the epistemology behind postmodern and applied postmodern thinking. She is writing a book on the subject that will be released next year
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Free Speech Union's PodcastEpisode 16: Patrick Corish interviews Helen PluckroseHelen Pluckrose is an academic specialising in postmodern thought. She has become known mainly by her participation in the Sokal Squared - Grievance Studies Affair where she, James Lindsay, and Boghassian manufactured fake academic articles to illustrate how easily it publish in social science journals. Helen shares her insights into the postmodern school of thought and its natural aversion towards free speech.Support the showhttps://www.fsu.nz/https://x.com/NZFreeSpeechhttps://www.instagram.com/freespeechnz/https://www.tiktok.com/@freespeechunionnz2019-11-0840 min
The Pondering Primates PodcastS2 E7: Helen PluckroseDaniel talks to Helen Pluckrose, writer, editor of Areo Magazine, self-described "exile from the humanities", one of the trio behind the Grievance Studies sting (with Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay), and with Lindsay co-author of the upcoming book 'Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity--And Why This Harms Everybody'. In this podcast Helen discusses the sting and the problems with critical theory in academia among many other things.
Peruse Areo Magazine, and find Helen's essays here.
Pre-order Helen and James Lindsay's upcoming book here.2019-11-0551 min
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE50. Helen Pluckrose on Why Intersectionality is the Wrong Way to Go About Achieving Social JusticeHelen Pluckrose, one of the three authors of the Grievance Studies and editor-in-chief of Aero magazine, sits with Bridget to discuss the much richer role for women in history than the lenses by which we’re viewing them today, the contradictions in feminism and social justice activism, the argument against post-modernism, and the inherent problems with intersectionality. Helen talks about her own journey from a care assistant in hospitals, to getting a Masters in Early Modern Literature with a focus on religious writing by and about women, her conversion from a Christian to an atheist, and how she met James Li...2019-09-261h 47
Dangerous SpeechEp 30: Helen PluckroseThe latest episode of my podcast is out on Sound Cloud
I spoke with @HPluckrose about her work looking into Theory, ways of acquiring knowledge.
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Two for Tea podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/two-for-tea-with-iona-italia-and-helen-pluckrose/id14177179462019-09-251h 01
The Ramsay Centre PodcastThe Ramsay Centre Podcast: Stephen McInerney speaks with Helen PluckroseWhat does a fake ‘dog park study’ tell us about scholarship in certain areas of the humanities? Is feminism what it once was? What does it mean to identify as being on the left, while taking a stand against identity politics? Ramsay Centre Executive Officer Dr Stephen McInerney sits down with editor of Areo magazine and scholar of medieval women’s writing, Helen Pluckrose, following her Sydney lecture, to talk more about the ‘grievance studies’ hoax, her life, thought and work.2019-07-2923 min
Sitch and Adam Show🔴 James Lindsay Interview : Sitch & Friended | Show #37Today we're talking to James Lindsay who along with Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose wrote 20 fake papers using fashionable jargon to argue for ridiculous conclusions, and tried to get them placed in high-profile journals in fields including gender studies, queer studies, and fat studies.
Watch the full episode on youtube here: https://youtu.be/gQ83hSAKKXw2019-06-232h 30The Ramsay Centre PodcastThe Ramsay Centre Podcast: Helen Pluckrose - The Rise and Whys of Grievance StudiesOn Tuesday 18 June Helen Pluckrose, Editor in Chief for Areo Magazine delivered the fourth Ramsay Lecture for 2019 at the Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel. The title of her lecture was “The Rise and Whys of Grievance Studies”.2019-06-1834 min
Watching America"Sokal Squared" or "Grievance Studies Affair"--a conversation with Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen PluckroseIn 1996, Dr. Alan Sokal, a physics professor, wanted to test the intellectual rigor of “postmodern cultural studies.” To do so, he wrote an article titled “Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity.”
This article was full of absolute nonsense—but Dr. Sokal believed it would be accepted by an academic journal anyway. And he was right.
This hoax—called the “Sokal Affair” or “Sokal Hoax”—caused an uproar in academia because it questioned the validity of social science commentary on scientific inquiry.
Fast forward to 2017.
Three academics, editor Helen Pluckrose, mathematician James A. Lindsay, and philosopher Peter Boghossian, did someth...2019-05-0300 minWatching AmericaExtended Conversation: Helen PluckroseListen to our extended conversation with Helen Pluckrose from our "Sokal Squared" episode2019-05-0200 min
Tähenduse teejuhid#43 Johanna Ross ja Mihkel Kunnus, "Feminismi õied"Möödunud aastal Portlandi Ülikoolis korraldatud vestlusringis "Kas intersektsionalism on religioon?"* kritiseeris Helen Pluckrose parempoolseid selle eest, et nad kipuvad tihti ühte patta panema postmodernismi, marksismi ja intersektsionalismi. Vimmauuringute afääri käigus kuulsaks saanud Pluckrose'i sõnul vaatavad parempoolsed sel kombel mööda sellest, mis on tõeliselt oluline, nimelt kogu probleemistiku epistemoloogilisest vundamendist.Ma olen sellele uuele võõrsõnale – nimelt intersektsionalismile – meie avalikkuse tähelepanu varemgi pööranud. Kolmel reedel (8.3, 15.3 ja 22.3) tutvustasid Kuku Raadio nädalakommentaarides** seda mõistet lisaks mulle ka (:)kivisildnik ja Indrek Lepik.25. märtsil kutsusin ma samal põhjusel Kuku Tartu stuudio...2019-04-141h 52