Intellectual Project
DEI programs can and do alienate people of color
Among what I picked up from
‘sWe Have Never Been Wokeis that DEI programs actually function as exclusionary mechanisms for the people of color they claim to empower. This is because they’re based on language and ideas that people of color who actually climbed into the professional class
... See moreClass signaling language games of women
My refusal to participate in the moralizing linguistic games of the people I’m surrounded by immediately marks me for those people as nothing more than a rube. Further, women particularly use these language games as a social sorting mechanism. Despite being generally non religious, women in this class tend to
... See moreWhat if we were to not care when professional-class women call us racist or sexist for making logical arguments against their positions?
On the cultural pendulum swing and feminine black/white thinking
I write the most about leftist culture because I want to understand how we got here. The chain of causation could stretch back to the founding of America, but instead, I’ve been obsessed with the past 30 years. I don’t agree with most of what Trump is doing. I am worried, but I think
... See moreObservations from recent conversations with liberals/lefties
Universal moral principles don’t exist and aren’t desirable; always do what’s best for you.
Even when I explain that social justice puts me in a box that white people prefer, to white people, it is deflected to be about how white people are still racist, and it’s a question of power.
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Psychologists love your trauma (and they don’t want you to know what comes next)
Emma Kearneyopen.substack.com
Trauma sells
The problem of asserting qualitative observations going against dominant narratives
This right here from an astute gentleman is my primary fear about writing the things I do. I frequently am citation-trolled, as though the things I write about have been studied. They mostly haven’t (either because they can’t or because academics these days would
... See moreYou can’t be canceled if you’re seeking the Truth
I’m at an inflection point in life. My public, private and professional selves can’t be in tension like this anymore, so I’m done writing under a pseudonym. Already worked out what I’ll do if an internet mob comes for me: nothing. No apologies, no hedging. Also don’t GAF if some recruiters blacklist
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