Tag: campus speech codes
Professor: Feminism Is Teaching Women to Become Vulnerable, Not Empowered
August 12, 2016 | Post
Professor Laura Kipnis argues that modern day feminism is actually leading to the “disempowerment” of women.
The Difference Between Microaggressions and Hate Speech
August 12, 2016 | Post
Is asking someone, “Where are you from?” an example of microaggression? These days, it’s unclear. In general, people generally apply the term microaggression to describe subtle or perceived insults on socially marginalized groups. It’s such a vague term, however, that is often used to label behavior that could mean anything—or nothing at all. Nevertheless, in […]
Campus Speech Repression is Nothing New
January 7, 2016 | Post
Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), pointed out in a recent essay that the threat to free speech on college campuses is nothing new. Proponents of political correctness have long sought to impose speech codes to censor the masses. In 2004, a University of New Hampshire student was evicted from his dorm […]