Despite its controversial research, the Kinsey Institute has always succeeded in brushing back attacks on its academic freedom. That is, until this month.
America is experiencing two disturbing simultaneous trends: the rise of mob censorship to shut down speaking events on college campuses, and an attempt to justify it as merely the exercise of “more speech.”
Censorship is poison to a democracy, but plenty of folks develop a taste for it. For free speech defenders like Nico Perrino, it's more important than ever to fight back against censorship.
In the neverending debate surrounding Twitter under Elon Musk, the distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value can get confused.
This week we are joined by Kat Rosenfield and Vesper Stamper to discuss censorial trends in book publishing, including the rise of “sensitivity readers.”
