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Book launch: The Cancel Culture Panic
From Director ADRIAN DAUB: an incisive work analyzing the global spread of cancel culture discourse as a moral panic and investigating the powerful hold that the idea of "being cancelled" has on readers around the world. Daub discussed the book at a recent launch event.
Madiba Dennie on viewing the judiciary with a critical eye
View video from our recent online event featuring legal journalist Madiba Dennie on the relationship between legal commentary, everyday Americans, and efforts to hold power to account, and her book The Originalism Trap. Part of the Feminism in Theory and Practice series moderated by Moira Donegan.
Buckle Bunnies Fund founder Makayla Montoya Frazier
In this recent installment of the Feminism in Theory and Practice series, Frazier discussed her mutual aid collective in Texas and how they provide vital information, funds, and companionship for abortion seekers.
Alison Dahl Crossley authors book on feminism in the U.S.
Join us in celebrating the publication of a new book by Clayman Institute Executive Director ALISON DAHL CROSSLEY. Feminism in the United States: A Concise Introduction provides a focus on intersectionality, goals, tactics, and varieties of feminism.
Clayman Institute report highlights misuse of NDAs
In partnership with advocacy group Lift Our Voices, the Clayman Institute released a striking report exposing the widespread misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in workplace misconduct cases to silence employees, especially in cases of sexual harassment and discrimination
New episodes on election, Usha Vance, and Mormon wives
Hosts MOIRA DONEGAN and ADRIAN DAUB head into the season with a string of new episodes on the election, political memes, Usha Vance, Talia Lavin on Christian marriage, and Mormon wives.
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