Brute Reason
Brute Reason is a blog about psychology, politics, social justice, and pretty much anything else I feel like writing about.
MY BLOGS
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Brute Reason
http://brutereason.net/
Brute Reason is a blog about psychology, politics, social justice, and pretty much anything else I feel like writing about.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 570 )
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How SXSW Got Online Harassment Wrong
At the Daily Dot, I wrote about SXSW’s…weird handling of its little Gamergate problem. This week, South by Southwest, an annual film, music, and interactive... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Why You Should Care About Violence Against Sex Workers
[CN: sexual assault, anti-sex work stigma] Last month, the Chicago Sun-Times published a shameful column by Mary Mitchell regarding a recent case in which a... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Other People Have It Worse
[CN: bullying, sexual assault] I had a client recently who spent most of his childhood as a target of relentless bullying and physical violence at school. Now,... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
15 Comments Polyamorous People Are Tired of Getting
I have a piece up on Everyday Feminism about common misconceptions about polyamory and the hurtful comments and questions they inspire. Read more
Posted on 23 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
On Conflicting Emotional Needs in Relationships
[Content note: personal discussion of emotional imbalances in relationships. If you’re struggling with feeling like a burden to your partner(s), you might want... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
In Praise of Facebook’s New ‘Like’ Button
At the Daily Dot, I wrote about Facebook Reactions. When rumors spread online last month that Facebook was going to add a “Dislike” button, the Internet... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Why Peeple Won’t Save Us From Jerks
I wrote about Peeple again for the Daily Dot, but from a slightly different angle than my other piece. Peeple, a new app for rating people like as if they were... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
“Oh So I Can’t Say ANYTHING Anymore”
Ready to get meta? Let’s get meta. It seems that anytime the words “Please don’t say…” come out of someone’s mouth, someone else is always ready to start with... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Stop Telling People They Look Tired
Seriously, stop it. It’s rude. I am, for no specific medical reason I’ve ever been able to discern, chronically fatigued. I’m almost always tired. Read more
Posted on 06 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
The Danger of Believing That People Are “Genuinely Good”
Here’s what I was thinking as I watched Twitter thoroughly critique Peeple, a new app that promises to let people “rate” other people like restaurants on Yelp... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
A Boy and His Droid
[CN: apocalypse, starvation, mentions of violence and cannibalism] Recently my friend Michael Nam posted this drawing he’d made in Other Worlds: A SF/F... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Is Passion Necessary?
Lately I’ve been finding the idea that your work should be your passion about as oppressive as the idea that work should be boring well-paid drudgery or that yo... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
What We Can Learn From the Reproducibility Project
I have a new piece up at the Daily Dot about the Reproducibility Project and why psychology isn’t doomed. The Internet loves sharing psychology studies that... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Asking, Guessing, and Crowdfunding
Periodically the debates about crowdfunding start up in my online space again; right now is one such time. I noticed a disconnect between the two “sides” of... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Not the Ethics We Need, But the Ethics We Deserve
Yesterday, Charles Clymer wrote on Facebook regarding the Ashley Madison hack: The thing about the Ashley Madison leak that truly fascinates me is the hypocris... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Sexual Identity Labels Are Maps, Not Territory
Last month I wrote: Sexual identity labels are maps, not territory. Anybody who claims that maps are useless has clearly never gone adventuring, and neither ha... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
“That’s Not True, but Even If It Were…”
So many debunking-type conversations that we have go like this: “But gay parents will raise gay children!” “Actually, children of same-sex couples aren’t any... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Queer Women Who Have Only Dated Men Are Queer
Queer women who have only dated men are queer. Queer women who are currently in a monogamous relationship with a man are queer. Queer women who are not out to... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Goodbye, Ed
Yesterday, Ed Brayton, one of our cofounders, announced that he is leaving FreethoughtBlogs and moving to Patheos: So why am I leaving? Also omnipresent since... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES -
What We Can Learn From a Reformed Troll
[Content note: online harassment threats] Many of us who have dealt with trolls online have spent a lot of time–to much, probably–wondering what motivated... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2015 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES