Spoonies: The Culture of Staying Sick
Online communities have made their diagnoses their identity.
Online communities have made their diagnoses their identity.
While inflammatory comments about "gender ideology" abounded at CPAC, the issue is hardly a top priority for Americans in general.
"The country is that divided," said one business owner. "We kind of want to be with our own people. We want to stick together."
"It's not about money or jobs or fiscal conservatism," one CPAC attendee told Reason.
It’s already illegal to expose minors to obscenity, so what is this bill really for?
Erasing sincere disagreement doesn't make it go away.
Reason talks with the transgender historian who used the term to describe a revolutionary gender-affirming treatment for teens.
Companies who embrace political agendas to please some of their employees or customers risk alienating others.
Biden's speech offered plenty of opportunity to present a counter-narrative to continued taxes and spending. Instead Sanders went a different direction.
Expect a lot of harsh positioning on immigration and China.
"If you don't like a book, don't read it. The First Amendment's guarantee of the freedom of speech and the right to access information has created a beautiful marketplace of ideas in our country," said one ACLU representative opposing the bill.
The social changes that paved the way for gay and trans acceptance have made pedophile acceptance less likely, not more.
Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.
Found families may ultimately lead to new ones.
It's still the economy, stupid.
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Despite acknowledging that "the costume issue is small," the Iredell-Statesville School Board is suggesting banning animal costumes in response to online rumors.
Two new studies say there's no evidence of political learning on social media, but it does increasingly teach us to hate our opponents.
Hollywood often takes liberties. But there's a distinction to be made between poetic license and historical revisionism.
An effort to ban sales of two books to minors ended with a Virginia judge saying that the state’s obscenity statute is “unconstitutional on its face."
Deplatforming controversial content is perfectly legal—and often counterproductive.
An obscure Supreme Court case provides a roadmap through the curricular culture war.
Despite its opposition to gun rights for individuals, the ACLU's drift away from its core mission resembles the NRA's recent trajectory.
You’d think drag brunches are why we’re paying $6 a gallon for gas.
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Plus: Are political parties the ideal vessel for advancing libertarian principles?
It incentivizes high-noise, low-cost signaling rather than actual cultural changes.
When the governor behind North Carolina's infamous "bathroom bill" is accused of not being Republican enough, it bodes ill for the future of the party.
Republicans are in danger of squandering a promising opportunity for education reform on culture war squabbles.
The Hereticon organizer on deplatforming, tribalism, and why tech dudes and journalists are natural enemies
Netflix’s latest LGBT hit would absolutely be appropriate to show in any Florida high school, or anywhere else.
Culture war conservatism leads to less private industry freedom for the pettiest of reasons.
Plus, is the "Libertarian tent" too big?
Plus, the Reason editors' thoughts on Ketanji Brown Jackson
The comedian won last night's Oscars by telling bad jokes, dealing with the consequences, refusing to escalate or apologize, and doing his damn job.
“We believe in parents' rights and that the best decisions regarding medical treatment options for children are made by parents.”
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Plus: Russia suppresses anti-war protest by citing pandemic restrictions, gun control advocates emulate Texas abortion law, and more...
Protectionist policies are why the U.S. has few physicians and high prices.
Everybody's least favorite chart made another appearance, this time in a Washington University in St. Louis training session.
The ideas put forward by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi are fundamentally "anti-black."
Officials look for scapegoats to blame as the working force suffers burnout.
"Claiming that kind of victimhood gives them a sense of belonging, of togetherness."
The Irreversible Damage author talks about getting deplatformed from Target and her support for gender-reassignment interventions.