Samantha Rose Hill on Hannah Arendt: “You see the politics on her face”
October 25, 2021
Revealing a more personal side of the renowned philosopher, in the archives and on Twitter.
Regan Penaluna
Amia Srinivasan: “Feminism is a political practice, not just a set of ideas”
September 28, 2021
The philosopher on sex as a political phenomenon
How To Corrupt the Youth
September 1, 2020
For Briana Toole, philosophy is the key to helping young people understand the world around them—and stand up for themselves.
Heather Widdows: The Ugly Side of Beauty
January 30, 2019
The philosopher on how our appearance intolerance hinders ideas and human flourishing
Does Great Writing Require Solitude?
November 15, 2018
A conversation between three authors on the tensions between family, the writing life, and what it takes to make great art.
Merve Emre: Portals to Self Discovery
October 2, 2018
The author, scholar, and critic on her new book about personality testing, and the importance of holding women writers to high standards.
Robert Fieseler: Speaking Their Names
June 15, 2018
The author of "Tinderbox" on the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire, which until the Orlando shooting was the worst mass killing of gays in history.
Elizabeth Catte: Appalachia Isn’t Trump Country
March 7, 2018
The historian on J.D. Vance, colonial logic, and the end of coal in the region that outsiders love to imagine but can’t seem to understand.
Kate Manne: The Shock Collar That Is Misogyny
February 7, 2018
A philosopher rethinks what’s keeping women down.