Against Social Justice Therapy
Social Justice Therapy offers a new guarantee of living the righteous middle-class dream, and risks, despite its intentions, involving therapists in a fraud.
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The Pitfalls of Polemic, or How to Criticize the Crankiest Class of Critics
A review of Catherine Liu’s <em>Virtue Hoarders</em>.
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves
We live in the most annoying of all possible worlds. So why is it so hard to talk about it?
The Record Has Shown
A review of Sarah Schulman’s new oral history, <em>Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993.</em>
What is Limbic Capitalism?
An interview with historian David Courtwright on his new book, <em>The Age of Addiction.</em>
The Sex Addiction Rabbit Hole
Sex addiction might be a “myth”, but all myths make sense of the world in some particular way. What does “sex addiction” do for us?
Inside the Mind of the Professional-Managerial Class, Part Four: Notes on the Sex Recession
Can one claim to practice analytic therapy when sexuality no longer threatens the smooth functioning of the rational ego?
