Author posts
Opinion journalism keeps the lights on. But at what cost?
Opinion is more compelling than fact. That's tearing society apart.
April 30, 2019
What makes someone gay? Science is trying to get it straight.
Evolutionarily speaking, being gay is still something of an enigma
February 19, 2019
This is how we end hyper-partisan politics
Want to empower social change? Break bread, literally, with the so-called enemy.
November 09, 2018
Why whistleblowing is the loneliest and most courageous act in the world
'Whose job is it to fix the bad stuff in the world?' asks Alice Dreger.
October 25, 2018
Safe spaces: Where should the line of censorship be drawn?
Are university safe spaces killing intellectual growth?
September 25, 2018
Slactivism: The problem with moral outrage on the internet
Why virtue signaling does nothing.
July 22, 2018
A short history of knowledge, from feudalism to the Internet
Crowdsourcing as an idea isn't anything new, says historian and sex researcher Alice Dreger. She tells us about the history of public gathering of information from the medieval era to today.
May 06, 2018
Alice Dreger
Alice Dreger is an historian of medicine and science, a sex researcher, an award-winning writer, and an (im)patient advocate. Dreger’s latest major work is Galileo’s Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science.
