Kathleen Stock

04/11/23 • 64 min

Recent events in Auckland have reminded us that a tiny minority of radical activists are determined to shut down the speech of so-called TERFs ('Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists') and stop trans issues being openly discussed. So we invited leading feminist thinker Kathleen Stock on the podcast to have a wide-ranging discussion of trans rights, women's rights, and related issues.
Kathleen was a professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex until 2021, when she was driven out by a campaign of targeted harassment. We talked to her about the Posie Parker episode; feminism and free speech; what gender is anyway; and what futures there might be for those who want to be able to discuss things openly and freely but who no longer feel at home in universities.
Kathleen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Docstockk
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David Lillis

Dr. David Lillis is a statistician and data scientist who has worked for the Royal Society of New Zealand, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, and the New Zealand Institute for Sport. We talked to him about some recent studies of the representation of Māori and women in NZ academia. We also talked about reforms to the school curriculum and about the response to Listener letter on science.
McAllister 2022, 50 Reasons Why There Are No Māori in Your Science Department: .
https://www.journalofglobalindigeneity.com/article/55788-50-reasons-why-there-are-no-maori-in-your-science-department
McAllister et al. 2019, Why Isn't My Professor Māori: https://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/content/why-isn%E2%80%99t-my-professor-m%C4%81ori-snapshot-academic-workforce-new-zealand-universities
McAllister et al 2020, Glass Ceilings in NZ Universities: https://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/content/glass-ceilings-new-zealand-universities-inequities-m%C4%81ori-and-pacific-promotions-and-earnings
Lillis 2023, Allegations of Racism in NZ Universities: https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/03/dr-david-lillis-allegations-of-racism.html
Brower and James 2020, Research Performance and Age Explain Less than Half of the Gender Pay Gap in NZ Universities: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226392
Pluckrose, Lindsay, and Boghossian, Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship: https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/
Kierstead and Johnston 2022, Rift Exposes Why NZ Science Body Needs Serious Reform: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/rift-exposes-why-nz-science-body-needs-serious-reform/

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Nadine Strossen

Nadine Strossen is Professor Emerita at the New York Law School, a past national President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a member of the advisory boards of the ACLU, the Academic Freedom Alliance, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Heterodox Academy, and the National Coalition Against Censorship.
We had a wide-ranging conversation with her on free speech and its limits; free speech and 'hate speech' legislation in the US and beyond; and how we can get out of the current free speech crisis, in New Zealand and elsewhere.
Nadine's book on hate speech: https://www.amazon.com/HATE-Should-Re...
Nadine's book on pornography: https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Porn...
Michael, James, and their colleagues' survey on free expression among NZ undergraduates: https://www.academia.edu/97599824/Per...
The NZ Free Speech Union's survey on free expression among NZ academics:
https://www.academia.edu/97599824/Per...