Ben Shapiro: Not so strong on facts and logic after all.

Ben Shapiro’s Fallacies Against Transgender Identity

Ben Shapiro invited Dr. Debra Soh onto his show so that he can use her to attack the very legitimacy of transgender identity. He tries to present himself as being very strong on facts and logic – but this mere Read more

R.I.P. Harry Potter

Why I Can’t Separate Harry Potter from JK Rowling

Sometimes, a terrible person produces great artwork. Some of those times, I am able to separate the artwork from the artist’s problematic character – but in other situations, I am not able to. In my latest YouTube video, I explain Read more

Where AA Needs to Do Better

Where AA Needs to Do Better

And while it is important to not only validate, but celebrate the success stories of Alcoholics Anonymous – it is also important to tell the horror stories as well – and to do so in a way that gives proper attention to the systemic problems behind them. This is the only way that we can, hopefully, get Alcoholics Anonymous to address its systemic problems.

Enemy of My Enemy

Response to One Godless Woman – 4/4

Click here to see this video on its YouTube page. In the final installment to my reply to One Godless Woman’s “4 Questions for Third Wave Feminists” I discuss the “Enemy of My Enemy” principle, and how its misuse is Read more

Dangers from Islamic Theocrats

Response to One Godless Woman – 3/4

In part 3 of my 4-part response to One Godless Woman’s “Four Questions for Third-Wave Feminists”, One Godless Woman asks how she and others like her can get more feminists to listen to their warnings about the threats posed by Read more

Can Feminism declare "Mission Accomplished"?

Reply to One Godless Woman – 2/4

In Part Two of my four-part response to One Godless Woman’s “4 Questions for Third Wave Feminists” I explain that while progress toward feminist goals is much further along in the West than it is in Islamic countries, we still Read more

Reply to One Godless Woman – 1/4

In part one of my four-part response to One Godless Woman’s “4 Questions for Third-Wave Feminists” I explain how the values of a secular society are important to me, and why I don’t single out just Islam for criticism. The Read more

An image of the author (Sophia Shapira) holding a lightsaber during her 2018 visit to Disneyland.

Problems with the arguments for the Electoral College

Every time that there have been calls to abolish the Electoral College, those calls were met with apologetics to justify the retention of that institution. However, as always, upon closer examinations, the arguments put forth by the Electoral College’s apologists Read more