by Christopher DeGroot “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman,” says Simone de Beauvoir in the famous first sentence of The Second Sex. The maverick tome makes a compelling case. And yet, as Camille Paglia has often noted, man’s performative burden is even greater than woman’s. For women, ...Read More...

by Christopher DeGroot Miss Martha Carey Thomas' portrait by John Singer Sargent “The mainspring is vanity, assisted by the love of garlic and bread and butter." —Thoreau All across America, the academy is striving to rename itself; from the names of colleges to the statues that line campuses, ...Read More...