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Writers

Molly Fischer

David Graeber’s Possible Worlds

A profile of the anthropologist.

Molly Fischer New York Nov 2021 Permalink

Good Conflict

The world is consumed by violent fights and hostile disagreements. Sarah Schulman sees a way out of them.

Molly Fischer The Cut Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Health

Maybe It’s Lyme

What happens when illness becomes an identity?

Molly Fischer The Cut Jul 2019 Permalink

Politics

Camille Paglia Predicted 2017

Yes to Bernie Sanders, Rihanna, and the Real Housewives. No to the pussy hats.

Molly Fischer New York Mar 2017 15min Permalink

Think Gender Is a Performance? You Have Judith Butler to Thank For That

In 1990, Judith Butler published a groundbreaking book on queer theory. Today, “in a broad-stroke, vastly simplified version, the understanding of gender that Gender Trouble suggests is not only recognizable; it is pop.”

Molly Fischer New York Jun 2016 15min Permalink