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Daphne Patai

Daphne Patai is professor emeritus in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of, “What Price Utopia? Essays on Ideological Policing, Feminism, and Academic Affairs,” among other books,
  • COVID-19 Bites Identity Politics
    May 3, 2020

    COVID-19 Bites Identity Politics

  • Rampant Hypocrisy at UMass
    May 3, 2019

    Rampant Hypocrisy at UMass

  • A Fantasy for the Sexes
    April 17, 2019

    A Fantasy for the Sexes

  • Why Campus Prejudice Favors Women
    March 4, 2019

    Why Campus Prejudice Favors Women

  • The Feminist Mission to Undermine Heterosexuality
    January 27, 2019

    The Feminist Mission to Undermine Heterosexuality

  • How #MeToo Became Weaponized at NYU
    August 21, 2018

    How #MeToo Became Weaponized at NYU

  • Who Needs Facts When Female Feelings Will Do?
    May 14, 2018

    Who Needs Facts When Female Feelings Will Do?

  • Those Darling Duke Student Protesters
    April 30, 2018

    Those Darling Duke Student Protesters

  • The Battle Over Pronouns Coming to a College Near You
    March 29, 2018

    The Battle Over Pronouns Coming to a College Near You

  • Professor-Student Sex—Just a Problem of Dirty Old Men?
    December 19, 2017

    Professor-Student Sex—Just a Problem of Dirty Old Men?

  • ‘We Made This (Harassment) Law Up From the Beginning and Now We’ve Won’
    November 30, 2017

    ‘We Made This (Harassment) Law Up From the Beginning and Now We’ve Won’

  • How Colleges Promote Censorship and Undermine Free Speech
    July 9, 2017

    How Colleges Promote Censorship and Undermine Free Speech

  • Student Grievance: Righting Imaginary Wrongs
    June 7, 2017

    Student Grievance: Righting Imaginary Wrongs

  • Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Trans?
    February 13, 2017

    Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Trans?

  • How a University Moved from Diversity to Indoctrination
    December 11, 2016

    How a University Moved from Diversity to Indoctrination

  • How Diversity Came to Mean ‘Downgrade the West’
    September 12, 2016

    How Diversity Came to Mean ‘Downgrade the West’

  • Political Tests for Faculty?
    May 30, 2016

    Political Tests for Faculty?

  • Why Is It So Hard Now to Read a Book?
    April 6, 2016

    Why Is It So Hard Now to Read a Book?

  • THE NORMALIZATION OF BAD IDEAS
    February 7, 2016

    THE NORMALIZATION OF BAD IDEAS

  • How Political Correctness Corrupted the Colleges
    December 13, 2015

    How Political Correctness Corrupted the Colleges

  • North Korea Has Taken Over Academe
    November 29, 2015

    North Korea Has Taken Over Academe

  • April 26, 2015

    College Students Now–the Good and the Bad

  • June 10, 2012

    Ray Bradbury Saw the PC Lunacy Coming

  • October 17, 2011

    No Time for Conservative Faculty

  • July 28, 2010

    How to Fight for Free Speech on Our ‘Sensitive’ Campuses

  • June 23, 2009

    Standpoint Theory Arrives At The Court

  • September 10, 2008

    Want to Teach Here? Then Tell Us Your Politics

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