Helen Pluckrose

Helen Pluckrose is a British author and cultural writer known for critiques of Critical social justice and promotion of Liberal ethics, most notably in the Grievance studies affair [1][2][3][4][5]

Education

Pluckrose completed a degree in English literature at the University of East London and a master's degree in early modern studies at Queen Mary University of London,[6] with a particular focus on "the ways in which medieval women negotiated the Christian narrative".[7]

Career

Pluckrose is currently editor-in-chief of Areo Magazine, an opinion and analysis digital magazine exploring "a variety of perspectives compatible with broadly liberal and humanist values".[8][9]

Pluckrose founded Counterweight, a "non-partisan, grassroots movement advocating for liberal concepts of social justice",[10] to "help individuals resist the imposition of Critical Social Justice (CSJ) on their day to day lives".[11] Counterweight launched an online advice service in January 2021.[12]

Grievance Studies Affair

Alongside James A. Lindsay and Peter Boghossian, Pluckrose was involved in the 2017–18 Grievance Studies Affair (also referred to as "Sokal Squared" in reference to the 1996 Sokal affair), a project which saw the group submitting a number of bogus academic papers to peer-reviewed journals in cultural, gender, queer and race studies, to see if they would get published. The authors stated their goal as highlighting poor scholarship and eroding criteria in some academic fields, particularly those influenced by postmodern philosophy and critical theory.[13] Despite criticism of the exposé as a "hoax" and "coordinated attack from the right", Pluckrose and her colleagues describe themselves as "left-leaning liberals".[14]

Cynical Theories

In 2020, Pluckrose released a non-fiction book, Cynical Theories, co-authored by Lindsay and published by Pitchstone Publishing.

References
  1. "The controversy around hoax studies in critical theory, explained" by Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 15 October 2018
  2. Murray, Douglas. "Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay review – woke warriors are conquering academia". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. "The destructive power of culture wars and how they put liberalism in retreat". Crikey. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  4. "Wokeness is being pushed on everyone". www.spiked-online.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  5. Paul Kelly (12 September 2020). "Tracing the dangerous rise and rise of woke warriors". The Australian. Retrieved 2020-10-01.(subscription required)
  6. "Helen Pluckrose – Battle of Ideas 2017". Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  7. Helen Pluckrose (18 March 2019). "The problem with grievance studies". The Australian.(subscription required)
  8. "Scholar Who Pulled Off Publishing Hoax Defends It: 'Papers Are Either Sound or They Aren't' " by Alexander C. Kafka, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5 October 2018
  9. Rosemary Neill (10 September 2020). "'You can't cancel me'". The Australian. Retrieved 2020-10-01.(subscription required)
  10. "Home". Counterweight. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  11. "Why Was Counterweight Formed". Counterweight. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  12. Ellery, Ben. "'Anti-woke helpline Counterweight flooded with calls'". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  13. Jennifer Schuessler (4 October 2018). "Hoaxers Slip Breastaurants and Dog-Park Sex Into Journals". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  14. "What an Audacious Hoax Reveals About Academia" by Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic, 5 October 2018
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