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Phoebe Maltz Bovy
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Phoebe Maltz Bovy lives in Toronto, and is the author of
The Perils of “Privilege.”
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December 10, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
It’s Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them.
There’s no long any room in the gun-control debate for nuance. Eliminate guns, and we’ll eliminate the carnage.
December 2, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Don't Let Men Attack Pumpkin Spice Literature
Marlon James's recent comments on white women as literary gatekeepers are misguided.
November 30, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Tyranny of the Beauty Routine
November 20, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Problem with Comparing Syrian and Jewish Refugees
November 16, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Who’s Afraid of Yale Student Privilege?
How the right has adopted the left’s language of privilege.
November 13, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Don’t Buy This Jacket
Patagonia elevates consumer restraint to an elite form of snobbery.
October 27, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Justin Trudeau and the Case for Reclaiming "Pretty Boy"
October 21, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
What’s Wrong with French Secularists’ Pro-Pork Agenda
October 12, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
White Male Writers: No Longer the Default, and Not Terribly Interesting
September 8, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Female Friendship Myth
Lacking a gang of female friends is a greater stigma than being single
August 25, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Sorry, Millennials. You Will Never Stop Caring About What People Think of You.
August 4, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
All Work and No Pay
Writing is rarely considered a serious occupation. Why?
June 5, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Hostile Renegotiation of the Professor-Student Relationship
College classrooms will never be the same again—and that's not necessarily a bad thing
June 1, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Wife Bonus Is Imperfect, But It's Not Prostitution
May 10, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Risks of Siding With French Secularism
The National Front's defense of 'Charlie Hebdo' should make the mag's progressive American defenders wary
May 4, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Decline of Pseudoscience
Now that "natural" living has gone mainstream, its days are numbered
April 27, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Forget Staying Beautiful. Women Should Aspire to Eternal Coolness.
Chloë Sevigny, Patti Smith, and Kim Gordon get it
April 22, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Politicians Should Stop Praising Jews for Their "Contributions" to Society
April 17, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Who Is Fair Game for Public Shaming? Here's a Media Rulebook.
April 15, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
We're Checking the Wrong "Privilege"
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