“In Unwanted Advances, her account of campus inquisitions that go well beyond the McCarthyite into the Kafkaesque, Laura Kipnis is everything the academic bureaucrats she writes about are not: brave, honest, judicious, mature, and self-aware, with a seasoned understanding of both sexual politics and campus politics. She has struck a mighty blow for sanity, equality, and academic freedom.
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus is a 2017 book by the American cultural critic and feminist intellectual Laura Kipnis, published by Harper. The book is largely based on the case of the philosopher Peter Ludlow , who resigned from Northwestern University after a university disciplinary body found that he sexually harassed two students.
Laura Kipnis repeatedly makes the joke about a young woman getting assaulted in the frat house, proclaiming, I guess you couldn’t see that coming. With statements like this sprinkled throughout the text, she both acknowledges that universities have a sexual assault problem while also declaring that we are all struck by a sexual paranoia.
Then a trove of revealing documents fell into her lap, plunging her behind the scenes in an especially controversial case. Drawing on investigative reporting, cultural analysis, and her own experiences, Unwanted Advances demonstrates the chilling effect of this new sexual McCarthyism on higher education. Without minimizing the seriousness of campus assault, Kipnis argues for more honesty.
Drawing on interviews and internal documents, Unwanted Advances demonstrates the chilling effect of this new sexual McCarthyism on intellectual freedom. Without minimizing the seriousness of campus assault, Kipnis argues for more honesty about the sexual realities and ambivalences hidden behind the notion of rape culture.
“ Unwanted Advances is necessary. Argue with the author, by all means. But few people have taken on the excesses of university culture with the brio that Kipnis has.” (Jennifer Senior, New York Times) “ Laura Kipnis is a hero. She has written a book that will benefit many while bring all kinds of grief upon her.” (Huffington Post), 5/22/2017 · Kipnis’ contrarian audacity makes Unwanted Advances lively and scintillating. But as she should know, given her own encounter with the Title IX bureaucracy, it’s important to be fair and …
4/5/2017 · UNWANTED ADVANCES Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus By Laura Kipnis 245 pages. Harper. $26.99. Read enough stories about the madness whipping through college campuses right now, and you can’t help …
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus. “Few people have taken on the excesses of university culture with the brio that Kipnis has. Her anger gives her argument the energy of a live cable.”. Jennifer Senior, New York Times. Order here: Amazon | Barnes&Noble | iBooks |.
Unwanted Advances Feminism is broken, argues Laura Kipnis. Anyone who thinks the sexual hysteria overtaking American campuses is a sign of gender progress is deranged.
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