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Caught in the Middle: Inside Academia's Culture War

How one feminist PhD student at Duke found herself cancelled by both the illiberal left and the Christian right

Dr. Devin Jane Buckley

11 Oct 2021

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Vaishnavi Sundar

Vaishnavi Sundar is an independent filmmaker, feminist, writer, and women's rights activist from Chennai, India.

Phyllis Chesler

Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology, the author of 20 books, including Women and Madness (1972), Woman's Inhumanity to Woman (2002), and Requiem For a Female Serial Killer (2020).

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Caught in the Middle: Inside Academia's Culture War

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