East Asians & rice farming/Bo Winegard on abortion/Based feminism with Louise Perry + MORE!
+ Eleusis Ep 3 & Kaschuta pod goes live for the public...
Articles
How rice farming remade East Asians
Written by Peter Frost.
Why are East Asians more collectivistic? Why is their approach to thinking more relational and less abstract? They may have been pushed in that direction by the requirements of rice farming. We humans have adapted not only to nature but also to culture—in short, to ourselves and our creations.…
No wait, there are plenty of logical positions on abortion!
Written by Bo Winegard. In a recent article for Aporia, Noah Carl argued that both liberals and conservatives hold contradictory (even dishonest) views about abortion because there are only two logically coherent positions about abortion, namely either opposition without exception or support throughout the entire pregnancy and perhaps even after birth. B…
Podcasts
The Alex Kaschuta pod is now live for the public:
What comes after liberalism? | Alex Kaschuta
Listen now (84 min) | Alex Kaschuta is a writer, cultural critic, and podcast host from Romania. Her writing has been featured in the New York Post, the American Mind, Vice, and other outlets. She hosts the Subversive Podcast, which you can find here. Alex is also on Twitter
Supporters now have access to the following three bits of juicy content:
Based Feminism | Louise Perry
Listen now (90 min) | Louise Perry is a journalist and author based in London, UK. She is a columnist for UnHerd and a features writer for the Daily Mail. Louise hosts Maiden Mother Matriarch, a podcast about sexual politics, which is available on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and all other podcast platforms. It’s also on Substack, where you can take advantage of the Substack Chat feature:
Eleusis: The Sneaky Fucker Fish [Book One, Part 3/5]
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Listen now (106 min) | Eleusis is a supporters-only podcast and chat thread. Join Matt and Bo for deep reads of important books and discussions with Aporia supporters on Substack Chat. The books are only announced to Aporia supporters. Each book will have its own chat thread where the community can read along and discuss.
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