Robert Jensen

Today is the official release of my new book, _It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics_. You can find the basics about the book at the publisher’s website: interlinkbooks.com/product/its-de… More information is available at my website: robertwjensen.org/books/its-deba…

If you are skeptical about transgender ideology but put off by the cruelty of Trump’s rhetoric, my chapter “Defining Sex/Gender: Beyond Trans Ideology” may be helpful. Read it for free at robertwjensen.org/books/its-deba…

Thanks to Donna Hughes, editor of the great journal “Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence,” for publishing my article "Why Are Men So Obsessed with Pornography? Andrea Dworkin Was Right." digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/vol10/…

French translation of my latest article on pornography and Andrea Dworkin: tradfem.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/pou…

Yesterday I spoke to the National Organization for Men Against Sexism conference on “Why are men so obsessed with pornography? Andrea Dworkin was right.” The text is online at juliebindel.substack.com/p/why-are-men-…

lonesomehighway.com/music-reviews/… Review of Eliza Gilkyson Dark Ages "… Gilkyson is in fine vocal form throughout ... that's hardly surprising; she has consistently hit that high mark with her recordings for over four decades now." Declan Culliton

After reading a NYT story about the cultural obsession with being “hot,” I thought of this passage at the end of a talk I gave on pornography four years ago, about heat and light. feministcurrent.com/2021/03/28/por…

I just learned that Academia.edu is producing AI summaries of articles. Here’s one of my post-9/11 essays. AI Podcast of "September 11 and the failures of American intellectuals" academia.edu/ai_podcast/915…

Why I don’t endorse patriotism, a chapter from my 2004 book Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity, online at robertwjensen.org/wp-content/upl….

I had an engaging conversation about men and feminism with Dévashi Shakti for her “Beyond Patriarchal Sex” podcast. Thanks to her for the thoughtful questions. devashi-shakti.mykajabi.com/podcast

Most of my writing about race is decades old, and so I rarely get tagged in the DEI debate. But today I saw a Substack post that criticized an article of mine. “The Fears of White People” robertwjensen.org/articles/why-w… is an excerpt from my 2005 book, The Heart of Whiteness.

This was my favorite interview about my book It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics. currentpub.com/2024/07/19/int…

With all the discussion about how to reach disaffected young men, I thought I would repost my talk on why “Radical feminism is a gift to men.” Video at youtube.com/watch?v=Mi5TG3… and text at voicemalemagazine.org/radical-femini….

My books are never best-sellers, but notes like this, from a young faculty member I met over email, are gratifying: “After the semester wrapped up I finally got to reading your book, The End of Patriarchy. It was illuminating, valuable, and challenging."

My friend M.V. Ramana discuses “Pro-Nuclear Propaganda and Our Future” on my favorite podcast, “Overshoot.” populationbalance.org/podcast/mv-ram…

Great article by @jensenrobertw on the failures of academic institutions to protect academic freedom - from dissent on warmongering to #genderidentity ideology. counterpunch.org/2025/04/04/aca…

Feminism and Prostitution: Beyond ‘The Happy Hooker’ by @jensenrobertw nordicmodelnow.org/2022/10/19/fem…

Tickets on sale for the world premiere of “Prairie Prophecy: The Wes Jackson Documentary,” April 26 in Salina, KS, at stiefeltheatre.org/shows/prairie-…. Info on the film and the weekend’s activities at prairieprophecy.com.

“Conversation with Robert Jensen on his New Book, It’s Debatable” by Faramarz Farbod dissidentvoice.org/2025/04/conver…

My essay “Academic freedom under attack: From the government but also from within” is on Heterodoxy in the Stacks. hxlibraries.substack.com/p/academic-fre… It’s adapted from my book It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics.

I was the guest on the ABC (Australia) podcast “The Minefield.” Listen to “Is hope a flimsy emotion?” at abc.net.au/listen/program….