Leor Sapir Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools
Terry M. MoeLeor SapirWe need a total and complete shutdown of the NEA, period. It's destroying our schools. To understand why, I recommend Terry Moe's fantastic book, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools. 1/2 https://t.co/XPe6QdKuaV https://t.co/Bm484utlAc
Paperback, 2011
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Digest of Education Statistics: 2010
U. S. Department of EducationLeor SapirHow many Republicans at the state or federal level were proposing “anti-trans” bills in 2010, when the federal Department of Education used a “Dear Colleague” letter to define “bullying” as “sexual harassment,” and the latter as harassment based on “gender identity”?
Paperback, 2013
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Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia KobabeLeor SapirHmmmm… can we have a cameraman on hand to record Biden’s reaction when he turns to pages 166-167 of Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer? https://t.co/EdjIHXHzp1
Paperback, 2019
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
Barry MeierLeor Sapir(This thread draws on research from Barry Meier's book, Pain Killer)
Paperback, 2023
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The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology
Hans JonasLeor Sapir@RussLeJeune Foucault, Intro to Herculine Barbin and History of Sexuality, Vol. 1 Butler, Gender Trouble (esp. III.2) Anne Fausto-Sterling, Sexing the Body Carrie Hull, The Ontology of Sex Hans Jonas, The Phenomenon of Life David Crawford, Gender Identity and Nihilism For starters...
Paperback, 2001
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Nature
John Stuart MillLeor SapirTo paraphrase John Stuart Mill, you are mistaking the doing of your own hands as the work of nature, and then appealing to "nature" ("trans kids are born that way") as justification for your doing. This is not "gender ideology." It's simple, and all too predictable, human folly.
Hardcover, 2010
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Ontology of Sex
Carrie HullLeor Sapir@RussLeJeune Foucault, Intro to Herculine Barbin and History of Sexuality, Vol. 1 Butler, Gender Trouble (esp. III.2) Anne Fausto-Sterling, Sexing the Body Carrie Hull, The Ontology of Sex Hans Jonas, The Phenomenon of Life David Crawford, Gender Identity and Nihilism For starters...
Paperback, 2007
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Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities
Rogers BrubakerLeor SapirTo this day no one knows with confidence why some people cross-gender identify. Theories about TG people being "born that way" are just that: theories. See Rogers Brubaker, Trans, a sympathetic treatment, for discussion of why this framing is culturally/politically convenient.
Paperback, 2018
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Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
Anne Fausto-SterlingLeor Sapir@RussLeJeune Foucault, Intro to Herculine Barbin and History of Sexuality, Vol. 1 Butler, Gender Trouble (esp. III.2) Anne Fausto-Sterling, Sexing the Body Carrie Hull, The Ontology of Sex Hans Jonas, The Phenomenon of Life David Crawford, Gender Identity and Nihilism For starters...
Paperback, 2020
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Science
Let's WriteLeor SapirThis article is full of misleading claims. I wonder if @tanyalewis314 and @sciam would let me write a response in their magazine. Isn’t evidence-based debate the bedrock of science? https://t.co/oqOkolmzFN
Paperback, 2019
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