Holding the line on free speech, science, and reality.

​I am a Professor of Philosophy at MIT. As if that wasn’t enough excitement, I recently wrote a trade book about sex and gender. Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions was released in the US in January 2024.

Reasonable thoughts about philosophy, politics, and other interesting stuff.

Stuck In The Middle With You

The personal Substack of Victoria Smith, author of Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women, and Unkind: How Kindness Culture Punishes Women.

Feminist life lessons, informed by history and experience. Advice on grief, trauma and recovery, and the feminist joys of outdoor adventure. Writing Retreats.

Terrain d'exploration. Carnet de lectures et d'écritures

Misogyny: what is it and why won't it die?

Highly personal and slighty ranty take on working in universities in the UK

Mostly devoted to clawing feminism back from the idiots that ruined it. Some other things too.