Wendy Kaminer
Wendy Kaminer, a lawyer and social critic, writes about law, liberty, feminism, religion, and popular culture. Her latest book is Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU. A former Guggenheim fellow, she is the author of seven previous books, including: Free for All: Defending Liberty in America Today, Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety, True Love Waits: Essays and Criticism, It’s All the Rage: Crime and Culture, I’m Dysfunctional, You’re Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashion, and A Fearful Freedom: Women’s Flight from Equality. Her articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, The American Prospect, Dissent, The Nation, and Newsweek. She is a columnist for Free Inquiry. Her commentaries have aired on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition.
Contributions
- "The SaVE Act: Trading Liberty for Security on Campus,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, April 25, 2011 - "Sexual Harassment and the Loneliness of the Civil Libertarian Feminist,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, April 6, 2011 - "Anti-Bullying Laws and the Misguided Drive for Social Equality,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, December 2, 2010 - "Debating Hate Speech,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, November 29, 2010 - "Duke University and the Accidental Sex Offender,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, April 12, 2010 - "The Heckler's Veto,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, March 31, 2010 - "Discrimination Under God,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic, June 23, 2009 - "What Causes Campus Censorship and How to Combat it,"
by Wendy Kaminer, June 19, 2009 - "Civil Anti-Libertarians,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Phoenix, January 14, 2008 - "Re-thinking thought reform,"
by Wendy Kaminer, The Phoenix, November 4, 2007
