1585 Find-an-Issue

Because there's a lot of content on the site at this point, and because the titles don't always indicate exactly what an essay's about, and because most of them end up going a million different places by the end, it occurred to us that readers new to The 1585 might have trouble locating our thoughts on a particular subject (and that even regular readers might have trouble re-locating a specific point we made).

    Below are links to all the work so far, organized by subject matter.  Ideal for brushing up on a subject you plan to have an argument about in the near future!  (Since many pieces concern more than one topic, there's a lot of cross-listing.)

Abortion

Affirmative Action

Beauty Standards / Body-Image

Coolness / Nerdiness


Feminism (specifically, academic/organized feminism; see also "Sex/Gender")

Gay Issues

Guns / Violence

Intelligence vs. Stupidity

Liberalism and Conservatism (essences of)

Logic / Argument
10 Reasons Why Atheists Should Still Vote for Obama
Are You Not Entertained?
The Collapsible Triangle
"Confidence" Men: on Pickup and Unfalsifiability
For the Body, For the Hate
Hall of Frequently Misused Terms
How Heaven LOST
If I Was Twice the Man I Could Be, I'd Still Be Half of What You Need
Is the Readiness All?
My Dinner with Sexo
Objectivist Overruled
On the Calling-Stupid of People
An Open Letter to Our Rousseauist Counterparts
The Other N-Word
The Perfect Storm
Pump up the Volume: a 17th-Anniversary Retrospective
Reader Mail #03 (what do we think of Ayn Rand?)
A Religious Conservative & a Relativist Liberal vs. Michael Jordan
Return of Son of "Not a Free-Speech Issue" One More Time Again
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That, Who's Afraid of a Complete Dumbass?
A Treatise in Support of the Idea That Constant Uncompromising Correction...
What are Liberals and Conservatives?
Why I Didn't Go to Occupy Wall Street
Yes, In Fact, You Do Have to Live Like a Refugee

Political Correctness (see also "Feminism")
The Body-Image Essay to End All Body-Image Essays
Hand In Hand Across The Bridge At Midnight
Holy Crap, That One Fat Chick Isn't Fat Anymore!
If I Was Twice the Man I Could Be, I'd Still Be Half of What You Need
I Used to Be a Conservative
"Just Be Yourself...?!"  Screw Yourself!
Mere LULZ Is Loosed upon the World
My Dinner with Sexo
On the Calling-Stupid of People
An Open Letter to Our Rousseauist Counterparts
P.C. or Not P.C.?
The Perfect Storm
Reader Mail #04 (affirmative action, race on campus, "white guilt")
A Religious Conservative & a Relativist Liberal vs. Michael Jordan
The Requisite 300 Essay
The Requisite Paris Hilton Essay
The Requisite Valentine's Day Essay
Retorts to Retards: That's Not What "Smart" Means!
Return of Son of "Not a Free-Speech Issue" One More Time Again
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That, Who's Afraid of a Complete Dumbass?
Why Byron Is Our Mascot
Words for Women

Pop Culture / The Arts

Power
The Body-Image Essay to End All Body-Image Essays
The Collapsible Triangle
"Confidence" Men: on Pickup and Unfalsifiability
For the Body, For the Hate
Hand In Hand Across The Bridge At Midnight
Holy Crap, That One Fat Chick Isn't Fat Anymore!
I Don't Want You To Be No Slave
I'm Nice Men
Is It Me?  It's Him, Right?
"Just Be Yourself...?!"  Screw Yourself!
Mere LULZ Is Loosed upon the World
Objectivist Overruled
On the Calling-Stupid of People
On Performative Masculinity
An Open Letter to Our Rousseauist Counterparts
Reader Mail #03 (what do we think of Ayn Rand?)
Retorts to Retards: Lest You Drive an Angel From Your Door
Return of Son of "Not a Free-Speech Issue" One More Time Again
Something Else But Mad
A Treatise in Support of the Idea That Constant Uncompromising Correction...
We've Got Magic to Do!
Words for Women

Race and Racism

Religion (broadly speaking)

Religion (counterarguments to or satires of specific theist positions)

Sex / Gender (see also "Gay Issues")
1585 Learns the True Meaning of Hallowe'en
1585 Sets Out to Make Fun of Dating Advice and...
"ARRRGH, FINE!!  I'LL WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT SARAH PALIN!!"
"Confidence" Men: on Pickup and Unfalsifiability
Hand In Hand Across The Bridge At Midnight
Holy Crap, That One Fat Chick Isn't Fat Anymore!
I Don't Want You To Be No Slave
If I Was Twice the Man I Could Be, I'd Still Be Half of What You Need
I'm Nice Men
I'm Sick of This "Bro" Shit
Marriage and the Two Religions
Mayhem of the Antihookupites
On Performative Masculinity
A Pragmatic Pro-Gay-Rights Argument for Straight Men
The Requisite Girls Gone Wild Essay
The Requisite Paris Hilton Essay
The Requisite Valentine's Day Essay
Retorts to Retards: Lest You Drive an Angel From Your Door
Retorts to Retards: The Secret Sexism of Sensitivity
"Spank Me Harder, Jesus!"
Words for Women



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