Few examples illustrate the political polarization of our society more clearly than the clash between feminists and incels. Many feminists view incels as misogynistic men angry about declining male privilege rather than as genuinely vulnerable, while incels depict feminists as manipulative “femoids” who control culture, politics, and social institutions while simultaneously claiming victimhood. On the […]
During the 2022-2023 admissions cycle, Stanley Zhong applied to college. His application was impressive. He had a 4.42 weighted GPA. He’d launched his own software startup. And, to boot, he scored 1590 on the SAT, a score well above the 99th percentile. Yet, to his—and later the country’s—surprise, 16 of 18 of his college applications were rejected. Some of those rejections, Zhong admitted, were “certainly expected.” Think Stanford, MIT, and Cornell. But others, from schools like Cal Poly and the University of Illinois, were harder to accept.