Watch Me Lose A Debate LIVE (w/ Grimes, Louise Perry, Anna Khachiyan, Bari Weiss)

Or Win! Anything Can Happen!

Sarah Haider

Jul 31, 2023

Its happening! A debate on the sexual revolution’s legacy, with myself and the musician Grimes against the author Louise Perry and Red Scare’s Anna Khachiyan—moderated by Bari Weiss.

Whatever you think of the topic, you have to admit, this lineup is sick. I’m excited (also nervous, I haven’t been on a stage since pre-COVID and I get terrible stage-fright).

The debate will be in L.A. on September 13th, hosted by The Free Press and FIRE—you can buy tickets here.

What do you guys think are my chances here? (Be 80-90% honest).

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Robin McDuff

Jul 31Liked by Sarah Haider

When I saw you were in the debate, I thought: Gee, I wonder which side she is on? So, yeah - you will lose because you already have lots of sympathy for their side. But you will lose with distinction, grace and intellectual clarity, I am quite sure!

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Norman Siebrasse

I think you have a 30% chance of winning. This is partly because Louise Perry is very good (I don’t know Khachiyan), and partly because I think the sexual revolution has pretty clearly failed women (on average), and there has probably not been much of a net benefit even for men. My sense is that the strand of feminism that backed the sexual revolution saw equality as ‘being like men’ and didn’t adequately account for differences of preferences.

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