Articles by Robert Jensen
Not just an ally: Radical feminism for men
Julie Bindel Substack · May, 2026
Members of dominant classes have uneasy standing in movements that challenge their class power and privilege. Can we contribute to intellectual debates and political change without replicating a dominance dynamic? Why should anyone trust us? Should we trust ourselves?
As a white man born in the United States who has worked in professional jobs during a period of economic expansion, I have considerable first-hand experience with this quandary
Bill Rees: Ecological Footprint Analysis Grew from a Boy’s Contemplation of “Soil and Sun”
3 Quarks Daily · April, 2026
Profile of ecologist Bill Rees and the origins of ecological footprint analysis.
“Prairie Prophecy” of Wes Jackson
Dead Dogma Substack · March, 2026
“Prairie Prophecy,” a film about the work of ecologist Wes Jackson, is now available through PBS.
Nandita Bajaj: Confronting Patriarchy, Pronatalism, and Population Denial
3 Quarks Daily · March, 2026
Bajaj was born in India in 1981 and has lived in Canada since 1998. In 2021, she took the leadership job at Population Balance, a small U.S.-based nonprofit that is growing in influence through its two podcasts (“Overshoot” and “Beyond Pronatalism”), research reports, media articles, guest presentations, and Bajaj’s debating skills. She also is a senior lecturer at Antioch University, where she teaches graduate courses about the links between pronatalism and human supremacy.
Wes Jackson: A Misfit Trying to Change the Future of Farming
3 Quarks Daily · February, 2026
Wes Jackson—who was one of the first people to use the term “sustainable agriculture” in print—loves to tell the story of almost getting a D in a botany course and describes himself as a misfit.
Teaching Students to Think for Themselves Is Never Apolitical
Merion West · January, 2026
Robert Jensen considers how educators should handle contentious politics in the classroom, from the Iraq War to more recent U.S. actions involving Venezuela. He argues that honest disclosure of one’s interpretive framework is essential to teaching students to think critically.
How to Be a Good Man
Julie Bindel Substack · December, 2025
If you want to be a good man, do your best to be a good person.
Pornography, Hate Speech, and the Inconsistencies of the Left
Julie Bindel Substack · November, 2025
This essay is adapted from It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics, published by Olive Branch Press. https://robertwjensen.org/books/its-debatable/
Who’s to Blame? Political Action, Personal Accountability, and Human Nature
Dissident Voice · October, 2025
Our species seems unable to maintain large-scale societies that are consistent with basic human dignity and a sustainable human presence on the planet. Robert Jensen suggests that our best hope at managing the fraying of social and ecological systems is not only to engage in political action to challenge abuses of wealth and power but also to face the impediments to living within ecological limits. That requires us to engage in critical self-reflection, individually and collectively, while taking seriously the biological and historical forces outside anyone’s control.
Teaching the Transgender Debate: Journalism, Academic Freedom, and Responsible Reporting
LA Progressive · October, 2025
The debate over transgender identity and ideology would make a great lesson in covering controversial social issues, an important part of the job of journalism instructors. Such teaching wouldn’t be advocacy, except perhaps advocacy for the clear thinking necessary for good journalism.
The Freedom to Teach about Freedom
Heterodoxy in the Stacks · September, 2025
I wonder what my fate would be if I were in the classroom in the era of Trump’s targeting of higher education.
Why Are Men so Obsessed with Pornography? Andrea Dworkin Was Right
Julie Bindel Substack · July, 2025
A version of this essay was presented to the National Organization for Men Against Sexism’s 50th anniversary conference on July 17, 2025.