. This essay, on novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, transgender rights and the nature of contemporary public debate, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 20 June 2021, under the headline “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie captures the hypocrisies of too many ‘social justice’ zealots”. “The more she wrote, the less sure she became. Each post scraped off yet one more scale of self until she felt naked and false.” So wrote Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about Ifemelu, the central character in her […]

Categories: Culture & Books, Free Speech, Justice & Liberties • Tags: akwaeke emezi, americanah, chimamanda ngozi adichie, feminism, identity politics, jess de wahls, jk rowling, public debate, selina todd, social media, trans rights, transgender, transphobia, transphobic