In case, like me, you are wondering how we got to this point, where the way we talk, think or act is such a minefield, then please, take a look at the recently published latest edition of It might not have the catchiest title, but authors Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay storm into the debate about modern critical theories with a patient, logical and measured approach that exposes the damage they do to healthy, public discourse. In tackling the presumptions and key ideas behind postcolonial theory, queer theory, critical race theory, intersectionality, gender studies, disability studies and fat studies, they provide a reality check and a grounded insistence that we don't all have to agree with these views or with the wider system of knowledge they espouse.