In addition to the essays and articles listed below, my more regular blog posts for the Independent Women’s Forum blog can be found here, and my less regular Substack writing is here (and free!).
Articles and Essays
2026
Meet Ilhan Omar's Daughter: Isra Hirsi
Pirate Wires, April 20th
Texas Mom Challenges Library’s ‘Trans Kids’ Narrative, And Demands Detransition Stories Be Heard
IW Features, April 17th
The Fertility Safety Net Women Were Sold Is Leaving Some With Fewer Options Than Expected
Daily Wire, April 9th
Happy Women's Month (We Aren't Men)
Pirate Wires, April 2nd
This Education Major Discovered Her Textbook Indoctrinates Educators to Support Liberal Politicians and Gender Ideology
IW Features, April 1st
Teachers Blow The Lid On What Is Happening In Schools And Why Gen Z Is Struggling
Daily Wire, March 27th
A Landmark Verdict Sparks the Collapse of Youth Gender-Affirming Surgeries, but True Justice Demands More
Townhall, March 11th
Children’s Hospital Colorado Transitioned Her Son. Now, This Mom Is Speaking Out
IW Features, February 23rd
Why One Superintendent Says Special Education Reform Urgently Needs An Overhaul
IW Features, February 13th
A Philanthropic Path to Educational Freedom
RealClear Education, January 28th
The Kids Are Not Alright: How Disability Creep Undermines Education
IW Features, January 22nd
2025
International Law Is Fake
Pirate Wires, December 1st
Our Broken Education System Has Left College Students Unprepared, Unqualified
IW Features, November 18th
The Gender Mob’s Ideological Grip on Higher Education Is Starting to Crack
IW Features, November 13th
Despite Union Opposition, Massachusetts House Puts Students and Teachers First with Literacy Reform
RealClearEducation, November 4th
Putting Kids Last
City Journal, October 12th
Doctor Warns Democrats’ Obamacare Shutdown Puts Profits Over Patients
IW Features, October 7th
He Was Almost A Victim Of The Transgender Cult. His Story Is A Warning.
The Daily Wire, October 6th
How Indian Americans can save the U.S.-India relationship
The Hill, October 4th (cowritten with Bill Drexel)
The Problem Isn't AI Therapy. It's That Most Therapy Is Trash.
Pirate Wires, September 19th
Boomer hate has gone too far
The Spectator, August 31st
The Teaching Profession's Death Spiral
The Daily Caller, August 31st
While the Unions Rant About Trump, These Teachers Fight for Kids
IW Features, August 5th
Elon Musk and Greta Thunberg: strange bedfellows
The Spectator, July 1st
#MeToo is Dead. Long Live #MeToo.
Fairer Disputations, June 20th.
Colorado Goes Radical on Gender Ideology
The Denver Gazette, June 6th
The Perfect Storm Fueling Radical Gender Wokeness in Massachusetts Public Schools
Parental Rights Natick, June 2nd
An Important Step to Rescue Students from Unsafe Schools
City Journal, May 28th
Woke Universities Could Lose Talent to Red States
City Journal, May 9th
The Department of Education Ends Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Fiasco
Townhall, May 2nd
What Happens If We Become Dependent on IVF?
Pirate Wires, April 25th
‘Prosecutor, Judge, And Jury’: Why Campus Kangaroo Courts Should Lose Federal Funding
The Daily Wire, April 17th
The Washington Post Inadvertently Revealed the Truth About Puberty Blockers
The Daily Caller, April 15th
A New Era for Teacher Training
RealClearEducation, April 11th
Columbia University Wanted This
The Daily Wire, March 28th
A ‘Sputnik Moment’ for America’s Schools
The American Spectator, March 15th
For better schools, ditch the Department of Education
The Center Square, February 25th
Sex Isn’t A Bad Word, But ‘Gender’ Is
The Federalist, February 19th (cowritten with Beth Parlato)
2024
§ Latest Duke lacrosse revelation shows need for Title IX reform
The Washington Times, December 18th
The fight against Linda McMahon is nothing new — we’ve seen this show before
The Hill, December 7th
Letter to the Editor: Just not this woman*
The Washington Post, November 21st
Taylor Lorenz’s History of Lies
Pirate Wires, November 1st
School Safety Begins with Fixing Student Behavior
RealClearEducation, October 30th
Want to improve the birth rate? Stop being so harsh on mothers.
The Blaze, Align, October 21st
Parents Sue Gavin Newsom For Forcing Schools To Hide Children’s Transgender Identities
The Federalist, September 30th
Politicians Put Migrants Ahead of American Children
RealClearEducation, September 19th
Democratic Platform Talks Big About Education Reform While Trapping Kids In Failing Schools
The Federalist, August 23rd
Tim Walz’s Radical Education Record
RealClearEducation, August 15th
2023 and before
Will Jordan Peterson Lose His License for Wrongthink?
The Free Press, January 2023
Slow-Motion Trans Wreck
The American Mind, September 2022
Generation Baby
The American Mind, July 2022
The Climate Death Cult
The American Mind, May 2022
No Meat Suit for Me
The American Mind, March 2022
§ An Evolving Role for College
Econ Focus, Fourth Quarter 2021
§ Bolstering Regional Economies
Econ Focus, Fourth Quarter 2021
§ Benefits Cliffs
Econ Focus, Third Quarter 2021
Notes
§ Also published in print.
* Writing appears midway down the page.
Print Reports and White Papers
Policy Focus: Louisiana’s Promising “Let Teachers Teach” Initiative
By Neeraja Deshpande
Independent Women, March 2026
The Dating Decade: Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Swiping Right
By Hadley Heath Manning, with Carrie Sheffield and Neeraja Deshpande
Independent Women, February 2026
Policy Focus: Artificial Intelligence and Education
By Neeraja Deshpande
Independent Women, December 2025
Policy Focus: Abolish the Curriculum Monopoly
By Neeraja Deshpande
Independent Women, August 2025
Identity Crisis – The Disjointed Reality in New Mexico: New Mexico Gender Policies Clash with Public Opinion
By Neeraja Deshpande and Inez Stepman, with a foreword by Prisha Mosley
Independent Women, June 2025
Give Teachers a Break: Cutting Red Tape to Unleash the Potential of America’s Great Teachers
By Neeraja Deshpande, with a foreword by Beanie Geoghegan
Independent Women, May 2025
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Stopping the Dangerous Policies Putting Men in Women’s Prisons
By May Mailman and Inez Stepman, with a foreward by Amie Ichikawa, and contributors Beth Parlato, Charlotte Whelan, Neeraja Deshpande, and Britton Miller
Independent Women, December 2024
N. G. Chernyshevsky and the Problem of Freedom
By Neeraja Deshpande
Wellesley College Senior Thesis Repository, April 2023
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