"When women defend themselves against violence, they are called crazy"

A conversation with Chelsea Bieker, author of the novel Madwoman

This week, I was listening to an Ezra Klein show episode that covered The Goldwater Rule, which insists on the political and social importance of not diagnosing political leaders with whom we don’t agree. I found myself having a reaction. While I understand the necessity of such a rule, and believe it to be sensible, it feels like such an odd moral posi…