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Areo is an online magazine founded by Malhar Mali and published by Helen Pluckrose. The publication is primarily focused on humanism, culture, politics, human rights, science, and free expression.

Etymology
Areo is named after John Milton's speech Areopagitica, a philosophical defense of freedom of speech and expression.

History
Areo was founded on November 22, 2016. It was run by its founder Malhar Mali until June 2018 and has been run by Helen Pluckrose since.

On October 2, 2018, The Wall Street Journal published a report revealing Areo editor and publisher Helen Pluckrose, as well as academics James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian, had submitted bogus academic papers to academic journals in the areas of cultural, queer, race, gender, fat, and sexuality studies with the intent of exposing problems in "grievance studies". On the same day, the academics released an essay in Areo detailing the project, which has since been called the Grievance Studies affair.