Kipnis's 2017 book, ' discusses the Ludlow case and argues that sexual harassment policies do not empower women but rather impede the fight for gender equality. One of the students who had brought the Title IX complaints against Ludlow initiated a lawsuit naming Kipnis and her publisher, HarperCollins, alleging invasion of privacy and defamation. Kipnis has publicly stated, "In case there’s any confusion, "Unwanted Advances" remains in print and I stand by everything in the book." "Unwanted Advances" was named one of the "Wall Street Journals ten best non-fiction books of 2017. Jennifer Senior wrote in the "New York Times," “Few people have taken on the excesses of university culture with the brio that Kipnis has. Her anger gives her argument the energy of a live cable.”