It’s been less than a year since TFG took office, and already he’s calling women “piggy” with no pushback, reproductive freedom is under attack, and we still haven’t seen the Epstein files. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly.
Reproductive Rights:
Ezra Klein has had some really bizarre takes lately, but the weirdest is his claim that we should run anti-abortion Democrats. In real life, abortion rights are popular, even in red states.
The abortion pill is more crucial — and more vulnerable — than ever.
Misguided pronatalism is coming from the left as well as the right.
Criminal case dropped against Polish doctor who performed medically necessary late-term abortion.
Violence:
Brazilian women take to the streets to protest misogynist violence.
Unchecked misogyny: healing the pathology of a nation.
Epstein’s most powerful ally was silence.
In Texas, 81 women file suit against an army gynecologist for inappropriate touching and secretly filming them.
Politics:
A mixed year for women’s political power worldwide.
The far right is trying to mainstream attacks on women’s right to vote.
Leopards, faces, etc.: Republican women suddenly discover they’re surrounded by misogynists.
Health:
“Brain scars:” The hidden effects of sexism on the brain.
Education:
In the UK, teaching boys to respect girls and women will now be part of the curriculum.
Uncategorizable:
MAGA’s war on empathy was started by a woman.
Pro-Nazi podcaster Nick Fuentes, who inexplicably keeps getting platformed by people who should know better, complains that women are “very difficult to be around.”
Jena Friedman: treat Nazis like you treat women:
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