Tag Archives: misogyny

The Late Tom Robbins on Jezebel

By Robin Bates | Published: February 20, 2025

Tom Robbins, who died last week, has a take on the Biblical figure of Jezebel that helps explain some of the hatred against Kamala Harris.

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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Gilead Guardian

By Robin Bates | Published: November 25, 2024

Pete Heseth, Trump’s nominee for Sec. of Defense, is indistinguishable from the guardians in “Handmaid’s Tale.”

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Simone Biles Rises

By Robin Bates | Published: July 28, 2024

Gymnast GOAT Biles has a tattoo of a line from Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” to inspire her.

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J.D. Vance Dreams of Gilead

By Robin Bates | Published: July 17, 2024

Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance makes “Handmaid’s Tale” more timely than ever.

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Who Gets to Be Called “Dr.”?

By Robin Bates | Published: December 17, 2020

Alexandra Petri satirizes a dismissal of Jill Biden’s doctorate by imagining herself as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

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How Iago Corrupts Othello

By Robin Bates | Published: April 1, 2020

Why is Othello so gullible. It may be that he has an underlying security, which Iago understands and preys upon.

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Handmaid’s Emmy, A Sign of Its Urgency

By Robin Bates | Published: September 19, 2017

The Emmys signaled that “Handmaid’s Tale” is as relevant as ever as America’s misogyny deepens. So is Euripides’s “The Bacchae.”

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Freikorps Fantasies and Trump’s Policies

By Robin Bates | Published: March 30, 2017

David Brooks of “The New York Times” wonders whether Donald Trump’s policy preferences all come down to a preference for masculine hard over feminine soft. Klaus Theweleit’s study of fascist fantasies in the 1920’s describes such tendencies.

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Resolving Shakespeare’s Shrew Problem

By Robin Bates | Published: March 16, 2017

“The Taming of the Shrew” is one of Shakespeare’s problem plays because it seems to endorse Kate signing on to a male domination fantasy. Modern productions such as the Synetic Theater’s non-verbal version have to make adjustments to satisfy modern audiences.

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