A Danielle Coffyn poem, posted in response to Republican’s patriarchal efforts to discourage women from voting (the SAVE act).
Tag Archives: misogyny
Imagine the Fall from Eve’s Perspective
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "If Adam Picked the Apple", Danielle Coffyn, Feminism, John Milton, Paradise Lost, SAVE act, Trumpism Leave a comment
The Late Tom Robbins on Jezebel
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
Pete Heseth, Trump’s nominee for Sec. of Defense, is indistinguishable from the guardians in “Handmaid’s Tale.”
Simone Biles Rises
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
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.”?
Alexandra Petri satirizes a dismissal of Jill Biden’s doctorate by imagining herself as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Christopher Marlowe, colleges and universities, Doctor Faustus, doctorate programs, Frankenstein, Jill Biden, Joseph Epstein, Mary Shelley, Sexism Comments closed
How Iago Corrupts Othello
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
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
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged emasculation anxieties, Fascism, fascist fantasies, Freikorps, Klaus Theweleit, male fantasies Comments closed
