Whittier’s poem “The Women Went from Dover foreshadows MAGA’s war on women.
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Still Relevant? Whittier’s Suffering Quakers
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Trump’s Judges, Pale Riders
The danger of Trump’s Supreme Court is captured in Shelley’s poem “The Masque of Anarchy.”
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Immunity for Trump? Bring Back George III
Since the U.S. Supreme Court seems determined to restore monarchy (at least with regard to Trump), here’s a Shelley George III poem.
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SCOTUS’s Return to The Jungle
The rightwing Supreme Court is threatening to gut the regulatory agencies, set in motion years ago by a novel (Sinclair’s “Jungle”).
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Man of Property and the Dobbs Decision
In Galsworthy’s “Man of Property,” Soames sees his wife as property. With its Dobbs decision, meanwhile, the Supreme Court sees women similarly.
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Handmaid’s Tale Comes a Step Closer
We’re a step closer to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” But can find strength from “A Wrinkle in Time.”
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No Crystal Stair for Judge Jackson
The prospect of a Black woman being nominated to the highest court in the land bring to mind Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son.” In other words, it’s been a long climb.
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Atwood & Austen on Abortion in Texas
Texas’s new abortion law, which incentives citizens to snitch on their neighbors, brings to mind “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Northanger Abbey.”
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