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The Body Politic

  1. the body politic
    Cages, ‘Infestations,’ and the Demonization of ImmigrantsA conversation between Rebecca Traister and Ai-jen Poo of the Domestic Workers Alliance.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Time’s Up, BillIs Bill Clinton the only one who doesn’t realize he needs to join the #MeToo reckoning?
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Samantha Bee and the War of WordsIs language a weapon? Depends who you’re fighting for.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    No One Is Silencing Katie Roiphe#MeToo has started a robust, complicated conversation — whether or not she’s listening.
    By Rebecca Traister
  5. women in politics
    10 Women Running for Office to Watch in 2018Expect to hear much more about these candidates this year.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    This Moment Isn’t (Just) About SexIt’s really about work.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Rebecca Traister and Ross Douthat Debate the Post-Weinstein Moment’s LessonsA conversation about liberal versus conservative pigs, structural ways to address harassment, and why some men feel compelled to behave this way.
    By Rebecca Traister and Ross Douthat
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    We Are All Implicated in the Post-Weinstein ReckoningAs stories about abuse, assault, and complicity come flooding out, how do we think about the culprits in our lives? Including, sometimes, ourselves.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Our National Narratives Are Still Being Shaped by Lecherous, Powerful MenWeinstein, Halperin, Wieseltier, Toback. The stories keep on coming and there is no sign of a pause; there are indications that it is just beginning.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Discovering How Power Works in PublishingI was learning that the power wielded within this small subset of wealthy New Yorkers was built on structures, connections, access, and proximity.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    The Conversation We Should Be HavingSharing stories isn’t enough to stop another Weinstein.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual-Harassment Allegations Didn’t Come Out Until NowAnd what it says about how power has — and hasn’t — changed.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Elizabeth Warren Is Getting Hillary-edAnd it’s a lot more complicated than sexism.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Hillary Clinton Is Finally Expressing Anger. Why Does That Make Everyone Mad?What makes What Happened unusual and unusually valuable is that in it, Clinton is doing something she was not free to do during the election.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Can the New Activist Passion of Suburban White Women Change American Politics?Jon Ossoff’s race against Karen Handel in Georgia is the first test.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    What the Bill Cosby Mistrial Tells Us About Power in America in 2017 Is the kind wielded by men like him — and Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly — under threat, or stronger than ever?
    By Rebecca Traister
  17. Will We Abandon Women’s Rights in the Name of Progressive Politics?The American left is flirting with a depressingly retro future.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Andrew Cuomo’s New Promise to Women: Infertility ProtectionInsurance companies will now be banned from excluding same-sex or single parents from infertility coverage.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Of Course Trump Thinks Bill O’Reilly Did Nothing WrongHis defense of the Fox News host reinforces his message that white men rule.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    The Men of the Trump Administration Want You to Know How Manly They AreWhy Rex Tillerson’s email pseudonym isn’t funny.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Trump’s Nightmare: Women Opposing HimFrom Kamala Harris to Sally Yates, they’re on the front lines of the fight.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Fake News and Why Doctors Lie About AbortionThe consequences of bad information about women’s health.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Identity Issues Don’t Distract From Economic Issues — They Are Economic IssuesWhat Trumpism could do to our human infrastructure.
    By Rebecca Traister
  24. Blaming Clinton’s Base for Her Loss Is the Ultimate InsultThe women and people of color who have the most to lose under Trump are receiving the lion’s share of the fault for our recent national cataclysm.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Michelle Obama Just Gave This Election’s Most Important SpeechIt was a speech the country desperately needed.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Trump’s One Public Service Was Exposing the Misogyny of the GOPThis weekend, Trump went down in a blaze of revelation, tying his own outsize loutishness to the everyday misogyny of his party.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Ivanka Trump Is Lying About Both Candidates’ Records on Family LeaveShe had trouble under even mild scrutiny, and instead revealed herself as just as defensive and dishonest as her father.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Donald Trump and the Long History of White Men Claiming FraudHe is not the first candidate to cry illegitimacy.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Ivanka’s Right About Women, Wrong on Dad’s PlanThe evidence shows Trump himself, and certainly the GOP, wants to return women to a subservient past.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    As Roger Ailes Falls, So Too Does the GOP’s Mask of InclusivityBoth the Republican Party and its media arm are being brought down by the public exposure of the subjugation on which their success was built.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    What Mass Killers Really Have in CommonThe horrific connection between terrorism and domestic violence.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    What History Teaches Us About Today’s Political and Racial TurmoilThe stew of instability, fear, and hate is chillingly familiar. 
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Progressives Should Be Thrilled About Clinton (and Warren)Cheer up, electoral Eeyores.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Why Do Democrats Feel So Much Anxiety?A flailing Trump does not assuage liberal panic in the slightest.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    After Orlando, It’s Clearer Than Ever: This Election Is a Civil WarThe battle lines are being drawn.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Why Should Wives Have to Answer for Their Husbands’ Behavior?Camille Cosby, Hillary Clinton, and the marital double-bind.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    The Election and the Death Throes of White Male PowerThe rage on the main stage of the debate is just a mirror to what is brewing across the country in the face of extraordinary change.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Why Do We Humanize White Guys Who Kill People?Sorry, black teenagers, women, victims.
    By Rebecca Traister
  39. How the Planned Parenthood Attack Could Reverse the Politics of AbortionThe Democrats are no longer treating it like a dirty word.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    The Bernie Bros vs. the HillarybotsBattling it out on the internet campaign trail.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Why Sex That’s Consensual Can Still Be Bad. And Why We’re Not Talking About It.The game is rigged.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    It’s Time for Democrats to Stop Freaking Out About 2016The first debate was great for Hillary fans, Sanders supporters, and the entire party.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Wife of Bernie Sanders Suddenly InvisibleA new profile of Jane Sanders omits all of her professional accomplishments.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Stop Treating Young Women Like DumbbellsWhy do conservatives think they can get away with this? 
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Guess What? Americans Love Planned ParenthoodMore than they love either political party or any presidential candidate.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    The Muppets Should Not Be Having Sex, PeopleIs Animal an animal in the sack? I don’t want to know.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Why Vanessa Williams Should Ditch Her Crown Once and For All She is the woman whose experience perhaps most dramatically emblematized the Miss America Pageant’s shortsighted double standards.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    The Relatable Hillary: What Her Emails Really RevealFrom fax machines to The Good Wife, those mundane exchanges might finally accomplish what the candidate could not: making Clinton relatable. 
    By Rebecca Traister
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    Is Joe Biden Getting a Gender Advantage?His record is fairly similar to Hillary Clinton’s, yet he gets all the love — and very little hate.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    The Big Secret of Abortion: Women Already Know How It WorksPlanned Parenthood and the truth about women’s bodies.
    By Rebecca Traister