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Misogyny

Personal History

My Adventures in Deconstruction

A college affair turns coming of age into coming apart.
Second Read

The Real Backlash Never Ended

Three decades later, Susan Faludi’s 1991 feminist classic still shows us how to read between the lines.
Books

The Making of a Femicide

A Mexican novelist explores how murderous male rage flourishes in an ailing society.
Letter from the U.K.

The Misogyny That Led to the Fall of London’s Police Commissioner

Cressida Dick was supposed to be a pioneering reformer, but she couldn’t overcome the culture of the force.
Books

We’re Shaped by Our Sexual Desires. Can We Shape Them?

What we want may be more socially conditioned than we realize.
Dept. of Undertones

The Guggenheim’s Marathon of Misogynist Music

What can twenty-eight hours of songs by the likes of Eminem, Cat Stevens, and the Crystals, performed on repeat, reveal about sexism? Ragnar Kjartansson, a self-described “patriarch in recovery,” led twenty-four female and nonbinary musicians to find out.
The Sporting Scene

Hou Yifan and the Wait for Chess’s First Woman World Champion

For years, Hou was the only woman who stood a chance against the very best. But she had her own ambitions.
Dept. of Returns

Masks On, Masks Off

I missed seeing people’s faces; I missed showing mine, too. I knew that, in the grand scheme of things, this was trivial, but it also, somehow, mattered.
The Political Scene Podcast

What the Atlanta Shootings Reveal About Racism and Misogyny in the U.S.

Jiayang Fan discusses the surge in violence over the past year against people of Asian descent, and why women are a particular target.
Letter from the U.K.

Flowers for Sarah Everard

In the aftermath of a horrific kidnapping and murder, the U.K. reckons with the omnipresence of misogyny.
Reality TV

A Star of “The Boys” on Sending Up the Superhero Genre

Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight in the Amazon Prime series, talks about heroes, toxic masculinity, and fighting systemic racism.
Q. & A.

The Costs of Male Entitlement

The philosopher and author of “Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women” discusses Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and what differentiates sexism from misogyny.
Page-Turner

In the Gendered Economy, Women Are Perpetual Debtors

Kate Manne’s “Entitled” speaks to a moment that she could not have foreseen.
The Front Row

What to Stream: “The Liberation of L. B. Jones,” a 1970 Film About the Agonies of Racial Injustice

The movie’s political substance wasn’t lost on viewers of the time; there were reports that some feared a “race riot” after a screening.
Cultural Comment

The Men Who Still Love “Fight Club”

David Fincher’s film, from 1999, has become a focal point for the exploration of postmodern masculinity, white-male resentment, and consumerism.
The Art World

Renoir’s Problem Nudes

An argument is often made that we shouldn’t judge the past by the values of the present, but that’s a hard sell in a case as primordial as Renoir’s.
Cultural Comment

The Rage of the Incels

Incels aren’t really looking for sex. They’re looking for absolute male supremacy.
Fiction

A Flawless Silence

Shouts & Murmurs

How to Dismiss Harassment Like a French Woman

News Desk

Women March Again

Around the world, demonstrators returned to the streets in screaming pink.