https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Gender & Authoritarianism en https://politicalresearch.org/2025/09/25/its-never-just-about-gender-gender-and-authoritarianism-pra-analyzes-trump-20s-first-100 In this second of a two-part series on analyzing Trump 2.0’s first 100 days in office, we share insights from PRA’s researchers about how MAGA weaponizes gender to entrench authoritarianism. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 05:31:32 EDT Political Research Associates 4e3e970b-c997-4ecd-815d-ff2ef117fa33 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/06/12/why-authoritarianism-needs-gender-stereotypes-and-democracy-needs-gender-justice-annie In this episode of Inform Your Resistance, Koki reads Koki reads “Gender and Authoritarianism: A Framework for Analysis and Action” by Annie Wilkinson, as part of our ongoing From the Archives series. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 01:24:13 EDT Political Research Associates 4b4ffccf-1d89-4784-a5db-c7db2767a4eb https://politicalresearch.org/2025/04/02/sporting-authoritarianism The Our Bodies, Our Sports coalition unites anti-trans feminist groups in a crusade against “gender ideology” in women’s sports, exemplifying the growing prevalence of anti-gender campaigns in the U.S. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 03:58:50 EDT Hannah Silver 7c717228-53ff-4757-8454-801127bb2393 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/04/02/courts-clinics In Texas, state Attorney General Ken Paxton is testing the powers of the AG to enact wide-ranging right-wing policies, including anti-trans and anti-abortion legislation, that extends beyond state lines. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 01:51:27 EDT Chancie Calliham a820147b-8628-4fe1-a628-b2824a8ddba2 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/04/02/gender-and-authoritarianism Annie Wilkinson provides a framework understanding the rise of anti-gender movements across the globe as part of a wave of autocratization. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 01:25:05 EDT Annie Wilkinson 1a9e8c69-c044-42c5-ac0b-e97a5de3a7fc https://politicalresearch.org/2025/03/28/feminists-against-women In a world of competing feminisms, from anti-trans feminists to liberal feminists, Sophie Lewis makes the case for taking feminism seriously in all its forms in order to make real progress toward a multiracial, feminist democracy. Fri, 28 Mar 2025 02:40:10 EDT Sophie Lewis eff495ab-92b8-44eb-9a79-185bd98a165f https://politicalresearch.org/2025/03/27/trad-values-meets-tech Pronatalism has produced a tenuous coalition of traditional conservatives, abortion opponents, and White nationalists working together with tech moguls, futurists, libertarians, and libertines, united in a common cause of promoting more births. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:40:03 EDT Gaby Del Valle 6088c71f-95ed-4da5-9b82-2b362f85efe4 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/03/12/authoritarianism-criminalization-and-reproductive-injustice In this roundtable discussion, seasoned practitioners who work on the front lines of healthcare, reproductive justice, and criminal law join to share insights drawn from their experiences of navigating repression. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 03:03:44 EDT Annie Wilkinson, Mary Reynolds 02df3bfc-ea84-4c4d-a619-9596c7107ca0 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/02/12/stacking-courts-against-mifepristone Conservative groups are reshaping judicial outcomes in their favor using forum shopping and dark money, as seen in the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA case on access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:05:41 EST Zane McNeill 1f4222f3-61af-4618-b6cb-e1cb3b37b95a https://politicalresearch.org/2025/02/12/barstool-politics Barstool Sports, a Boston sports publication turned national sports multimedia company, has become a decentralized platform for the dissemination of misogynistic and racist attitudes. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:13:23 EST Aliana Jabbary, James Reilly 3356605b-4590-40b1-909d-f389e308e08a https://politicalresearch.org/2025/02/04/calling PRA talks to Loretta Ross about her journey through activism and her framework for addressing conflict within and beyond social justice movements. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:34:21 EST Chancie Calliham 04cf59f0-402f-4827-9238-37d97aabca48 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/01/29/moral-conservatism-behind-global-resistance-lgbti-rights An excerpt from The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights explores the global coordination of movements around Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) rights. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:01:38 EST Phillip Ayoub , Kristina Stoeckl 872ce117-da92-4669-af4d-c9aac36d2f38 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/01/15/fire-dreams-making-black-feminist-liberation-south A discussion with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and the authors of Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the South about Black feminist liberatory praxis and resistance strategies to White supremacy. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:54:55 EST Kitana Ananda ba024ddc-e333-474a-8582-d2d8b68c2a5d https://politicalresearch.org/2024/10/30/excerpt-conversation-fire-dreams-making-black-feminist-liberation-south The authors of Fire Dreams speak with PRA about the story behind their new book. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:18:24 EDT Kitana Ananda 4113e770-fc10-40db-94d7-78debab35146 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/06/06/how-right-sets-mood Annie Wilkinson and Mary Reynolds interview Carol Mason, three years after publishing her article “Sentimentalizing Resentment.” Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:47:27 EDT Annie Wilkinson, Mary Reynolds 9fff0842-de23-4c24-9e85-eeab74749087 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/02/29/male-supremacism-ideology-movement-and-political-strategy-alex-dibranco Alex DiBranco talks to host, Koki Mendis, about male supremacism: what is it and how is it part of a broader anti-democratic political strategy? Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:33:58 EST Political Research Associates 351fcab4-de15-4d2c-9fba-3fdbc0551231 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/02/14/countering-ideology-violent-care Abortion defenders and activists showed Angela Hume the inherent contradiction in the antiabortion movement: it purports to protect women while actively harming them. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 01:44:29 EST Angela Hume c321187a-77da-4276-a079-cc85c02d026b https://politicalresearch.org/2024/02/14/project-2025 Project 2025, a Heritage Foundation coalition launched in 2022, aims to “take the reins of government” during a Republican presidency, and further its authoritarian agenda. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:45:27 EST Peter Montgomery d3334f54-0e0f-4521-93cb-583242689518 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/01/26/anti-trans-legislation-and-why-its-feminist-issue-heron-greenesmith Host Koki Mendis talks to Heron Greenesmith about the anti-trans organizing and what to expect from the anti-trans movement in the year to come. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:57:54 EST Political Research Associates 2a7510ae-3951-4d66-808d-6626c68e9ff2 https://politicalresearch.org/2023/10/26/101-abortion-abolitionists A militant wing of the anti-abortion movement has long looked to the 19th century anti-slavery abolitionists for inspiration and guidance, organizing under the banner of “abortion abolitionists” Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:24:29 EDT Hannah Silver, Cloee Cooper d96f1bce-ab0f-4392-93fe-3c908d060a66 https://politicalresearch.org/2023/09/14/abortion-abolitionists-cloee-cooper Listen to this episode of Inform Your Resistance, where Cloee Cooper breaks down who the abortion abolitionists are, what drives them, and how their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:38:31 EDT Political Research Associates fe099924-75a5-45a7-9861-6a0bd3873467 https://politicalresearch.org/2023/02/03/organizing-year-ahead-countering-anti-lgbtq-persecution-and-violence-2023 This briefing laid out what to expect in Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in 2023, and strategies to combat it. Fri, 03 Feb 2023 02:19:08 EST Political Research Associates d7ff26e3-913e-4483-bacd-2dfd12e23f9a https://politicalresearch.org/2022/10/20/beyond-hate-frame-when-systemic-violence-masquerades-hate-and-extremism This discussion focuses on why using the term “hate”, as in hate crimes or hate groups, moves away from looking at oppression as systemic. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:30:21 EDT Political Research Associates 71a1c1bc-6a80-4c08-83a8-4f2c759f2c43 https://politicalresearch.org/2022/09/21/next-frontier-comprehensive-sex-education-post-roe-era Watch the roundtable discussion on sex and relationships education and strategies to stop the Right from dismantling the right to education. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:22:44 EDT Political Research Associates 23f34146-7f96-4d34-8047-90c41be512f0 https://politicalresearch.org/2022/08/03/sovereignty-strategy The Christian Right is using a new tactic to deny the international right to abortion: sovereignty. Wed, 03 Aug 2022 02:35:09 EDT Lynn M. Morgan 811f7a47-2602-4f34-bf34-87dd8b58d2c3