https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Misogyny & Male Supremacism en https://religiondispatches.org/2026/04/01/first-female-archbishop-canterbury-bittersweet-moment-catholic-women Movements have moments. The installation of Sarah Elisabeth Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Feast of the Annunciation 2026, was one such moment for women’s equality in religion. Several millennia after Mary allegedly agreed to be the mother of… Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:09:30 EDT Mary Hunt 7b63b170-2a12-43fe-b0bf-65d127d753f1 https://religiondispatches.org/2026/03/06/trumps-war-iran-isnt-about-armageddon-its-first-meme-war On Monday, two days after the U.S. and Israel carried out a series of attacks on Iran—dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” by the U.S. and “Operation Roaring Lion” by Israel—reports began circulating of commanders telling U.S. troops that the war is… Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:18:06 EST Lauren Horn Griffin 38467a10-686c-4be6-b148-733e83cfccd6 https://religiondispatches.org/2026/03/02/nick-fuentes-apologized-assaulting-woman It took over a year and 13 extensions before Nick Fuentes—virulent misogynist, Holocaust denier, White nationalist, Trump supporter, and groyper movement-founder—was required to face the neighbor he attacked and say he was sorry. And even then, he didn’t have to… Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:06:05 EST Annie Wilkinson d7b861af-4596-4538-b4be-5d23f5c51a8e https://religiondispatches.org/2026/02/25/allegations-sexual-abuse-emerge-influential-bethel-church Heartbreaking allegations of sexual abuse at Bethel Church , a charismatic megachurch in Redding, California, has recently come to light. Bob Hartley, previously one of the core “prophets” at the International House of Prayer at Kansas City (IHOP-KC), used his… Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:13:13 EST Keri Ladner ea881194-cee7-4dc7-af1d-f7c76b6d6876 https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/15/thrift-store-bibles-and-execution-renee-good Renee Nicole Good’s extraordinary award-winning poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs” contains a line I keep coming back to: i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores (mashed them in plastic trash bags with an acidic himalayan salt lamp— the post-baptism… Thu, 15 Jan 2026 04:47:51 EST Karen E. Park 15c4dc1d-9630-4377-be92-8c4026b8fd44 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/12/15/women-still-inferior-men-study-finds Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low point in Catholic theology. The second commission that convened on the ordination question, whose work has been… Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:00 EST Mary Hunt 5358236e-031d-44d3-bcff-a3387c790f67 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/12/11/making-white-femininity-americas-moral-center Recent headlines about the denim ad wars —Levi’s tapping Beyoncé, American Eagle turning to Sydney Sweeney, Gap retreating after backlash—have offered a telling glimpse of how American brands still traffic in gendered norms that signal national belonging. The controversy over… Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:00:00 EST Mihee Kim-Kort 088d02ec-4d38-4cdc-8039-e0c81d70724e https://religiondispatches.org/2025/11/18/purity-culture-and-jeffrey-epstein Editor’s note: This post mentions child sexual assault and underage marriage. Please be advised. International media outlets and even an actual teenager slammed attorney and media personality Megyn Kelly for claiming (31:40) that the late Jeffrey Epstein was not an… Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:00:00 EST Becky Garrison 2029b7f7-5748-47f9-9222-58033083f529 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/10/01/brain-worm-science In a rambling press conference last week, Donald Trump announced that commonly used over-the-counter painkiller Tylenol is “not good.” Specifically addressing pregnant women, Trump repeated “don’t take Tylenol” around a dozen times, enough for a mantra or EDM remix. No… Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 EDT Susannah Crockford 0baf9ccd-1c7f-4c86-8ad0-a1f5e0e01e84 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/09/30/charlie-kirk-memorial-seoul On September 13, 2025, echoes of “We are Charlie Kirk” could be heard across Seoul. From Jamsil to Gangnam, thousands of young Koreans commemorated American political activist Charlie Kirk’s death by dressing in black, raising US flags and photographs of… Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 EDT Chanhee Heo 99580078-c280-4d6f-b1df-9cb33665f392 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/04/15/trolling-trump In this excerpt from Coming Out Republican, author Neil J. Young explores far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’ role in the launching of Donald Trump’s political career. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:15:03 EDT Neil J. Young 71ca594a-8f11-4ada-a7e1-a1e1d3ee823e 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/2025/03/28/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/2025/02/12/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://religiondispatches.org/2025/01/16/not-single-senator-probed-most-dangerous-part-pete-hegseths-background-his-ties-white It’s hard to find strong enough adjectives to describe the unmitigated disaster the senate hearing on Pete Hegseth truly was. Even the few Republicans who had expressed previous concerns about his nomination for Secretary of Defense handled him with kid… Thu, 16 Jan 2025 02:48:44 EST Robert P. Jones 30c1fde6-5913-490e-9896-2a5bb444c579 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/09/19/good-enough-christians-russell-moore-atlantic-illustrates-limitations-christian As a transgender person who grew up evangelical and is now an atheist, I feel the consequences of the “ myth of Christian innocence ” that profoundly shapes American society in ways that many Americans do not. Fully two-thirds of… Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:03:30 EDT Chrissy Stroop 73d35834-6832-4cfb-9b99-b0160d217e68 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/07/12/women-are-still-fleeing-church-and-cause-still-pretty-clear Eight years ago here at RD I noted that women were fleeing organized religion —as measured by attendance at religious services—faster than men, a trend that showed no sign of letting up. Historically, women have been a good deal more… Fri, 12 Jul 2024 02:30:30 EDT Patricia Miller 2b13db25-3d8a-4c68-8b59-314617af8e11 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/2024/04/11/archives-why-are-gen-z-girls-attracted-tradwife-lifestyle In this episode, Koki reads “Why Are Gen Z Girls Attracted to the Tradwife Lifestyle?” by Marielle Cooksey, the first in our new From the Archives series. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:00 EDT Political Research Associates 62b39a3b-dd09-4c0c-9474-cb711803dab0 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/13/katie-britt-wants-you-be-afraid-its-fuel-feeds-conservative-power Last week, Katie Britt, one of Alabama’s two Christian nationalist senators, provided a now-notorious rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. If nothing else it was compelling television (and it even inspired a widely shared Saturday Night… Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:35:22 EDT Daniel Schultz 4db3a443-6a1d-41bc-844f-e261c539f64d 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://religiondispatches.org/2022/12/06/trans-talmud-could-1500-year-old-book-have-any-relevance-struggle-trans-equality-and To many, last month’s brutal attack on a queer nightclub in Colorado Springs, in which five people were killed and 25 were injured, was the logical conclusion of the Right’s increasingly dehumanizing rhetoric against the LGBTQI+ community. This tragic event… Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:49:06 EST Shane Burley bdef2ab3-7f30-484b-95f0-77a712d467ba https://religiondispatches.org/2022/11/16/christian-nationalist-bestseller-rooted-volk-homeland-and-patriarchy-blood-relation As a researcher , I’ve tracked the ascendance of White Christian nationalism in the United States for years by following preachers, rallies, politicians, militias, and, sadly, insurrections. As a former evangelical minister , it’s a world that shaped my youth… Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:31:36 EST Bradley Onishi c214d67e-6a0b-412e-9252-d711f3efefe6 https://politicalresearch.org/2022/07/29/101-far-right-sheriffs Sheriffs offices are a key recruiting ground for far-right movements. This 101 breaks down the “who” and the “what” of far-right sheriffs with at-a-glance background information. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:29:18 EDT Ethan Fauré aff365f4-7622-4aff-adca-d6e55f50f31f https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/03/sbc-sexual-abuse-scandal-success-story-theological-vision-and-social-structure I don’t recall the specific date in late summer 1985—but I remember exactly where I was standing. In the sunshine, near the windows in the library of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. I was pulling Gustaf Aulén’s Christus Victor from the shelves… Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:12:58 EDT Diana Butler Bass 13516692-6b47-41b1-b495-92caeb55da62