Misogyny & Male Supremacism

In the great tradition of Socrates and Kierkegaard, Lars von Trier realizes that his role is to enable the audience to ask questions and confront themselves.

Has a hotly anticipated new horror film about a murderous cheerleader subverted the mythos of woman as the source of evil or just the opposite?

When Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States for the first time this month, the media will tread lightly.

The Promise Keepers have gone from hugging and shedding tears to doing battle for the Christian Right.

American women need help. They are so victimized that they suffer themselves to be treated like objects and toys, desiring no change…

When an Ivy League women’s studies department is sued for promoting the idea that women are divine princesses and men are minions of Satan, we are reminded that the act of defining religion is important work.

The Quiverfull movement sees children as an army of missionaries meant to reshape the United States along biblical lines.

With the election of Barack Obama Americans have proven that we are able to re-imagine something as fundamental as race, as the perception of our bodies in society. But oppression is a complex mechanism, and we cannot allow ourselves to be blinded to its workings.

After a recent statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri on the role of women in Al-Qaeda, that supports single-dimensional notions of extremist Muslims, extremist women talk back…

Imus’ unsurprising return underscores the lack of a meaningful dialogue on race and gender in America.