“Smashing the patriarchy” would help men as much as women. Why is no one telling boys?
Ditch the "male tears" coffee mug. It's time for feminists to show boys some empathy.
Hi readers! I'm busy this week finishing Talk To Your Boys, the book I'm co-writing with Joanna Schroeder, but I wanted to share this essay by Ruth Whippman that really spoke to me.
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Back in the late nineties, when I still believed I had to preface even the mildest bleat for female equality with the man-pleasing disclaimer, “I’m not a feminist but…” it would have been hard to believe that “dismantling the patriarchy” would one day be the narrative premise for the Barbie movie.
Since #Metoo, the a…
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