http://www.project-syndicate.org/series/the_next_wave <p>Whatever happened to feminism? Does Islam really turn women into “happy slaves”? Is America’s traditional commitment to democracy and equality in terminal decline? Has the West illegitimately monopolized the idea of human rights? Are there specific female values?</p> en 2012-02-10T05:55:34+01:00 webmaster@project-syndicate.org Naomi Wolf 1994-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 4 hourly http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf44/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf44/English>WOLF: An Iraqi Film Hero in America</a> One of Iraq’s only working filmmakers, Oday Rasheed – whose brilliant "Qarantina" follows a group of characters in Baghdad after the US-led invasion in 2003 – is in Manhattan. And Americans can't seem to stop apologizing when they see his work. Naomi Wolf 2012-01-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf43/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf43/English>WOLF: The Streets of 2012</a> What does the New Year hold for the global wave of protest that erupted in 2011? Did the surge of anger that began in Tunisia crest in lower Manhattan, or is 2012 likely to see an escalation of the politics of dissent? Naomi Wolf 2011-12-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf42/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf42/English>WOLF: The American Hangover</a> Americans have lost their faith in those who, in the boom times, purred, “Trust us.” The new American dream – a flock of chickens and a jar of pickles – represents the insight that the only people whom Americans can trust in a crisis are themselves. Naomi Wolf 2011-11-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf41/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf41/English>WOLF: The People versus the Police</a> Following the East German Communists’ brutal crackdown on protesting workers in June 1953, Bertolt Brecht famously asked, “Would it not be easier…for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?” Across America, and in too many other countries, supposedly democratic leaders seem to be taking Brecht’s ironic question all too seriously. Naomi Wolf 2011-10-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf40/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf40/English>WOLF: A Gender Divided</a> When poor countries choose to oppress their own women, they are to some extent choosing their own continued poverty. Female oppression is a moral issue, but it also must be seen as a choice that countries make for short-term “cultural” comfort, at the expense of long-term economic and social progress. Naomi Wolf 2011-09-30T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf39/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf39/English>WOLF: David Cameron’s Great Expectations</a> In the wake of the riots in England, Prime Minister David Cameron has proposed reviving children’s courts, urged harsh sentences for convicts, and floated even more odious ideas. We already know where such measures would lead the country. Naomi Wolf 2011-08-31T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf38/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf38/English>WOLF: America’s Reactionary Feminists</a> Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann are real feminists – even if they do not share policy preferences with the already recognized “sisterhood,” and even if they themselves would reject the feminist label. In the case of Palin – and especially that of Bachmann – we ignore the wide appeal of right-wing feminism at our peril. Naomi Wolf 2011-08-01T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf37/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf37/English>WOLF: Is Pornography Driving Men Crazy?</a> Could the widespread availability and consumption of pornography in recent years actually be rewiring the male brain, affecting men’s judgment about sex, and leading to more difficulty with impulse control? There is an increasing body of scientific evidence to support this idea. Naomi Wolf 2011-06-30T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf36/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf36/English>WOLF: Sex and Surveillance</a> Consensual sex between adults is no one else’s business. But now that public figures are susceptible to being watched three-dimensionally, the chances of being compromised are far higher than they were in the days of the UK’s Profumo affair. Naomi Wolf 2011-05-31T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf35/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf35/English>WOLF: Yale’s Safe Sex Criminals</a> In October 2010, the brothers of George W. Bush’s former fraternity at Yale University marched through the campus chanting, “No means yes! Yes means anal!” while holding signs reading, “We love Yale Sluts.” Now, after sweeping such incidents – and much worse – under the rug for decades, Yale is facing a lawsuit and a federal investigation. Naomi Wolf 2011-04-28T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf34/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf34/English>WOLF: I Want My Al Jazeera</a> Al Jazeera has been targeted by the US government since 2003, when Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld described it as tantamount to an arm of Al Qaeda. And, to this day, it is effectively shut out of the US, where none of the major cable and satellite companies carry it – despite huge public demand. Naomi Wolf 2011-03-31T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf33/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf33/English>WOLF: The Middle East’s Feminist Revolution</a> Among the most prevalent Western stereotypes about Muslim countries are those concerning Muslim women: doe-eyed, veiled, and submissive, exotically silent, gauzy inhabitants of imagined harems, closeted behind rigid codes of sexual honor. So where were these women in Tunisia and Egypt? Naomi Wolf 2011-02-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf32/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wolf32/English>WOLF: A Press Without Principles</a> With the US government threatening WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with extradition and prosecution, one would expect all prominent American media outlets to run lead editorials defending his right to publish. Instead, all we have heard is an awkward, deafening, and breathtakingly hypocritical silence – or worse. Naomi Wolf 2011-01-31T00:00:00+01:00