PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS
The Next Wave
Naomi Wolf
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?
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An Iraqi Film Hero in America
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 2012-01-31One 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.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 4715
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The Streets of 2012
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 2011-12-30
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?... read Comments: 3 Recommended: 0 Read: 13819
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The American Hangover
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 2011-11-30Americans 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.... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 0 Read: 13178
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The People versus the Police
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 2011-10-31
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.... read Comments: 16 Recommended: 0 Read: 12758
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A Gender Divided
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 2011-09-30When 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.... read Comments: 6 Recommended: 1 Read: 14053
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David Cameron’s Great Expectations
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 2011-08-31
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.... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 1 Read: 12347
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America’s Reactionary Feminists
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 2011-08-01Sarah 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.... read Comments: 7 Recommended: 0 Read: 16088
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Is Pornography Driving Men Crazy?
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 2011-06-30
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.... read Comments: 55 Recommended: 0 Read: 121804
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Sex and Surveillance
Naomi Wolf Series: The Next Wave 
2011-05-31Consensual 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.... read Comments: 5 Recommended: 0 Read: 23581
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