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A Feminist Analysis from a Childless Cat Lady with a PhD I'm a woman in my fifties. I have a career, a PhD, and I share my home with cats (a Maltese dog), not children. No man required. According to the current political discourse, this apparently makes me dangerous. I've also noticed something particular in recent months—a phrase that keeps appearing in my social media interactions with a very specific demographic: white, conservative men, usually in their fifties or older.

Making Democracy Work Through Civic Engagement In a representative democracy, the relationship between citizens and their elected officials is not meant to be passive. Your senators, representatives, and even Supreme Court justices are meant to serve the public interest, and one of the most powerful ways to ensure they do so is through direct communication. Whether you're concerned about healthcare, education, environmental policy, social justice, or any other issue, your voi

Unlike the 1930s, we are watching the beating and killing of U.S. citizens by federal agents in real time. Renée Good, a 37-year-old American citizen and mother of three, was fatally shot on January 7, 2026, in Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross as she was in her car; Ross fired three shots, killing her, as her vehicle passed him. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis—captur

Biblical Interpretation Introduction At the heart of Christian theology lies a fundamental transformation—a movement from the law given on Mount Sinai to the love proclaimed on the Mount of Beatitudes. This shift represents not a rejection of divine standards but a deepening and internalizing of God's relationship with humanity. The Ten Commandments, found in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, established boundaries through prohibitions: "You shall not." The Beatitudes, recorded in

Introduction: What We're Really Watching The previous three parts documented ICE's transformation, historical patterns of authoritarian violence against women, and the contemporary categorization system separating "acceptable" from "dangerous" women. This final part synthesizes those observations into a stark conclusion: we are witnessing a coordinated, multi-system attack on feminism—on women's ability to participate in public life, resist authoritarian power, and exercise p

OF TRUMP'S SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM An Analysis Through Three Scholarly Frameworks January 20, 2025 - January 20, 2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This analysis examines the first year of Donald Trump's second presidential term through three established scholarly frameworks: Ruth Ben-Ghiat's patterns of strongman governance, Timothy Snyder's warning signs of democratic erosion, and Roger Griffin's concept of palingenetic ultranationalism. The evidence reveals systematic weakening of in

How Coverture Laws Treated Marriage as Ownership, the Fight for Women's Suffrage, and Contemporary Echoes in Project 2025 and the new Heritage Foundation 2026 Report Marital Bondage Source Pexels Suzy Hazelwood Introduction For most of American history, marriage legally transformed women from autonomous individuals into dependent property. Under the doctrine of coverture—a legal framework inherited from English common law—a woman's very legal existence was; 'covered'; by her

Renee Nicole Good Moments before she was shot - Sky News The scenes from Minneapolis this January have been difficult to witness. Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot and killed by an ICE agent on January 7th. Days later, a family driving home from a basketball game found themselves trapped between protesters and federal agents—their van filled with tear gas, their 6-month-old baby requiring CPR to breathe again. A 17-year-old Target employee, a U.S. cit

A work of fiction Source: CGTN I'm standing at a protest in Minneapolis between my two besties from college, bundled against the cold. I flex my stiff fingers around my "No Kings" sign. I shouldn't admit it, but I'm tired of protesting. I think of my mom marching during #MeToo, how she talked about how far women had come. In college, these same two friends and I marched for #BLM. It's exhausting that some people still believe others having rights somehow diminishes their own.

The Bible stands as one of the most influential texts in human history, shaping law, culture, and moral frameworks across millennia. Yet its interpretation remains a source of ongoing debate and reflection. At the heart of Christian teaching, Jesus offered two commandments that he described as the greatest: love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-39). These principles provide a lens through which many readers approach sc

Part 3: The Authoritarian Playbook - How History Repeats Itself A Four-Part Investigation into Immigration Enforcement, Authoritarian Tactics, and the Targeting of Women's Voices This is Part 3 of a four-part series examining patterns of force against U.S. citizen women by federal immigration agents, the demographics and culture of rapidly expanded enforcement agencies, historical parallels to authoritarian suppression of women's political participation, and the synthesis of

Why Medication Abortion Access Is Essential Healthcare, Not a Public Health Threat The narrative surrounding medication abortion has been deliberately distorted by those seeking to restrict women's access to essential healthcare. Claims that chemical abortion drugs are dangerous ignore a quarter-century of evidence demonstrating their remarkable safety and efficacy. The misuse of any medication is not justification for removing access to healthcare—yet this flawed logic conti

How federal policy, political rhetoric, and cultural movements converge to threaten millions of women who don't conform to traditional expectations—and what happened when one woman defied the new order Courtesy of FreePik The Machinery of Female Subjugation For millions of American women—particularly those who are childfree, women of color, LGBTQ+, professionally ambitious, politically independent, or simply unwilling to fulfill prescribed reproductive roles—2025 marked a tur

Renee Nicole Good On January 7, 2026, Renee Nicole Good—a 37-year-old poet, writer, and mother—was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. Within two hours, before her identity was even confirmed, before any investigation had begun, the Department of Homeland Security declared her actions "an act of domestic terrorism." Good's crime? She was in her car on a public street, blowing a whistle to alert her neighbors to ICE enforcement activity. She had stuffed

A Four-Part Investigation into Immigration Enforcement, Authoritarian Tactics, and the Targeting of Women's Voices This is Part 2 of a four-part series examining patterns of force against U.S. citizen women by federal immigration agents, the demographics and culture of rapidly expanded enforcement agencies, historical parallels to authoritarian suppression of women's political participation, and the synthesis of these concerning trends. Author's Note: I am an Army veteran who

In 1997, Meredith Brooks released "Bitch," an anthem that resonated with a generation of women who were tired of being boxed into narrow definitions of femininity. For Gen X women and beyond, reclaiming the word felt like an act of defiance—taking a slur used to shame and control women and transforming it into a declaration of complexity, strength, and refusal to be diminished. But the recent killing of Renee Nicole Good demands we examine the darker side of this word—not as

I am what DHS ICE and CBP fear - a woman who defies the patriarchy. Women will not be silenced. This is a Four-Part Investigation into Immigration Enforcement, Authoritarian Tactics, and the Targeting of Women's Voices This is Part 1 of a four-part series examining patterns of force against U.S. citizen women by federal immigration agents, the demographics and culture of rapidly expanded enforcement agencies, historical parallels to authoritarian suppression of women's politi

As we move through 2026, feminism continues to evolve, responding to new challenges and opportunities. Here are some of the most compelling emerging ideas shaping feminist thought and activism today. Care Economy The Care Economy Revolution One of the most significant shifts in feminist thinking centers on reimagining care work—the labor of raising children, caring for elderly relatives, supporting disabled family members, and maintaining households. For too long, this essent

The "tradwife" aesthetic has surged across social media in recent years—perfectly curated images of women in vintage dresses, baking bread from scratch, and celebrating their role as homemakers and mothers. While there's nothing inherently wrong with choosing domestic life, the movement's romanticization of a bygone era glosses over a crucial reality: the traditional arrangements it idealizes were built on women's legal, economic, and social subordination. Romanticizing Depen

When I was a child—probably until I was about five years old—I genuinely believed that Veterans Day was created to honor my mom and her twin brother, my Uncle Richard. Uncle Richard was a Marine who served in Vietnam, and in my young mind, it made perfect sense that a day this important would be dedicated to someone as significant as him. But as I grew older, I began to realize something troubling: the way people talked about veterans, the images they conjured, the stories th