Tag: US politics

Here is how we talk about manhood- and womanhood- during a presidential race

July 30, 2016

“…with or without a female candidate, the race for the presidency has always been gendered, as my research shows — often in ways that are explicitly unfriendly to women. And the language we use to talk about who is fit for the presidency is language that hurts women.” “When gender is relied upon to contrast […] … More Here is how we talk about manhood- and womanhood- during a presidential race

The US democratic circus

July 24, 2016

There is very little politics can do to remediate the state of democracy within the constraints of a neoliberal economic framework where the system itself is a zero sum game. To make one person better off, another person has to be made worse off replicating and even increasing income inequality. These underlying forces push individuals to make a choice between self preservation and the betterment of society. Thus our frustration can be easily displaced towards a discourse of hatrate and distrust of our fellow Americans, the same ones that help make this country great every day. How can any political party, even with good intentions fight against a system built on pure structural violence? … More The US democratic circus