I’ll be writing more about the election in the near-future, but for now, here’s some resources I’ve found helpful in understanding the current sociopolitical and theological factors driving the rise of right-wing authoritarianism in the US and Canada.
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90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality by Alisson Yarrow
Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism by Molly Worthen
Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracies Became A Public Health Threat by Julian Walker, Matthew Remski and Derek Beres
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
Down, Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne
For The Love of Men: From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity by Liz Plank
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister
Had It Coming: What’s Fair in the Age of #MeToo? by Robyn Doolittle
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Men Who Hate Women: From Incels To Pickup Artists: The Truth About Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All by Laura Bates
Off with Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power by Eleanor Herman
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard
Talking Across The Divide: How To Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World by Justin Lee
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness For A More Just Christianity by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
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