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The Week in Patriarchy

Arwa Mahdawi reviews the most important stories on feminism, sexism and those fighting for equality. Sign up here.

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    Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas

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    The state with the most radical abortion law is seeking to make an example of Maria Margarita Rojas
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    The US assault on free speech is not going to end with Mahmoud Khalil

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    The significance of the Trump administration’s arrest and threat to deport the Palestinian activist cannot be overstated
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    The pink protest at Trump’s speech shows the Democrats aren’t coming to save us

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    The general reaction is that this was yet another stunning example of how spineless and performative the Democrats are
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    Even rightwingers are mocking the ‘Epstein files’ as a lot of redacted nothing

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    It was yet another reminder that Trump and his associates will turn even the sex trafficking of minors into a photo op
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    All the president’s friends, from Natalie Harp and Daniel Penny to Andrew Tate

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    There are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle, from adoration to misogyny
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    Saying ‘women’ is not allowed, but ‘men’ and ‘white’ are OK? I’m (not) shocked

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    Thanks to Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders attacking a number of terms, ‘women’ is literally being erased
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    Meet the young Musketeers, our unelected overlords employed by ‘Doge’

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    Elon Musk’s crew, most of whom can’t rent a car without paying the ‘under 25’ fee, have access to our sensitive personal data
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    The low keep getting lower, as shown by Trump’s response to the DC plane crash

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    When asked about his plans to visit the crash site, Trump made a joke: ‘The water? You want me to go swimming?’
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    After his executive order on sex, is Trump legally the first female president? | Arwa Mahdawi

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    The confusing and vague executive order underscores how complex sex is and why it’s hard to reduce it into a neat binary
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    Unleash your masculine energy the Mark Zuckerberg way!

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    Meta’s CEO frets that too much ‘feminine energy’ is neutering the corporate world. Fear not, this handy guide can help
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    In utterly unsurprising news, Maga blames diversity for the Los Angeles wildfires

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    Elon Musk, one of the brightest minds of his generation, is saying it, so it must be true
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    The Baldoni-Lively legal battle has depressing echoes of Depp v Heard

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    The It Ends With US wrangling is becoming increasingly nasty – we live in a world where the powerful can ‘bury’ their enemies
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    The year in patriarchy: coconut trees, ‘childless cat ladies’ and crimes against humanity

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    It’s now time to ‘hold space’ for everything that happened in 2024 with a list – so here are 10 of the biggest stories from the year in patriarchy
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    AOC may have shifted to the center, but the Democrats aren’t ready for change

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    Gerry Connolly, 74, beat AOC’s bid to become lead Democrat on the House oversight committee thanks to Nancy Pelosi, 84
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    A woman made a vague threat to a healthcare company – does she really deserve up to 15 years in prison?

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    Briana Boston had reportedly just had a medical claim denied when she said to the person on the phone: ‘Delay, deny, depose’
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    Brian Thompson’s death has elicited little sympathy. I don’t need to spell out why

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    UnitedHealthcare is egregious among US insurers for charging enormous premiums, then denying care
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    Thanksgiving in America, when obsequious Trumpers genuflect to the president-elect

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    Elon Musk seems to have abandoned his many children to hang out with Trump’s family and JD Vance … is just weird
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    Kim Kardashian cozying up to a robot is another example of AI entering our lives

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    The next time you see dystopian thirst traps, we should be thinking about how these robots are going to be used by the self-proclaimed ‘warrior class’
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    Are US women protesting against Trump by ‘swearing off sex with men’?

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    Ever since the election, there have been endless headlines about US women emulating South Korea’s fringe 4B movement
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    Trump’s win has given angry incels enormous power

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    The masks were never exactly on to begin with – social media was a hotbed of bigotry long before Trump’s victory. But winning has emboldened his followers
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