There is a good argument to be made that the Alt Right movement spearheaded by the likes of Steve Bannon, Richard Spencer, Milo Yiannopolous, and the polemicists at Breitbart was a reaction to the rise of identity politics on the left. Much has been written about this, and the ...read more
When you are familiar with the (admittedly small) intellectual circles in the Alt Right movement, it becomes apparent that much of their nastiness stems from a reaction to the rise of identity politics in the the US. People like Steve Bannon and Milo Yiannopolous cleverly use ...read more
Tuesday night, white men in Virginia voted overwhelmingly (63%) for Ed Gillespie (after he ran an incredibly racist campaign. White women voted for him by a slim (51%) but convincing margin as well despite Gillespie embracing Trumpism, the wholesale rolling back of women's ...read more
As the Democratic Party shifts further away from the center, an emerging narrative is that this might not be the best idea for recapturing the more conservative parts of America from a Republican Party that has become dangerously unstable: Enter a group called New Democracy, a ...read more
There's been a bit of an uproar since a New York Times op-ed by long time Democratic strategist Mark Penn was published on Thursday. Penn has been roundly denounced by pretty much everyone from both the Clinton and Bernie camps for calling for the Democratic Party to return to ...read more
John Gilmore is, to put it mildly, a bit of a prick. Back in 2011, the right-wing activist and writer harassed two Muslim women on the street and when the police showed up to deal with him, he threw a temper tantrum and got arrested. The charges were later dropped but Gilmore ...read more
There's been a lot of hand-wringing over Nancy Pelosi's victory over challenger Tim Ryan. The consensus of those opposed to her is that the Democrats need to change and something something something White People. Mr. Ryan argues that his party can only rebuild if it ...read more
When President Obama named Merrick Garland as his nominee to replace influential racist Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, it's likely the last thing he concerned himself with was whether his choice would appeal to identity politics-obsessed millennial Tumblr-users. Not only ...read more
Update Below Monday was a day of seismic events at the University of Missouri. Both the president of the school and its chancellor resigned in an effort to satisfy student and faculty protests that have rocked Mizzou recently. At issue is the school administration's lack of ...read more
When I first read the synopsis for the new Peanuts animated movie, which debuts in theaters this week, I immediately started scanning the internet to see who would be the first social justice-minded columnist to criticize the movie's retrograde sexual politics. The basic premise ...read more
I love Joss Whedon. The man gave the world Buffy. He gave the world The Avengers. He gave the world my beloved Firefly, a show so meaningful to me that I named my daughter after one of its characters. The guy is the undisputed Nerd Jesus, which is precisely why it's so ...read more
