Oct 04 2025
This article seeks to answer the following questions: What does it mean for a society to be patriarchal? How does a patriarchal mindset shape our gender roles from childhood? How does this mindset manifest in close relationships? Why is there such a strong attachment to “performative masculinity,” even though it harms both men and women? …
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Mar 29 2025
Fifty years of Reaganomics—laissez-faire vulture capitalism and neoliberalism—has resulted in the massive wealth gap we see today between the rich and poor in the USA and in other countries. Trillions in tax revenue have been lost due to deregulation and the dismantling of checks and balances in the system. This shift has handed disproportionate power …
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Mar 08 2017
The article appeared in the Faroese magazine Kvinna in February 2017 By Elin Brimheim Heinesen The internet has given women today the opportunity to express themselves in countless new, individual ways. Women are communicating to an extent never seen before. This new reality has led to what we call “the fourth wave of feminism” and …
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