Misogyny Has Gone Mainstream. What Can be Done?
We gather a panel of thinkers and leaders to talk about how misogyny has become mainstream and what can be done about it.
December 18, 2025
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Misogyny Has Gone Mainstream. What Can be Done?
Summary
The president calling female reporters “piggy”, “stupid” and “ugly.” Claims that liberal feminism has ruined the workplace. The manosphere. Despite the #MeToo movement, protests featuring pussy hats, and political and cultural efforts to call the patriarchy to account, misogyny feels like it’s going strong in 2025. But why? We gather a panel of thinkers and leaders to talk about how misogyny has become mainstream and what can be done about it.
Guests:
Roxane Gay, scholar and author; her books include "Difficult Women," "Hunger" and "Bad Feminist"
Irin Carmon, senior correspondent, New York magazine, She is the author of "Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America" She is also the co-author of "Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg"
Savala Nolan, executive director, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, Berkeley Law; author, "Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body." Her forthcoming book is titled, "Good Woman: A Reckoning"
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