by Zillah Eisenstein | Nov 8, 2024 | Commentary
I thought Kamala Harris was going to win. I said, repeatedly, that I thought she would win the 2024 presidential election in a landslide. I found all the talk of a “close” election wrong-headed in overemphasizing polling and being anti-feminist. After all, her...
by Zillah Eisenstein | Sep 20, 2024 | Commentary
Pascism or Fatriarchy? We are fully in the throes of the 2024 Presidential Election. Kamala Harris says the present right-wing assault on our democracy must be stemmed. And Trump spits out authoritarian barbs and lies. A rising fascism is often named as our largest...
by Zillah Eisenstein | Aug 7, 2024 | Commentary
My purpose: to claim all possibilities for radicalizing Kamala Harris’s campaign to demand a ceasefire and not one more bomb, while making sure that Trump does not win. And to recognize how unique it is to see this band of warriors organizing around Harris as her...
by Zillah Eisenstein | Jul 5, 2024 | Commentary
Before I start, let me say the world is messy right now. It is messy to think. It is messy to write. But I continue in defiance, with hope for our liberation. It is July 4. What better time to wonder about the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement that openly...
by Zillah Eisenstein | May 1, 2024 | Commentary
These words were written for a late-April weekend memorializing Patty Zimmermann, who was Editor-at-Large for The Edge, Director of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Professor of Screen Studies at Ithaca College, and a fierce friend and ally. ...