Ruth Rosen is a former columnist for the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle, and Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Social Change. Her most recent book is The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America.
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Published in: 50.50The Tea Party and the new right-wing Christian feminismWhy have American women become so active in the right wing Tea Party movement? Could it be that they are drawn to the new conservative Christian feminism publicized by Sarah Palin? Without its grassroots female supporters, the Tea Party would have far less appeal to voters who are frightened by economic insecurity, threats to moral purity and the gradual disappearance of a national white Christian culture.
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Published in: 50.50Why do Americans love Sarah Palin?
Why does America take Palin seriously? The answer lies in gender politics, and in the history of right-wing populism. That populism is at its strongest at a time of social anxiety.
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