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<title><![CDATA[Katha Pollitt - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15274.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Katha Pollitt]]></description><category domain="15274">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Platner's Downfall Was All Too Predictable]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/nQpkt</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inexperienced and improperly vetted, the candidate was a disaster in the making.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AI Is Incapable of Poetry]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/LB38x</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Anthropic had offered me $15,000 to use five pieces of my published work to train its large language models, I would have said no way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Great Authors Are Just as Human as the Rest of Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/books-and-literature/great-authors-are-just-as-human-as-the-rest-of-us/ar-AA1I8w5I</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new play about Roald Dahl shows the now-controversial children'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s writer in his flawed, complicated reality.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Long, Strange Trip to Madison Square Garden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/my-long-strange-trip-to-madison-square-garden-to-meet-the-trumpies/ar-AA1t8Ich</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday was my last chance to see the man in action before the election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Left After Wokeness?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/whats-left-after-wokeness/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An interview with political philosopher Susan Neiman, the author of Left Is Not Woke.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Emphasis on Abortion Delivered Victory]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/democrats-women-voters/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Far from alienating the electorate, an emphasis on abortion rights delivered victory.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party Shouldn't Be a Gerontocracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-gerontocracy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Half the US population is under 40'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'someone born during the Truman administration can barely grasp what life is like for them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Left Has a Responsibility To Side With Salman Rushdie]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/salman-rushdie/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Religious extremism is always dangerous, no matter the source.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Life After Roe Will Be Worse Than Democrats Feared]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/religious-right-abortion/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are dealing with religious fanatics, with police chiefs on a mission and prosecutors looking to make their careers in deeply red places.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Men Could Breastfeed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/baby-formula-crisis/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s my solution to the formula shortage: Men should breastfeed. Sure, it will take dedication and hard work, also industrial-strength estrogen and other meds, a doctor, a lactation consultant, and I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know what else; but if a handful of trans women can do it, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[6 Ways to Fight for Abortion After Roe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/help-after-roe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We can win this eventually, but despair will make it harder. Just concentrate on what you can do now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Resistance Has Come Too Far to Stop Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrat-fatigue/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the fight for Build Back Better raging, this is no time to shrink from the political fray.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future Will Be Worse Than Past If Roe Is Overturned]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/post-roe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When abortion was illegal, there was no organized, aggressive antiabortion movement with a wing of violent fanatics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[74 Million Americans Voted for the Opposite of Unity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-voters-society/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What are we going to do about the 74 million of our fellow citizens who voted for Donald Trump? After he won the White House in 2016, Democrats were told we had to understand them. Reporters promptly descended on small-town diners, where old white men were happy to vent their resentment...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I'd Vote for Biden Even If I Believed Reade's Account]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/joe-biden-tara-reade-allegations/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I would vote for Joe Biden even if I believed Reade's account. Fortunately, I don't have to sacrifice morality to political necessity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Abortion Changed the Arc of Women's Lives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/how-abortion-changed-the-arc-of-womens-lives</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The availability of legal abortion has had broad and subtle effects on the social status of all women, whether they have ever had an abortion or not.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Roe Isn't Going Down Without a Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/opinion/abortion-roe-kavanaugh-supreme-court.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court is bad news for reproductive rights.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's 'Feminist Christmas' in Ireland]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/its-feminist-christmas-in-ireland/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'll never go back, say activists, as a vote to repeal the ban on abortion wins by an overwhelming margins.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has the NRA Finally Met Its Match?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/has-the-nra-finally-met-its-match/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After Parkland, a generation is rising up, giving hope for a bold new gun-control movement.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/we-are-living-through-the-moment-when-women-unleash-decades-of-pent-up-anger/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Feminism is back, with a vengeance, and you can thank ?Donald Trump for that. No, seriously. The pussy-grabbing scam artist, ignoramus, and vulgarian with zero government experience, who ran on '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Lock her up!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and gold-plated racism, won the White House against a former US...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/its-not-hysterical-to-recognize-the-threat-trump-poses/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democracy, such as it is, really is in danger.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Are We Going to Survive the Next 42 Months of Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/how-are-we-going-to-survive-the-next-42-months-of-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[e'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re six months into the Trump era'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and how are you today? I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve mostly stopped feeling shocked that Donald Trump is the president. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve also stopped daydreaming that I live in a parallel universe where the person with the most votes wins'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'because that would be too...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[March, Huddle, Fight: Why Feminism Is Back in a Big Way]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/us/march-huddle-fight-why-feminism-is-back-in-a-big-way.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While 94 percent of black women and 68 percent of Hispanic women who voted chose Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' despite his long record of misogynous insults, sexist statements and gross behavior, despite his pledge to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, which gave millions of women...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, A Feminist Cannot Be Pro-Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/can-a-feminist-be-pro-life/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is there such a thing as pro-life feminism? In January, New Wave Feminists, an anti-choice organization, was briefly listed as a sponsor on the website of the Women's March on Washington.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Feminism Be Too Inclusive?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/can-feminism-be-too-inclusive/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who thinks Ivanka Trump is a feminist? Seriously, who? As far as I can tell, the only people calling her a feminist are Ivanka herself and conservatives who use her to attack real feminists as a pack of radical banshees. What there are a lot of, though, are articles by feminists...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where Your Charitable Support Is Needed Most]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/you-might-not-be-in-the-mood-to-give-but-this-is-when-your-support-is-needed-most/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are you feeling the holiday spirit? Me neither. But don't drown yourself in that bowl of eggnog until you've made your end-of-year donations. This column has always focused on introducing readers to lesser-known humanitarian and political organizations, but this year, don't forget the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/i-miss-our-sane-calm-empathetic-funny-president-already/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I miss him already. Say what you like, President Barack Hussein Obama is supremely intelligent, witty, humane, reasonable, elegant, a great writer, a model father, a good husband, a decent human being. He has empathy and humor. He is sane and calm.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Misogynist Is in Charge of Our Country. Now What?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/an-unabashed-misogynist-is-in-charge-of-our-country-now-what/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She lost. We lost. Women lost. Racism, nationalism, and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??economic anxiety'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? won. Misogyny beat feminism. Wives with pro-Trump husbands didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??t secretly pull the lever for Hillary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??only 8 percent of Republican women voted for her.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Has One More Badly Behaved Man Left to Vanquish]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-has-one-more-badly-behaved-man-left-to-vanquish/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As in some ancient myth, Hillary Clinton, warrior princess, could only succeed in her quest for the kingdom by vanquishing Phallus, the many-headed god of male sexual craziness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[12 Reasons to Vote Clinton Entirely Unrelated to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/12-reasons-to-vote-for-hillary-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Katha Pollitt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The people have spoken: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??t try to scare me into voting for Hillary Clinton by talking about how awful Trump is. Make me love her!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? I happen to believe that thwarting Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??a racist, xenophobic, misogynistic fake populist'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'??is an excellent reason to vote for his...]]></description>
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