Susan Faludi

The 9/11 backlash against women The 9/11 backlash against women

Terror swept women back into the kitchen, argues Susan Faludi, and tore open the worst scar in American history. But it's Bruce Springsteen who makes the fear so real.
  • Have attitudes toward women gotten worse?

    That's what a NYT Op-Ed suggests. But maybe the Internet has just provided a forum for nastiness
  • Dr. Bad News

    After conducting a massive 25-year study, Judith Wallerstein concludes that children of divorce are hit hardest after they grow up.
  • Newsweek: OK, singles, now you can worry about terrorism

    Twenty years later, the magazine says you might get married after all.
  • "Punch" Bradley, "Judy" Gore and the injustice being done John Rocker

    How about those Titans? Duchess Hillary sheds crocodile tears; McCain's creepy; Monica acquires rueful thoughtfulness; and you just can't beat that androgynous Hayley Mills in "The Parent Trap."
  • How the Demos lost the White House in Seattle

    The WTO battles blew the election for Gore; McCain needs more than bad luck to qualify for the presidency; Hillary's one of the most destructive personalities in American politics; and why Madonna talks like the queen mother.
  • Susan Faludi coaches "Fight Club" author

    As the two compare notes, Chuck Palahniuk gets prepped for an appearance on "Politically Incorrect."
  • Hillary, Naomi, Susan and Rush. Sheesh!

    Clinton requires emergency intervention; Wolf's mind is amazingly slack; Faludi's "Stiffed" is a stiff. Meanwhile, Limbaugh brings a genuine intellectual service to American culture.
  • "Fight Club"

    The late-'90s crisis of masculinity has arrived in pop culture with a vengeance.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Faludi's wrong -- men are doing fine! Plus: Misunderstanding singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn; moms defend right to sleep with their infants.
  • Bright lights, big titties

    As the lad mags in the U.K. wither, their American counterparts try to give the formula one more squeeze.
  • What's ailing men?

    In her fat new investigation of male malaise, Susan Faludi finds the culprit in the culture.
  • Real superpower in a godless universe

    Raging tempests: Natural, cultural, political and cinematic.
  • What they're saying

    Susan Faludi, Arianna Huffington and other commentators react to Clinton's day of reckoning
  • Women beware women

    Our ongoing national catfight has revealed an unpleasant truth obscured by the smarmy rhetoric of "sisterhood": Women have always betrayed each other.
  • Hey hey, ho ho, the matriarchy's got to go

    Gloria Steinem unleashes exciting news about young feminism -- not!

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