“the backlash convinced the public that women's 'liberation' was the true contemporary American scourge - the source of an endless laundry list of personal, social, and economic problems.” ProblemSocialFeminismEconomicSourceConvincedListsEndlessContemporaryLiberationWomens RightsLaundryScourgeBacklashEconomic Problems Book:Backlash: the undeclared war against American women Source: Backlash: the undeclared war against American women
“I think a lot of the people who feel out of step with contemporary society or feel that they've been left back economically or feel disaffected and are drawn to the Republican Party, they are looking for a news source that will tell them something they would like to hear and then is reassuring, emotionally rewarding, and confirming. And affirming to them. So to deliver that product is pretty valuable. It's kind of like they're an insurgency and they're not getting what they need to hear from the mainstream.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsKindLeftPartyStepsProductsSourceRepublicanNewsValuableContemporaryMainstreamRepublican PartyAffirmingReassuringInsurgencyContemporary Society Author:Sheldon Whitehouse
“Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity.” WantBookEnoughPhilosophyEyeLiteratureInterestMy OwnFictionSourceHistoricalMy FavoriteTheologyContemporaryPrimariesGenreRelevantEssaysAntiquityOld BooksGenre IsPrimary Source Author:Marilynne Robinson