“The backlash is not a conspiracy, with a council dispatching agents from some central control room. It is not a settled political program or a single comprehensive policy. It is a trend.”

— Susan Faludi

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About Susan Faludi

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Susan Faludi is an American feminist, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, renowned for her incisive critiques of media and gender roles. She first gained widespread recognition for her 1991 book, Backlash:...

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