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Racism, Patriarchy, and Power: Siri Hustvedt on the Toxic Thinking Behind the Supreme Court’s Destruction of Abortion Rights

Racism, Patriarchy, and Power: Siri Hustvedt on the Toxic Thinking Behind the Supreme Court’s Destruction of Abortion Rights

“Legislating reproductive rights remains a hallmark of authoritarian and fascist governments.”

By Siri Hustvedt | June 27, 2022

The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

“Every myth explains too much, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t truths to be found in the story.”

By Siri Hustvedt | December 7, 2021

Hateful Fictions: Siri Hustvedt on the Weaponization of Free Speech

Hateful Fictions: Siri Hustvedt on the Weaponization of Free Speech

“Hate speech renders dialogue impossible.”

By Siri Hustvedt | August 11, 2021

Civility and So-Called Objectivity is No Way to Contain a Plague of Lies

Civility and So-Called Objectivity is No Way to Contain a Plague of Lies

Siri Hustvedt on How Easily We've Been Mesmerized by Trump's Norm-Breaking Rhetoric

By Siri Hustvedt | September 15, 2020

What is Essential? And Who?

What is Essential? And Who?

Siri Hustvedt on What the World Values When It's Falling Apart

By Siri Hustvedt | July 22, 2020

Tear Them Down: <br>Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won't Die

Tear Them Down:
Siri Hustvedt on Old Statues, Bad Science, and Ideas That Just Won't Die

From the Confederacy to Eugenics the American Past is All Too Present

By Siri Hustvedt | July 8, 2020

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Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

By Siri Hustvedt | April 13, 2020

Siri Hustvedt on Panpsychism’s Shifting Foundations

By Siri Hustvedt | December 10, 2019

My Louise Bourgeois

By Siri Hustvedt | December 19, 2016

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By Siri Hustvedt | April 5, 2016

Knausgaard Writes Like a Woman

Knausgaard Writes Like a Woman

Siri Hustvedt on Gendered Literature and the Feminization of Feelings

By Siri Hustvedt | December 10, 2015