Nadra Nittle is an education reporter for The 19th and the author of ‘bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision.’
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How Algorithms, Alpha Males, and Tradwives Are Winning the War for Kids’ Minds
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Andrew Tate, next to his brother Tristan Tate, talks to media representatives after exiting the Bucharest courthouse, in Bucharest, Romania, January 9, 2025. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. ROMANIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ROMANIA
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The manosphere and parallel trends like the tradwife (traditional wife) movement — led by influencers who idealize marriage, motherhood and domesticity — are impacting even socially conscious students who say it’s hard to avoid this content brimming with toxic messages about gender. Over a half-dozen students told The 19th that after the 2024 election, which saw the manosphere blamed for young men’s rightward shift, they noticed changes in their classmates’ behavior — an uptick in sexist remarks, a sense of entitlement to girls’ attention and schadenfreude that yet another woman lost the presidency.
The Push To Open the Country’s First Religious Public School Isn’t Over, Proponents Say
Apr 30, 2025; Washington, DC, USA; Demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear oral arguments in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond in Washington D.C., on April 30, 2025. At issue in the case is the establishment of the nation's first religious charter school. Mandatory Credit: Josh Morgan-USA TODAY
One of the most awaited Supreme Court rulings of the year ended in a deadlocked decision that led to triumph for supporters of church-state separation in schools.
Spirituality and Women’s Liberation Went Hand-in-Hand for bell hooks
The cover of ‘bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision.’
Nearly two years have passed since feminist bell hooks died of renal failure on December 15, 2021. The writer of more than three dozen books was widely remembered for her contributions to feminism, cultural criticism and scholarship — not to mention her decision to lowercase her pen name, chosen in honor of her great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.