Anti-Abortion Strategy with Journalist Amy Littlefield

2023 Anti-Supremacist Webinar Series

The second event in our Anti-Supremacist Webinar Series was held on Thursday, March 23, 2023. The Institute for Research on Male Supremacism welcomed journalist Amy Littlefield for a deep dive into the history and strategy of the anti-abortion movement in the United States.

Amy Littlefield is the abortion access correspondent for The Nation and a freelance journalist who has covered reproductive health and justice for The New York Times, Reveal, The New Republic, and many more outlets. Read her work on how Kansas kept abortion legal and her co-authored article with Heron Greenesmith on the links with anti-trans legislation.

The Anti-Supremacist Webinar Series is part of a series of events held of the course of 2023 to bring together a cohort of researchers, organizers, journalists, and artists to collaborate on innovative means of undermining supremacism and authoritarianism for the long-term. Read more about the programming and apply here.

The subreddit “The Red Pill” is perhaps the most famous alt-right forum for men’s “sexual strategy,” a strategy that opposes feminism by forging men into “alpha males.” PhD candidate Pierce Dignam and IRMS fellow Julia DeCook will host a webinar on 3/26 at 1pm EST. Dignam will review his published research on the forum to shed some light on its origin, what its recent public emergence can tell us about gender inequality in the 21st century, and how its adherents helped get Trump elected. DeCook will provide commentary on de-platforming online misogynist forums.