Moira Donegan
@moiradonegan.bsky.social
Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
There’s a comically bad misreading of MacKinnon’s critique of consent in the New Yorker today, which seems to take it’s interpretation from the idea that MacKinnon and Dworkin claimed that consent was impossible under patriarchy—a lie perpetrated by Larry Flint.
Also, you can't discuss Catherine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin's statements -- the latter in particular -- without understanding they did so precisely *because* spousal rape was mostly legal still. So of course it seems farcical now!
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
There’s a comically bad misreading of MacKinnon’s critique of consent in the New Yorker today, which seems to take it’s interpretation from the idea that MacKinnon and Dworkin claimed that consent was impossible under patriarchy—a lie perpetrated by Larry Flint.
We now go live to Mar a Lago:
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 AM
We now go live to Mar a Lago:
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
My first completed book of 2026 is this sexy and hilarious lesbian novel of the millennial optimism era—by the brilliant Gabrielle Korn.
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 AM
My first completed book of 2026 is this sexy and hilarious lesbian novel of the millennial optimism era—by the brilliant Gabrielle Korn.
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a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
Honestly insane they didn't brief the gang of eight until it was underway
January 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
Good afternoon from Prospect Part in Brooklyn, where it is 32 degrees—exactly freezing—and a good 25 percent of white men are wearing shorts.
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Good afternoon from Prospect Part in Brooklyn, where it is 32 degrees—exactly freezing—and a good 25 percent of white men are wearing shorts.
Reporting from Politico suggesting that the oil CEOs—not exactly a robustly moral or forward-looking group—also think this sucks and are not at all convinced they will make a lot of money off it. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Reporting from Politico suggesting that the oil CEOs—not exactly a robustly moral or forward-looking group—also think this sucks and are not at all convinced they will make a lot of money off it. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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at least part of everything this government does is to impress a handful of psychos on twitter
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
at least part of everything this government does is to impress a handful of psychos on twitter
You could make this argument for bombing and regime change in the US. “Donald Trump was ineligible for the presidency in 2024 under the 14th Amendment, and therefore the United States must be bombed to restore democracy.” Somehow I don’t think the pundit class would be so credulous in that case.
January 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
You could make this argument for bombing and regime change in the US. “Donald Trump was ineligible for the presidency in 2024 under the 14th Amendment, and therefore the United States must be bombed to restore democracy.” Somehow I don’t think the pundit class would be so credulous in that case.
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ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
My friend wanted to read my tarot cards and pulled out a series that was like “Death” “Four of Knives” “Pestilence” “9 of Bankruptcy.” She goes, “this is all excellent news.”
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 AM
My friend wanted to read my tarot cards and pulled out a series that was like “Death” “Four of Knives” “Pestilence” “9 of Bankruptcy.” She goes, “this is all excellent news.”
Can’t name it exactly, but this a the peculiar quality of insipid contentlessness that makes you know it came from Weiss directly.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Can’t name it exactly, but this a the peculiar quality of insipid contentlessness that makes you know it came from Weiss directly.
Love to be a childless, transplanted degree holder in Zohran Mamdani’s New York. 🫶
Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Love to be a childless, transplanted degree holder in Zohran Mamdani’s New York. 🫶
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Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
January 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
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these sick fucks can’t keep getting away with it
January 1, 2026 at 9:29 AM
these sick fucks can’t keep getting away with it
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Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
That’s unfair; it also convinces people to kill themselves.
AI CEOs: why aren't people more pro-AI?!
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
That’s unfair; it also convinces people to kill themselves.
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AI CEOs: why aren't people more pro-AI?!
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
AI CEOs: why aren't people more pro-AI?!
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
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Project 1933, a deep month by month dive into 1933 Nazi Germany and what we can learn from it in our current political nightmare, was among my favourite podcasts last year. Hats off @moiradonegan.bsky.social @adriandaub.bsky.social
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Episode 114 -- Project 1933, Part X: December 1 - December 31 | In Bed With the Right
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January 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Project 1933, a deep month by month dive into 1933 Nazi Germany and what we can learn from it in our current political nightmare, was among my favourite podcasts last year. Hats off @moiradonegan.bsky.social @adriandaub.bsky.social
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2026 in Zohran Mamdani’s New York! 🗽
January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
2026 in Zohran Mamdani’s New York! 🗽
Largely spurious and uniformly racist claims of fraud in childcare centers have led immediately to a bipartisan push to rewrite policy toward the aim of pushing women out of the workforce.
January 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Largely spurious and uniformly racist claims of fraud in childcare centers have led immediately to a bipartisan push to rewrite policy toward the aim of pushing women out of the workforce.