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Men are the greatest obstacles to women’s freedom and solidarity
Pop culture is subverting the conservative idea that hell is other people—and the fear of the “other woman.”
Feb 5 • Amanda Montei
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The desire for a ‘normal’ sex life
Jan 8, 2025 • Amanda Montei
Stop covering for the husbands
Dec 4, 2025 • Amanda Montei
It’s not the economy. It’s the misogyny.
Nov 6, 2024 • Amanda Montei
The banality of white male rage
Feb 14, 2024 • Amanda Montei
The one where I solve the Wuthering Heights love story debate
It's not a book about "intergenerational trauma" either
3 hrs ago • Amanda Montei
"A lot of what you’ve been told is a lie and you should be rioting in the streets"
Author and journalist Ej Dickson does the Mad Woman Intake
Feb 10 • Amanda Montei
THREAD: What's your favorite unhinged novel?
I’m re-reading Wuthering Heights.
Feb 3 • Amanda Montei
"My anger is tied to hope"
Author and advocate Laura Danger does the Mad Woman Intake
Jan 29 • Amanda Montei
THREAD: Fucking bitches unite
The assholes are losing. Here is a list of ways to help brave Minnesotans.
Jan 26 • Amanda Montei
Behind every great man is a woman left at home to manage life and death
I finally figured out how to write about Hamnet
Jan 22 • Amanda Montei
American erasure
Remembering Renee Nicole Good and everyone the state has killed.
Jan 15 • Amanda Montei
What is maternal devastation for?
A roundup of films about mad moms
Jan 8 • Amanda Montei
Your favorite Mad Woman essays from 2025
It was a year.
Dec 29, 2025 • Amanda Montei
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