<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly</a> called Beyoncé&#8217;s latest version of Dolly Parton&#8217;s song &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-misses-the-point-with-forgettable-jolene-cover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jolene</a>&#8221; anything but empowering, despite what &#8220;Queen Bey&#8221; may have hoped to have portrayed.
During &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0s5UZ7N2R4">podcast</a> on Friday, Kelly talked about Beyoncé&#8217;s &#8220;bada** b****&#8221; version of &#8220;Jolene&#8221; on her album &#8220;Cowboy Carter&#8221; and why she thinks it completely misses the mark, referencing an <a href="https://unherd.com/2024/04/has-beyonce-killed-jolene/">article</a> that she said explained how she felt.
&#8220;The original &#8216;Jolene&#8217; is a story about a woman feeling threatened by another woman who&#8217;s prettier and more alluring,&#8221; the host said. &#8220;And she&#8217;s basically begging her not to steal her man. That she can do it. She flatters her … but please don’t because I love him and I could never love anybody as much.&#8221;
&#8220;Then of course because it&#8217;s &#8216;Queen Bey,&#8217; we have to change it to be &#8216;f***ing take my man, I will hurt you b****…'&#8221;  she added. &#8220;And it&#8217;s much more, like, threatening, which I guess Beyoncé and Team Bey think is what empowerment looks like. For now, the threatened woman is just threatening to another woman who she thinks might have designs on her life partner…&#8221;
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&#8220;And I have to say, I don&#8217;t find this empowering at all,&#8221; Kelly continued. &#8220;There&#8217;s something strange about what&#8217;s happening with the modern day definition of what a strong woman is. You can&#8217;t have any vulnerabilities or insecurities. You have to be this bada** b**** who&#8217;s, like, threatening, &#8216;F***ing a, you mess with my man.&#8217; And it&#8217;s to me, it&#8217;s a turnoff. &#8230; The true power move is not to worry, and not to have to worry. But Beyoncé couldn&#8217;t quite get there…&#8221;
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The host of the show pointed to the article again and said she agreed that there is something strange happening in our culture that &#8220;strong female characters&#8221; are now just basically &#8220;men with tits.&#8221;
&#8220;Why did we have to go from women shouldn&#8217;t work, women should only have babies, women aren&#8217;t strong, women are too emotional, women have to be locked up for their hysterics if they express tears or anxiety,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;To women have no emotion, women are total ballbusters, and showing any softness, tears, empathy, vulnerability, insecurity is somehow non-feminine, and no longer acceptable in what an ideal woman is.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I think it was a swing and a miss,” she added about Beyoncé’s &#8220;Jolene&#8221; and referenced <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/03/beyonce-jolene-cover-dolly-parton/677923/">The Atlantic</a> critic who wrote, &#8220;Beyoncé replaced the vulnerability that made &#8216;Jolene&#8217; one of the best tunes of all time with a bunch of bad-b**** cliches.&#8221;
&#8220;If you listen to the whole song, all the lyrics are changed,&#8221; Kelly continued. &#8220;She&#8217;s changed the entire meaning of the song &#8230; this is an entirely different message and I don&#8217;t buy it.&#8221;

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Third-wave feminists have set women back 50 years. Just look what they’ve done to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/womens-sports">women’s sports</a>. Their forebears in the movement would be appalled.
Once the promises of voting and property rights had been fulfilled by the early suffragettes — the Mary Wollstonecrafts and the Susan B. Anthonys — the second-wave feminists turned their attention to other iterations of sex equality. The Gloria Steinems and the Bella Abzugs burned their bras in the streets, descended on Capitol Hill, and demanded equal employment, equal pay, and equal educational opportunity. Their crowning achievement was perhaps Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 — the federal civil rights law guaranteeing sex equality in education in all its many manifestations, whether admissions, scholarships, graduate programs, housing accommodations, or athletics.
What a difference a half-century makes. To watch the patent discrimination extant in women’s sporting events these days, you’d be hard pressed to think Title IX exists at all.
For this, we have third-wave feminists to thank, those who have sacrificed women’s equality on the altar of equity for trans-identified males. They believe gender is performative, that the coherence of gender expression is illusory, that one’s “natural sex” is transitory. These feminists — the Judith Butlers and Gloria Anzaldúas — gifted us the poison of “queer theory,” and set up a battle of the sexes playing out in real time in high school gymnasiums everywhere.
These same feminists have fed us the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanmshaw/2024/02/04/transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-body-is-not-the-problem/?sh=5e8e68d9196a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">narrative</a> that divisions over transgender athletic participation are based not on the fulsome evidence of the athletic advantages of transgender-identified males, but rather on “our deeply-held and rather largely unexamined assumptions about biology and gender.”
But if the widely recognized proof of male athletic advantages isn’t sufficient for third-wave feminists to call an end to men in women’s sports, perhaps evidence of injured female athletes will be. These injuries sustained by girls and women during athletic contests with transgender athletes are not the stuff of mere speculation. Significant bodily harm to young women is already well-documented, and on the rise.
Take a recent game between the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell in Massachusetts and KIPP Academy in Lynn, Massachusetts. A trans-identified six-foot-tall male player with facial hair playing for the KIPP Academy girls’ basketball team, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-trans-controversy-erupts-when-girls-basketball-game-ends-in-forfeit-following-three-injuries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">injured multiple players</a> and eventually forced the Collegiate Charter School to forfeit. In now widely <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/high-school-basketball-player-who-identifies-girl-accused-causing-injuries-game-opponents-forfeit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">circulated video</a>, he is seen wrestling the ball away from one of the girls, causing her to hit the ground where she clutches her back in pain.
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Trans-identified male player for Kipp Academy in MA injured 3 girls before half time causing Lowell Collegiate Charter School to forfeit. 
A man hitting a woman used to be called domestic abuse. Now it&#39;s called brave. 
Who watches this &amp; actually thinks this is &quot;compassionate,… <a href="https://t.co/ZLlqYH6iAs">pic.twitter.com/ZLlqYH6iAs</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1759651078566498435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Events like these are no longer an aberration in school sports, thanks to Education Secretary Miguel Cordona’s <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/03/education-department-title-ix-00139459" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal interpretation</a> of “sex” in Title IX to also include “gender identity or expression.” Indeed, they are evidence that this new wave of sex discrimination has not yet reached its zenith.
In 2022, North Carolina volleyball player Payton McNabb suffered <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6334032228112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serious injury</a> after a trans-identified male player spiked a ball at her head and rendered her unconscious.
Last year, a female athlete was injured by a trans-identified male opponent during a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/04/news/massachusetts-high-school-field-hockey-player-loses-teeth-after-shot-from-male-on-womans-team/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">field hockey</a> game in Massachusetts when a ball he threw at her, knocking her teeth out.
Examples of other females being injured by males participating in overseas or semi-professional women’s sports abound, occurring in <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/watch-transgender-soccer-player-injures-female-opponent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soccer</a>, <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1065633/watch-transgender-rugby-player-slams-female-athletes-coach-says-three-injured/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=WE_DSA_New-Targeting_2024&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA_tuuBhAUEiwAvxkgTqgl5j8tXiwQo5fY_-xfbhEVxef8gPwPV-mvL9e7TtKkIy6j9jZYXRoCztsQAvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rugby</a>, <a href="https://sportslawexpert.com/2022/12/12/professor-maintains-that-trans-athletes-causing-serious-injuries-to-girls/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=professor-maintains-that-trans-athletes-causing-serious-injuries-to-girls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hockey</a>, and <a href="https://www.bjjee.com/articles/transgender-mma-fighter-who-broke-female-opponents-skull-are-we-getting-too-politically-correct-with-reality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mixed martial arts</a>. And these injuries are just the ones we know about; the political overlords at legacy media companies who are fully beholden to the trans minority have surely kept others quiet.
Where, now, is the feminist outrage of our grandmothers? Where the dismay of the third-wave feminists at what their prescriptions on intersectionality and queerness have wrought?
How many more female athletes must be injured before a new wave of feminists rise up—those with the first wave’s understanding of moral order and natural law, possessed of the outrage and unflinching demands for equality of the second wave?
We modern women — we who have held the vote for little more than 100 years, considered by many segments of male society for centuries to be little more than <a href="https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/02/92615/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skin and bones</a> — must recognize the third wave has failed us and ceded ground it took our grandmothers and great grandmothers years to claim. We must never cease to believe our own eyes, call out discrimination where it hides in plain sight, and identify the chauvinism platformed by commitments to “queerness,” and equity, and the fungibility of sex — something even arch feminist Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/94-1941.ZO.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> was “not fungible.” 
We must do these things, if not for our own sake, then for that of those women yet to come.
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Sarah Parshall Perry is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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When Disney&#8217;s new generation of &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; writers resurrected the evil Emperor Palpatine so that a female Jedi could be the new hero, they not only lost much of their fanbase, they also ruined the overall story.
Shortly after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> purchased &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/star-wars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star Wars</a>&#8221; from George Lucas in 2012, the new president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy appeared in an interview with Lucas where she <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5TGJquhP1s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a>, “The main thing is to protect these characters. Make sure that they continue to live in the way that you created them.”
As the resurrection of Palpatine shows, that wasn’t the case.
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From Padme Amidala in &#8220;The Phantom Menace&#8221; to Cal Kestis in “Jedi: Fallen Order,&#8221; under both Lucas and Disney, &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; has introduced a rich array of characters who have captured the hearts of fans. It&#8217;s crucial to recognize, however, that all of these characters orbit around the saga&#8217;s central figure: Anakin Skywalker.
Anakin Skywalker&#8217;s journey begins with 1999’s &#8220;The Phantom Menace.&#8221; Skywalker is discovered by the Jedi and thought to be the prophesied &#8220;Chosen One&#8221; destined to bring balance to The Force by defeating the evil Sith.
As the trilogy progresses, Anakin emerges as a teenage Jedi Knight, showcasing his formidable strengths such as raw power and dueling skills. However, amidst these displays of prowess, a significant weakness comes to light – his susceptibility to his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfevBIsVG1o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emotions</a>. Anakin&#8217;s descent into emotional turmoil leads him to defy the Jedi code by secretly marrying Queen Padme Amidala, a decision that would eventually lead to his downfall.
In the concluding chapter of the prequel trilogy, &#8220;Revenge of the Sith,&#8221; Anakin, now 22-years-old, succumbs to the allure of the dark side. Exploiting his emotional vulnerability, the malevolent Sith Lord Palpatine manipulates Anakin by leading him to believe Padme is facing certain death due to childbirth.
Left <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVwAChO2MRo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helpless</a> on the matter by the Jedi and desperate to save his beloved, Anakin embraces Palpatine&#8217;s promise of a power that can guarantee her safety. He transitions into the infamous Darth Vader, perpetrating the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yowmbgl6Mw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massacre</a> of the Jedi Order, the very institution that nurtured him.
The Original Trilogy focuses on Anakin&#8217;s son, Luke, who is determined to redeem his father. In &#8220;Return of the Jedi,&#8221; Vader fulfills the prophecy by saving his son and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMzg2X18rm0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killing</a> Palpatine. This pivotal moment is the perfect <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqgJye7hyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conclusion</a> to Anakin&#8217;s story.
As George Lucas himself <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/x86yxf/george_lucas_about_anakins_redemption/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put</a> it, “Anakin is very different in the end. The thing of it: The prophecy was right. Anakin was the Chosen One, and he does bring balance to The Force. He takes the ounce of good still left in him and destroys the Emperor out of compassion for his son.”
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Decades later though, Disney’s writers decided the ending wasn’t concrete. In 2015, they launched a new trilogy with &#8220;The Force Awakens,&#8221; introducing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-eEKGt-26I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Sue</a> character, Rey, as the central protagonist. Despite having a severe lack of training, her power was comparable to many Jedi masters before her.
Disney’s &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; writers do not shy away from their intent to reflect a feminist worldview. Back in 2015, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chino spoke at a Women in the World event. At this event, she <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1742583950944432607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1742583950944432607%7Ctwgr%5E51c61c89de8aad8aee736ba61075c109c5347f3a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mrctv.org%2Fblog%2Ftierin-rose-mandelburg%2Fgoal-new-star-wars-film-director-make-men-uncomfortable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”
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Here’s the feminist director of the next Star Wars film saying that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”
This movie is destined to be Disney’s biggest flop yet. <a href="https://t.co/KaihbiA7Oj">pic.twitter.com/KaihbiA7Oj</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1742583950944432607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The trilogy truly hit rock bottom with its final film, &#8220;The Rise of Skywalker,&#8221; where Anakin’s redemptive sacrifice was rendered void. Emperor Palpatine was unexpectedly revealed to be alive, with an initial explanation that was widely <a href="https://x.com/_marinaharrison/status/1654181027185668096?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> by fans. In a one line bombshell, Resistance pilot Poe Dameron claimed “Somehow Palpatine returned.”
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“Somehow… Palpatine returned” will go down in history as the worst line in Star Wars history <a href="https://t.co/aiytJ3zjYC">https://t.co/aiytJ3zjYC</a>
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Disney&#8217;s new trilogy met its climax with the now unfulfilled prophecy being completed by Rey, who <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX4OZuBIUuA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kills</a> Palpatine once and for all.
Aside from the writing in that specific movie, political correctness has been an issue in the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; universe at large. Just days ago, actress Gina Carano<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-sues-disney-elon-does-gods-work-pays-for-her-lawyers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> announced</a> on X that after three years she is filing a lawsuit against both Lucasfilm and Disney for her firing from “The Mandalorian.&#8221;
The firing stemmed from her resharing a post that drew parallels between the political climate at the time and Nazi Germany.
According to the <a href="https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GinaCarano-v-Disney.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> filed in federal court: “A short time ago in a galaxy not so far away, Defendants made it clear that only one orthodoxy in thought, speech, or action was acceptable in their empire, and that those who dared to question or failed to fully comply would not be tolerated.”
In addition to the mishandling of Anakin&#8217;s legacy, numerous other flaws in the writing have been highlighted by those deeply invested in the story. Mark Hamill, renowned for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in both the Original Trilogy and Disney&#8217;s sequel trilogy, expressed dissatisfaction with how his character was depicted. Hamill <a href="https://screenrant.com/star-wars-8-last-jedi-mark-hamill-luke-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> the portrayal, stating, &#8220;He’s not my Luke Skywalker.&#8221;
When it comes to &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; — a franchise boasting perhaps the most devoted worldwide fan base — every aspect of the writing should be meticulously crafted. However, instead of enlisting passionate fans capable of distinguishing between real-world politics and the fictional “galaxy far, far away,&#8221; Disney persists in allowing politically charged progressives to shape storylines.
Unless a retcon of Disney&#8217;s sequel trilogy materializes, the story of Anakin Skywalker, which fundamentally embodies the saga of &#8220;Star Wars,&#8221; stands tarnished. For this, Disney&#8217;s actions should be deemed unforgivable by fans.
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Jacob Falach is a writer and student in Nashville, TN. You can find him on Instagram at: @jacobfalach
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Young women who were promised the feminist dream are now in the workforce. Growing up, they were told, “You can be just like men. Male parity is what we want! We want to work 40 hours a week. You are going to love it.” But now, at not-so-long last, the women who grew up hearing these platitudes are finding out that the feminist glory, as it was made out to be, is not all that glorious — and they aren’t actually loving it. Gez Z women in particular have found they aren’t making much money, they’re working a lot of hours, and they don’t have any time for themselves.
I’ve been extensively discussing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-vulnerability-that-will-plague-generation-tiktoks-future">the realization Gen Z</a> is coming to, and in yet another TikTok, this topic came to my attention once again. Eliza (<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@supposedlyasystem">@supposedlyasystem</a>) has recently shared her feelings with the Internet (because that’s what you’re supposed to do on social media these days), and she has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/three-new-years-resolutions-for-women-on-the-internet">trauma dumped</a> about having to work 40 hours a week while making very little money. She carries on with this monologue for right at two minutes while crying as she does so. In her TikTok, she professes:
<blockquote>Why is it that I have to work 40 hours a week just so I can have a place to live? … I work 40 hours a week so I can have a two-bedroom apartment and an extra $300 a month. … So not only do I not have any extra money, but just working makes me so exhausted that I don’t have time either. Like, I get off work at 5:30, I come home and I am just so tired. I’m so tired… I don’t want to do that anymore, right? I don’t care how poor and miserable I would have to be, but I literally can’t have a place to live without this. You know, like, I don’t know what to do. I’m not made for this. </blockquote>
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A lot of people have made fun of her for this video, but Eliza isn’t the only Gen Zer who has expressed these exact feelings — so I think we should answer her question. She is asking, why? Why is this her circumstance? Well, the answer, sweetheart, is that the big, bold, bad feminists who came before you insisted that women could be just like men.
Women are obviously not just like men; biologically, men are wired differently. We are symbiotic with men; however, our roles in life are not meant to be the same. But feminists came along and brainwashed people into believing women were no different than men and could, in fact, be just like them: Take birth control and you won’t get pregnant! they said. Go to work and be like the men! they proclaimed. Work alongside your male counterparts.
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Fast forward to 2024 and women are finally realizing that perhaps Mother Nature had some things right. Despite this dream of freedom they were sold, women are actually kind of miserable living this “dream.” Maybe, just maybe, the ability to birth children alongside the inclination of knowing how to raise them might be a more natural route for women. I, for example, know what to do with my children in a way that does not come as naturally to my husband. Caring for children, especially as infants, does not come naturally to men in the way it does to women. Men are biologically predisposed to do the same job day in and day out, whereas women innately know how to manage a household. They can multitask while caring for a screaming child because we are designed in that way with that capability.
Unfortunately, women are still not yet willing to let go of the feminist narrative — a narrative that is not making women happy today. This “dream” may help pay the bare minimum bills, but before the explosion of second-wave feminism, the young women who are now finding it difficult to keep up a 40-hour work week likely would have, instead, found a partner, gotten married, and had kids. The husband would have made enough to support the household because women were not yet in the labor force contributing to supporting an entire family. That was a different existence in a different world. But the feminists said that was a prison.
If you ask me, quite frankly, women were happier. My grandmother, who stayed home and raised her kids, wasn’t crying every day about the stresses of raising children. She made dinner every night, managed the household, and cared for her family — all of which made her whole. When I spend the entire day with my three children, I am exhausted but deeply rewarded. Doing that is more rewarding than any feedback received in the climate of an office.
Is it every single woman who feels as overwhelmed as the trauma dumping Gen Zers? No, but in my view, a large majority of women are dissatisfied with their lives yet unwilling to look at the fact that it is our own fault for continuing to embrace this radical feminist movement. This movement started before we were born and while its creation is not our fault, continuing to hold onto it is. Furthermore, we shouldn’t look down on women who are recognizing this “dream” for what it actually is. We should, instead, all be heading in their direction.

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Recognizing The Radical Feminist Movement For What It Is

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On a popular podcast, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/is-this-real-michael-knowles-reacts-to-ben-shapiro-rap-video-with-tom-macdonald" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Wire host Michael Knowles</a> and Gen Z feminists debated feminism, what it means to be a &#8220;real woman,&#8221; and the dangers of transgenderism.
During Knowles&#8217; appearance Thursday on the &#8220;Whatever&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGheQulIfao">podcast</a>, the Daily Wire host said that feminism is &#8220;harmful&#8221; to women and said he disagrees with the Gloria Steinem belief that there is no inherent difference between men and women, something he said &#8220;totally erases women.&#8221;
&#8220;Because if a woman tries to be a man, she&#8217;s always going to fail,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1753168081075986442?s=20">Knowles</a> told the women on the show. &#8220;I think women are great and women have a wonderful nature.&#8221;
&#8220;And when women are fully women, they can really flourish, and when they pretend to be men, they get miserable,&#8221; he added.
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Knowles then pointed out why the <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1753179911492145159?s=20">transgender issue</a> is ultimately harmful to women.
&#8220;Trangenderism believes that men and women are so similar that one can become the other,&#8221; Knowles told the ladies on the panel, who weren&#8217;t all in agreement with him.
&#8220;Transgenderism is men and women are so similar, they&#8217;re not complementary, sex is not immutable  &#8230; it&#8217;s actually a social construct,&#8221; he added.
Later in the three-plus hour show, the transgender issue came back up and <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1753179911492145159?s=20">Knowles</a> pointed out that transgenderism is an error of feminism.
&#8220;Most reasonable people know that men can&#8217;t become a woman,&#8221; the DW host said. &#8220;This is why I have pity for feminists who are trans-exclusionary radical feminists because they don&#8217;t realize it was their own ideology that led to this.&#8221;
Near the end of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGheQulIfao" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a>, the topic of &#8220;What is a Woman?&#8221; was debated, with both Knowles and two out of the three Gen Z feminists agreeing that there&#8217;s a difference between what the hosts labeled a biological &#8220;real woman&#8221; and a trans-identifying male.
One of the feminists, PxieLove, said, &#8220;a woman is a person who acts and is perceived as a societal perception of a woman,&#8221; and Knowles replied, &#8220;that’s at least half of it.&#8221;
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Another panelist, Farha Khalidi, opted to not give a definition without doing &#8220;more research on the topic,&#8221; over which she was blasted by the panel. While the third feminist panelist, Jazman Jafar, said she felt similar to Pxie that &#8220;trans-women and biological women are the same, but I don&#8217;t think trans-women are men either,&#8221; saying there can be an &#8220;umbrella term for women.&#8221;
Knowles pushed back on the idea and Jafar claimed that a person&#8217;s &#8220;biological identity&#8221; could be different from their &#8220;social identity.&#8221;
However, the majority of the feminists seemed to come to some agreement with Knowles that when it comes to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGheQulIfao" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sports world</a>, biological men &#8220;might&#8221; have an advantage when competing against women in female sports.

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Michael Knowles And Gen Z Feminists Debate Feminism, ‘Real Women’ And Transgenderism

Michael Knowles And Gen Z Feminists Debate Feminism, 'Real Women' And Transgenderism

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Feminist director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said &#8220;it&#8217;s about time&#8221; a woman shaped a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-hamill-uses-star-wars-voice-to-warn-ukrainians-about-air-raid-on-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star Wars</a>&#8221; movie after being picked to head the next one from Disney.
The Pakistan-born filmmaker will head an upcoming untitled film set for a 2026 release that will follow the story of Rey Skywalker, a female Jedi Master, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/31/exp-nye-2024-pakistan-obaid-chinoy-123111aseg3-cnni-world.cnn">CNN</a> reported. She is the first woman and the first person of color to direct a Star Wars movie.
&#8220;I&#8217;m very thrilled about the project because I feel what we&#8217;re about to create is something very special,&#8221; Obaid-Chinoy told the outlet.
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Here’s the feminist director of the next Star Wars film saying that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”
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&#8220;We&#8217;re in 2024 now, and it&#8217;s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape a story in a galaxy far, far away,&#8221; she added.
In a viral clip posted on <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1742583950944432607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> by The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh, Obaid-Chinoy said as a director, &#8220;I like to make men uncomfortable.&#8221;
&#8220;I enjoy making men uncomfortable,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It is important to be able to look into the eyes of man and say &#8216;I am here&#8217; and recognize that. And recognize that I am working to bring something that makes you uncomfortable and it should make you uncomfortable because you need to change your attitude.&#8221;
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&#8220;It&#8217;s only when you&#8217;re uncomfortable, when you&#8217;re shifty, when you have to have difficult conversations, that you will perhaps look at yourself in the mirror and not like the reflection, and then say maybe, &#8216;there is something wrong with the way I think&#8217; or maybe &#8216;there is something wrong with the way I&#8217;m addressing this issue.'&#8221;
Very little is known about the movie other than what Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey Skywalker, shared in November 2023 with <a href="https://collider.com/new-star-wars-movie-daisy-ridley/">Collider.</a>
&#8220;The story is really cool,&#8221; Ridley said. &#8220;I&#8217;m waiting to read a script because, obviously, I don&#8217;t have any other updates. It&#8217;s not what I expected, but I&#8217;m very excited.&#8221;
Later, she told The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/star-wars-daisy-ridley-lucasfilm-1235671446/">Hollywood Reporter</a>, &#8220;I haven&#8217;t read anything, but I know the story. It&#8217;s really worth telling, worth exploring, and I think people will be excited.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-casts-transgender-actor-for-new-star-wars-series-on-streaming-site" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney Casts Transgender Actor For New &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Series On Streaming Site</a>

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Feminist Director Says ‘It’s About Time’ A Woman Shaped A ‘Star Wars’ Film

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Read the room, Hollywood.
The Biden economy is crushing many Americans, from soaring inflation rates to fast-food dinners that cost an arm and a leg. And <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/21/3-creative-ways-americans-are-buying-property-amid-higher-costs.html">try buying a house these days.</a> We dare you.
Meanwhile, some familiar Hollywood faces are crying poverty. Really.
Taraji P. Henson is leading the charge. The versatile actress, known for her work in “The Color Purple,” “Hidden Figures,” and TV’s “Empire,” is using her awards season microphone to complain about Hollywood mistreatment.
“The math,” she told The Hollywood Reporter, “ain’t mathing.” And she might just quit acting rather than endure the allegedly low wages. She says just because she works constantly <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/taraji-p-henson-crying-interview-gayle-king-salary-pay-hollywood-1235767002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doesn’t mean she’s adequately compensated</a>. Plus, she has a “team” behind her who need to get paid as well.
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How many people who see her films and TV shows have a team of their own?
“Listen, I’ve been doing this for two decades and sometimes I get tired of fighting because I know what I do is bigger than me. I know that the legacy I leave will affect somebody coming up behind me. My prayer is that I don’t want these Black girls to have the same fights that me and Viola [Davis], Octavia [Spencer], we out here thugging it out,” Henson says. “Otherwise, why am I doing this? For my own vanity? There’s no blessing in that. I’ve tried twice to walk away [from the business]. But I can’t, because if I do, how does that help the ones coming up behind me?”
Henson framed the issue in racial terms despite Hollywood’s pronounced progressivism.
One of her complaints? She earned just $150,000 for a supporting turn in 2008’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” That’s more money than many Americans make in a year, of course, something that was true then and remains so today.
Her supporting turn in the film, which earned her an Oscar nomination, likely took a few weeks to complete. Not a bad gig if you can grab it.
Her career was just starting, too, and co-stars like the well-compensated Brad Pitt brought sizable star power to the film.
The most curious part of the starlet’s diatribe? She complains how big a bite the government takes out of her Hollywood paychecks. Here’s betting she has never publicly stumped for lower taxes and/or a Republican candidate.
It’s reminiscent of Oscar nominee Michelle Williams’ <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/01/09/exclusive-wahlberg-paid-1-5-m-all-money-reshoot-williams-got-less-than-1-000/1018351001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">public spat over her pay</a>, ironically enough, for “All the Money in the World” five years ago. She offered to essentially work for free doing the reshoots required when Christopher Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey following the latter’s sexual abuse allegations. Co-star Mark Wahlberg’s agent drove a hard bargain and netted $1.5 million for the client.
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Williams later turned the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/04/02/michelle-williams-felt-paralyzed-over-mark-wahlberg-pay-gap-news/3345072002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disparity into a feminist talking point.</a>
&#8220;This came as no surprise to me, it simply reinforced my life-learned belief that equality is not an inalienable right and that women would always be working just as hard for less money while shouldering more responsibility in their homes. … I’ve been accredited by my industry at the highest levels and that still didn’t translate to equal and fair compensation.&#8221;
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence similarly whined about her Hollywood pay last year. She, too, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/07/jennifer-lawrence-slams-hollywood-gender-pay-gap-in-vogue-interview.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">played the Feminist Card in the process</a>.
“It doesn’t matter how much I do. I’m still not going to get paid as much as that guy, because of my vagina?” 
Poor, impoverished Lawrence netted $25 million for her work in this year’s “No Hard Feelings,” a ribald comedy that earned $50 million at the U.S. box office, roughly the film’s production budget ($45 million).
And, given the film’s $36 million international haul, it likely will end up losing money for the studio. So <a href="https://screenrant.com/no-hard-feelings-box-office-breakdown-success-flop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says the Left-leaning ScreenRant.com</a>, citing marketing costs and other accounting realities.
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Not to be outdone, director Sofia Coppola also suggested to the BBC that being a woman means <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67681635">she has less cash to work with on her films.</a>
“I just see all these men getting hundreds of millions of dollars and then I’m fighting for a tiny fraction of that. I think it’s just left over from the way the culture of that business is.”
Maybe because her track record suggests she’s not worth a grandiose budget? Her 2017 film “The Beguiled” earned just $10.7 million stateside. The 2013 drama “The Bling Ring” netted $5.8 million. The 2010 flop “Somewhere” earned $1.7 million. “On the Rocks” went straight to Apple TV+ in 2020 after a brief theatrical release (less than $1 million from total global sales).
Plus, while “Priscilla” delivers a solid look at the Elvis/Priscilla romance the movie has made $20 million to date (just over its production budget) and its box office window is all but shut at this point.
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Rising star Sydney Sweeney tried to walk back her “woe is me” comments last year on her fiscal profile. The “Euphoria” and “White Lotus” star said she has to work-work-work otherwise the bills won’t get paid.
It’s one reason she’s not ready for a break due to the high cost of L.A. living.
&#8220;If I wanted to take a six-month break, I don’t have income to cover that…I don’t have someone supporting me, I don’t have anyone I can turn to, to pay my bills or call for help.&#8221;
The media blew up the quotes and she circled back to claim <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertainment/sydney-sweeney-clarifies-comments-not-being-paid-enough">she was taken out of context</a>.
Maybe some stars can read the room after all.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Disney actress Rachel Zegler, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vocal left-wing activist</a>, is singing a different tune about the 1937 animated film &#8220;Snow White&#8221; amid backlash over her past feminist complaints about the Disney classic — and after The Daily Wire announced it is producing its own take on the timeless fairy tale.
During an interview for Variety with fellow Disney actress Halle Bailey, Zegler gushed over the original &#8220;Snow White&#8221; as &#8220;a monumental moment in film history.&#8221;
&#8220;The cartoon is so beloved — it&#8217;s like a monumental moment in film history. It&#8217;s the first feature-length cartoon movie, to the point where it won honorary Oscars, and all these amazing things that happened for that film are the reason that you and I get to sit here today, because it made Disney what it is,&#8221; Zegler told Bailey, who starred as Ariel in the live-action version of Disney&#8217;s &#8220;The Little Mermaid.&#8221;
The actress went on to veer away from her past comment, saying she &#8220;loves everything the Disney company has put out&#8221; since its inception.
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Before the Variety interview, Zegler claimed she had only watched the original &#8220;Snow White&#8221; once as a kid and found it off-putting. “I think I watched it once and never picked it up again. I’m being so serious,” she <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/rachel-zegler-viral-backlash-snow-white-disney-live-action-rcna99848">said</a>.
The 22-year-old also made clear in past interviews that the new &#8220;Snow White&#8221; flick will not need a man or “true love.”
“It’s no longer 1937, and we absolutely wrote a ‘Snow White’ — she’s not going to be saved by a prince! And she’s not gonna be dreaming about true love,” Zegler said. “She’ll be dreaming about becoming a leader she knows she can be.”
In another example, the actress quipped that Disney could cut out all of Prince Charming’s scenes from the remake, emphasizing how apparently unimportant he is to the story. And perhaps most notably, Zegler said Prince Charming in the original fairy tale “stalks” Snow White.
“I mean, you know, the original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! Weird,” the actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video">said</a>.
Zegler&#8217;s newfound praise for &#8220;Snow White&#8221; comes on the heels of The Daily Wire/Bentkey’s announcement of its own live-action take on the beloved tale, titled “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-announces-live-action-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen-starring-youtube-sensation-brett-cooper">Snow White and the Evil Queen</a>,&#8221; which is set to be released in 2024 and star actress and Daily Wire host Brett Cooper.
When Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing first announced the live-action adaptation, he took aim at Disney for disavowing its classic animated version. “Instead of telling stories about timeless truth, what the ancient fairy tales were all about,&#8221; said Boreing. &#8220;Disney’s new ‘Snow White’ is an apology for their past and will expose children to the popular but destructive lies of the current moment.&#8221;
Disney has since pushed back its remake&#8217;s release date by a full year. Following the revelation in October, Boreing said the actors’ strike in Hollywood would be used as an excuse for the film’s delayed release, but guessed Disney is likely scrambling to reshoot large parts of the film.
“My guess is the SAG strike excuse is just cover and that they are actually reshooting large parts of the movie to make it a more faithful adaptation of their own classic film,” Boreing posted to X, formerly Twitter. “Will be interesting to see how Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot walk back their previous denouncements and insistence that this movie will be different…”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-vs-daily-wire-snow-white-actresses-side-by-side-video-clips-go-viral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Disney Vs Daily Wire’: Snow White Actresses’ Side-By-Side Video Clips Go Viral</a>

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WATCH: Disney Actress Does Full-180 On ‘Snow White’ After Backlash For Feminist Comments Criticizing Original

Disney Actress Rachel Zegler Does Full-180 On ‘Snow White’ After Backlash For Feminist Complaints 

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Belgian journalist and human rights activist Assita Kanko called out &#8220;Western feminists,&#8221; whom she said should answer for their silence in the face of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-inside-the-israeli-kibbutz-where-dozens-were-murdered-by-hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">atrocities</a> committed against Israeli civilians — many of whom were women — by the terrorist group Hamas.
Kanko, who was <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197469/ASSITA_KANKO/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected to serve</a> as a member of the European Union&#8217;s Parliament, addressed her peers in a speech she shared via X on Wednesday — seven weeks after Hamas terrorists breached the border into Israel, raping and slaughtering men, women, and children before taking hundreds more hostage and returning to Gaza.
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Today, I have a question. A pressing question. For some Western feminists. How can you remain silent, when women and girls are raped, tortured, their bodies carried around naked and spat on by bearded men shouting Allah Akbar? 
Then you can never call yourself a feminist again.… <a href="https://t.co/JNalcrobAq">pic.twitter.com/JNalcrobAq</a>
&mdash; Assita Kanko MEP (@Assita_Kanko) <a href="https://twitter.com/Assita_Kanko/status/1727265544145911972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Today, I have a question. A pressing question for some Western feminists. How can you remain silent when women and girls are raped, tortured, their bodies carried around naked and spat on by bearded men shouting Allah Akbar?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;Then you can never call yourself a feminist again.&#8221;
&#8220;Every day, including today, some Western hypocritical feminists should be ashamed of their silence on the horror that Hamas men inflicted to women and girls on 7 October. And that includes big names we were once proud of,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Why are their lips sealed and their hearts of stone when it comes to the excruciating pain of Jewish women?&#8221;
Kanko went on to reference the #MeToo movement — which had quickly spawned calls to #believeallwomen and was predicated on the idea that every victim&#8217;s voice mattered — and argued that unless the victims fit a specific narrative, the &#8220;movement&#8221; had no use for them.
&#8220;The MeToo movement and so-called intersectional feminists do not care about all women. If they remain silent, it means they have lied to us about their commitment to women&#8217;s rights. Their actions support the oppressor, not the victims,&#8221; she said, calling out directly those who were attacking Israel over its strategic response to the brutal attacks. &#8220;Also the EU money does, indirectly.&#8221;
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&#8220;Those who say nothing about these women and the hostages should not be standing here and speaking about human rights,&#8221; Kanko concluded, arguing against calls for a ceasefire and calling for the return of the Israeli hostages and &#8220;justice&#8221; to deal with Hamas. &#8220;When you are under attack by terrorists, a ceasefire is like raising your hands when you are being shot at. Perhaps it is worth considering that a real lasting ceasefire will start with bringing back all the hostages to their homes and the rapists to justice.&#8221;

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Female Member Of European Parliament Blasts ‘Western Feminist’ Silence On Hamas’ Rape Of Israeli Women

Female Member Of European Parliament Blasts 'Western Feminist' Silence On Hamas' Rape Of Israeli Women

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The news and commentary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/media">website</a> Jezebel was indefinitely suspended on Thursday as its parent company G/O Media underwent major <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/business">layoffs</a>.
Jezebel, which is marketed to women and espouses unapologetic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/feminism">Left-wing views</a>, especially regarding abortion, has reportedly been up for sale for months but was unable to find a buyer. Washington Post reporter Will Sommer <a href="https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1722633081452982689/photo/1">shared</a> screenshots of a memo sent by CEO Jim Spanfeller announcing the decision.
“As of this week we are making the very, very difficult decision to suspend the publication of Jezebel. Few decisions over the course of my career have been as excruciating, and I want to make clear this is in NO WAY a reflection of the Jezebel editorial team,” he began. “They have had many successes over the past year or so and continue to do great work in difficult times.”
Spanfeller called out the outlet’s coverage of “reproductive rights in this post-Roe era” specifically and claimed the website had “changed women’s media forever.” 
“Unfortunately, our business model and the audiences we serve across our network did not align with Jezebel’s,” the media exec continued in the memo. “And when that became clear, we undertook an expansive search for a new, perhaps better home that might ensure Jezebel a path forward. It became a personal mission of Lea Goldman, who worked tirelessly on the project, talking with over two dozen potential buyers. It is a testament to Jezebel’s heritage and bonafides that so many players engaged us. Still, despite every effort, we could not find Jez a new home.”
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“Media is nothing if not resilient. So are its practitioners,” the memo said. “I will keep you apprised if circumstances change.”
Jezebel was created by writer Anna Holmes in 2007 and operated under the Gawker umbrella until it was sold to Univision in 2016. The news site became part of the G/O Media portfolio in 2019.
Other G/O media holdings include Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Deadspin, The Root, The A.V. Club, The Takeout, The Onion, The Inventory, and Quartz.
Sommer noted that his sources said the layoff was immediate on Wednesday, with all staffers losing access to their email and Slack. G/O laid off 23 employees in total, including the entirety of the Jezebel staff.

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Just in time for the holiday season, author Faith Moore is releasing her debut fiction novel that’s based on one of the most beloved Christmas tales of all time.
“<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Karol-Faith-Moore/dp/195600730X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christmas Karol</a>” provides a refreshing antidote to the confusion and cultural chaos that plagues the world right now. The story’s heroine is Karol, a woman grappling with her role as a woman and a mother. Through the course of extraordinary events, including a visit from ghosts, she realizes what truly matters in life.
“Christmas Karol,” a modern twist on Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” follows Karol on her journey through her past, present, and future all to discover an eternal truth: It is far better to have what matters than to have it all. It takes a frank look at motherhood in the modern age and what it means to embrace the worthy work of raising children.
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Moore is a freelance writer and editor and — most importantly — a stay-at-home mom. She has been published in the Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Federalist, and Daily Wire, among others. She is the author of the non-fiction book, “Saving Cinderella: What Feminists Get Wrong About Disney Princesses” and “How to Set It Right.”
Faith took time away from her busy schedule to answer some questions about “Christmas Karol” including her inspiration and her goals for publishing this type of book right now.
<h3>Q: Why this novel?</h3>
Every year at Christmastime, my family sits down to watch the Alastair Sim version of “A Christmas Carol.” It’s something we’ve done since I was a kid, so at this point, the story is sort of imprinted on my heart. It’s part of our family lexicon and has become a kind of shorthand for us for a variety of different emotional experiences. So it makes sense that I reached for it when I wanted to tell a story about motherhood, a topic which, for me, is filled with emotion.
Being a mom is the great joy of my life. I often say it’s not my job, it’s my vocation. It’s the thing I feel most called to do. But there was a time when I wasn’t sure it would happen for me. I suffered a miscarriage and various infertility struggles but, in the end, I had my two beautiful boys. “Christmas Karol” is, in some ways, a story about gratitude. About what a gift it is to be a mother and the ways in which we sometimes forget to be thankful for it.
<h3>Q: What attracted you to the classic “A Christmas Carol”? What makes it a good fit for this generation of women?</h3>
“Christmas Karol” is a modern retelling of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” in which the Scrooge character has been reimagined as a workaholic mom named Karol whose miserliness is not about her money but about her time — how much time she chooses to spend (or not spend) with her family.
I think this notion of being given the chance — as Scrooge is, and as Karol is — to take a step back and view your life and your choices from the outside could be really powerful for women today. The wonderful thing about the Scrooge narrative is that, even though he goes through this huge supernatural experience, all the material things are still the same at the end of it. He’s still an old man, his fiancé is still long gone, his nephew grew up without him. But his perspective has shifted and that changes everything.
I think women today are being sold a narrative that, in order to be valuable or successful, they have to work outside the home. And many women structure their lives around that narrative without questioning whether that’s really the right narrative for them. We could all do with a bit of a Scroogian shift, in my opinion.
<h3>Q: How did this story come to you? What was the moment of inspiration?</h3>
The idea for “Christmas Karol” came to me at Christmastime at the tail end of the pandemic. I’ve been a stay-at-home mom since my first son was born nearly nine years ago, but during the pandemic, all the working parents suddenly came home. And there was a lot of talk about how impossible it was to parent full-time and work full-time.
The myth of “having it all” was being exposed in real time. But there was another, more surprising thing I was hearing from these parents: how wonderful it was to spend so much time with their kids. They were experiencing their kids in new ways, seeing them in a new light, and they were really enjoying it. But then the pandemic ended and everyone went back to work.
So, that Christmas, after our yearly viewing of the “Christmas Carol” movie, I started to think: what would it take for those parents to take that realization of what they were missing when they were going off to work and actually do something about it?
<h3>Q: What do you believe are the biggest challenges facing modern working women?</h3>
Feminism has sold women the lie that they can “have it all.” We are supposed to work full time and parent full time and enjoy it. But that’s impossible. You can’t be in two places at once. But women are treated as if they can.
Society tells them that it’s the job and how they perform at it that’s the measure of their success and value. This leads to a sense of resentment toward their children. If work is the thing that matters, then all their children’s needs are just a distraction. And there’s no wiggle room — no acknowledgement that perhaps a woman may want to take some time to stay home with her kids when they are young — built into the system for women. It leads to a lot of heartache, anger, and guilt.
<h3>Q: Your father, Andrew Klavan, is a famous novelist. Have you picked up any writing techniques from him?</h3>
My father taught me that telling stories is something you could actually aspire to do when you grow up. But, even more than that, he taught me that it was a job, and that was really huge.
So often we think of writers as these undisciplined artists who work when the muse strikes and sit around moodily in coffee shops the rest of the time. But my dad showed me that it’s work, just like anything else. You have to be thoughtful, methodical, and meticulous, and you have to put in the time. That’s been so helpful to me. It meant that I was able to write this book even though I only had an hour or so a day while my toddler was napping.
I know how to work. My dad taught me that.
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<h3>Q: How would you explain the power of fiction to touch the human heart? </h3>
Humans make sense of the world through metaphor and emotion. Stories help us understand things we wouldn’t otherwise be able to articulate. It’s why Jesus told parables. We inherently understand something better when we live it alongside the characters in a story.
If you’re doing it right, fiction doesn’t tell you what to think or what to believe or even how to feel. It’s not an argument or a manifesto. It’s an entire world in which themes and metaphors and humanity coalesce to make something that touches us each differently based on who we are. In a world where everyone is telling us what to think, we need stories more than ever.
<h3>Q: Who are your literary inspirations?</h3>
My favorite living author is Curtis Sittenfeld. She writes with the sort of crystalline simplicity that is nearly impossible to do well, and her characters are so well drawn it hurts. She wrote a book called “Eligible” which is a modern retelling of “Pride and Prejudice” and served as a bit of an inspiration for “Christmas Karol.” My favorite author of all-time is Charlotte Brontë. In my stories, I’m always going for the level of passion and emotional resonance that Brontë gives us in “Jane Eyre.”
<h3>Q: What’s next? What do you think are some important stories that need to be told? </h3>
I’m fascinated by the fundamental differences between men and women and the ways they complement each other. I want to tell stories where women are strong because they are feminine and men are strong because they take care of them. I love using classic stories as frameworks for new and exciting stories. My next project is in its very early stages but is sort of “You’ve Got Mail” meets “Cyrano de Bergerac” meets “Kate &amp; Leopold.” Stay tuned!
<h3>Q: Your favorite Christmas story? </h3>
“A Christmas Carol,” of course!
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The novel “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Karol-Faith-Moore/dp/195600730X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christmas Karol</a>” released November 7, 2023, and is now available.

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Author Faith Moore’s New Twist On Classic Christmas Tale Exposes The Myth Of Moms Having It All

Author Faith Moore's New Twist On Classic Christmas Tale Exposes The Myth Of Moms Having It All

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In the midst of the #MeToo hysteria, when everyone was fixating on Aziz Ansari&#8217;s bad date and Brett Kavanaugh&#8217;s phantom gang rape trains, researchers at Morgan Stanley had a very different focus. They were concerned, as you might imagine, about the financial ramifications of the modern feminist movement. So they sent an analysis to their corporate clients looking into the economic impact of this new wave of feminism that was overtaking the country. Here was their top-line conclusion: &#8220;By 2030,&#8221; Morgan Stanley wrote, &#8220;more than 45 percent of working women aged 25 to 44 in the United States will be single.&#8221; If that prediction holds, it would be the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/29/economy/single-women-economy/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highest percentage</a> of single working-age women in this country&#8217;s history.
The economic impacts, Morgan Stanley predicted, would be significant. Morgan Stanley <a href="https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/womens-impact-on-the-economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quoted</a> one researcher as saying: &#8220;We find that single women outspend the average household, shifting spending profiles toward categories most poised to benefit from the demographic growth in single women with rising incomes.&#8221; Those categories include apparel, automotive, entertainment, and dining.
Like most research that consultants charge millions of dollars to produce, none of that&#8217;s terribly surprising. When women don&#8217;t get married, they tend to climb the corporate ladder, where they earn money that they don&#8217;t have to spend on kids. But there is one line of the Morgan Stanley report that stands out. It&#8217;s the part where Morgan Stanley specifically urges its corporate clients to encourage women to pursue this unmarried lifestyle because it will make the corporations a lot of money. &#8220;For corporates and investors that embrace these trends, there are numerous benefits, from more nuanced corporate governance and performance to bottom-line growth.&#8221;
The Morgan Stanley report, and several others like it, put all the big brands on notice that they should take a proactive role in ensuring that more women become career-driven, instead of getting married and having kids. And predictably, over the past few years, we&#8217;ve seen various initiatives along these lines. Facebook, Apple and other big tech companies began <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/15/apple-facebook-offer-freeze-eggs-female-employees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offering</a> to freeze the eggs of female employees. That&#8217;s not for any medical reason; they&#8217;re offering it purely so that women don&#8217;t get pregnant and take maternity leave. Many companies have also started <a href="https://katiecouric.com/news/major-u-s-companies-covering-abortion-travel-costs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paying</a> for out-of-state abortions. That&#8217;s all been widely reported.
What hasn&#8217;t been covered is the extent to which influencers and celebrities — most of them beholden to large corporations — are now openly campaigning, all at once, for women to remain single, or to become single again if they made the mistake of getting married. You can choose to believe this is all an accident, or maybe you think it&#8217;s coordinated. Whatever the case, it&#8217;s clearly happening. There have never been more famous people telling young women to stop making commitments to men. You may have seen this recent video from the actress and model Emily Ratajkowski, for example. She has around 2.6 million followers on TikTok, where she posts videos <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@emrata/video/7199679187463032107" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling</a> random couples that their relationships won&#8217;t last, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@emrata/video/7160115132058602798" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encouraging</a> women to dress like prostitutes on Halloween. In her <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@emrata/video/7275780895607491882" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest video</a>, Ratajkowski extols the benefits of getting divorced by the age of 30, so that women can party and have fun while they&#8217;re still young and beautiful:
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Emily Ratajkowski (who has a personal net worth of at least 8 million dollars) is glamorizing divorce and says marriage is a &quot;fantasy&quot;
Completely out of touch and delusional 
Sadly, women look up to her <a href="https://t.co/4OaYQLYar2">pic.twitter.com/4OaYQLYar2</a>
&mdash; 🌴 Josh Lekach 🌴 (@JoshLekach) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshLekach/status/1699510925030490564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The caption on that video reads, &#8220;personally i find it chic to be divorced by the age of 30.&#8221; It&#8217;s extremely popular on the platform; more than 130,000 people have liked it. This video appears to be a message of support for Sophie Turner, who I didn&#8217;t know existed, but apparently is a famous actress who is now getting divorced from one of the Jonas brothers because she felt &#8220;trapped&#8221; by marriage and motherhood and wanted to go party instead.
What Emily and Sophie are doing — getting divorced in a very public fashion, for avowedly selfish reasons — follows a pattern recently of famous women advising other women to either stay single and childless or get divorced, tear their families apart, and act like they’re childless even if they have children.
Mia Khalifa was another one, as shocking as it was to hear bad relationship advice from a porn star. Here&#8217;s how Mia spoke to her <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@miakhalifa/video/7262135829320125742" target="_blank" rel="noopener">37 million followers</a> about the importance of getting divorced — multiple times, if possible:
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Mia Khalifa is back in the news. This time for giving women marriage advice. 
As a quick track record, Mia Khalifa was married at 18 years old, divorced at 21 years old. Then married again at 25 years old, divorced at 28 years old. <a href="https://t.co/2NgHMQZh67">pic.twitter.com/2NgHMQZh67</a>
&mdash; Colourful trending visual 🦋🐦🦜 (@colourfultrend) <a href="https://twitter.com/colourfultrend/status/1697090616382144839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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At this point you&#8217;re probably noticing a theme, which is that none of these women display even a modicum of interest in sacrificing anything to make their relationships — their marriages, in many cases — work out. Instead they&#8217;re adopting, without exception, what psychologists call an external &#8220;locus of control.&#8221; Everything that happens to their relationship is someone else&#8217;s fault. It can&#8217;t possibly be related to them. They can&#8217;t conceivably do anything that might salvage their marriage. So they move on. Not to belabor the point, but this is the message that young people are seeing all over the place. 
To give one more example, there was also the country star Kelsea Ballerini who talked about leaving her marriage because the &#8220;glitter wore off&#8221; and it would be a &#8220;disservice to herself&#8221; to stay in the marriage. Here it is:
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If there&#8217;s not enough &#8220;glitter,&#8221; just bail, go party. Whatever you do, don&#8217;t think about putting in any kind of effort. Hollywood and the media have been pushing this message for a long time. They&#8217;re doing it with maximum intensity. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve been talking about the insane levels of backlash I&#8217;ve received for criticizing an influencer who promoted the &#8220;childfree&#8221; lifestyle as a path to happiness. It was a relentless barrage of media coverage, all over one tweet I made on the subject. That’s because they’re very invested in promoting this lifestyle, which means that anyone who criticizes it must be furiously dogpiled and shut down. 
The point is that there&#8217;s a large-scale effort underway to convince young people — especially young women, but not just young women — to be as shallow and selfish as possible, even if it means abandoning their marriages and wrecking their families. Lots of wealthy people and powerful forces are invested in pushing this message. 
In fact, the government is pursuing it as well. The National Bureau of Economic Research <a href="https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30159/w30159.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crunched</a> the numbers on this last year. They looked at federal and state taxes, along with benefit programs. And found that, in effect, there&#8217;s a massive &#8220;marriage tax&#8221; in this country. People who decide to get married, especially low-income people, end up sacrificing roughly two years of income to the government simply because they got married. The researchers found that, &#8220;Absent the tax, 13.7 percent more low-income, single females with children would marry annually and 7.5 percent more would be married by age 35.&#8221; The researchers also found that the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — imposes a &#8220;substantial marriage tax,&#8221; because people who get married stand to lose a lot of subsidies under that law. 
You never hear anyone talk about that, but it&#8217;s true. The government is punishing people who want to get married, especially low-income people. That&#8217;s a legacy of Barack Obama that&#8217;s never mentioned. And of course the current administration is continuing what Obama started. Last year, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, testified that abortion is good for the economy, because it means more women are working for large corporations, instead of getting married and raising kids:
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Abortion leads to &#8220;increased labor force participation,&#8221; therefore it&#8217;s good. Put aside the fact that aborting tens of millions of children certainly shrinks the labor force over time — not to mention amounts to a holocaust of human beings on a scale previously unknown to mankind. Still, that’s the treasury secretary of the United States saying that women should kill their children and pursue a career at some soulless Fortune 500 company because, in her estimation, it will boost the GDP.
There&#8217;s no doubt that some of the videos we began the show with are just women who are rationalizing their own self-destructive choices. But it&#8217;s a mistake to dismiss what we&#8217;re seeing as the idle narcissism of a few famous ditzy women on TikTok. There are forces that profit immensely by creating a society full of self-centered automatons who seek connection and fulfillment from pop culture and social media rather than family life. These forces include Morgan Stanley&#8217;s clients as well as the federal government.
What are the consequences for regular Americans? For women, it&#8217;s not great. And it used to be that you could say this publicly. It used to be conventional wisdom that it&#8217;s bad to encourage most women to be single. This is a Harvard Business Review <a href="https://hbr.org/2002/04/executive-women-and-the-myth-of-having-it-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from 2002: &#8220;At midlife, between a third and a half of all successful career women in the United States do not have children. In fact, 33% of such women &#8230; in the 41-to-55 age bracket are childless—and that figure rises to 42% in corporate America. These women have not chosen to remain childless. The vast majority, in fact, yearn for children. Indeed, some have gone to extraordinary lengths to bring a baby into their lives. They subject themselves to complex medical procedures, shell out tens of thousands of dollars, and derail their careers—mostly to no avail, because these efforts come too late. In the words of one senior manager, the typical high-achieving woman childless at midlife has not made a choice but a &#8216;creeping non-choice.'&#8221;
Two decades later, that &#8220;creeping non-choice&#8221; has been rebranded as a positive. You could never get any article remotely like that one published in the Harvard Business Review today. As disastrous as this transformation has been for women&#8217;s happiness and fulfillment, it&#8217;s probably even worse for men. As we&#8217;ve <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/traditional-masculinity-is-the-solution-to-the-male-loneliness-epidemic-not-the-cause" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussed</a> on this show, men are now using more drugs, and killing themselves, more than they ever have in recorded history — and at rates that far exceed women. We shouldn&#8217;t be surprised by that. When all of society reorients to promote girl bosses and to demean the institution of marriage, yes, women make more money in the short-term. Men also have fewer opportunities to start families, and have fewer opportunities to make a living.
In polite company you&#8217;re not supposed to say any of that. You&#8217;re not supposed to think about the ramifications of the social engineering that&#8217;s underway in this country. But whether it&#8217;s acceptable or not to point it out, none of this is an accident. From every angle, women are being told that the key to happiness is being narcissistic and abandoning marriage. At the same time, men are being told that, simply by virtue of their gender, they&#8217;re members of a patriarchy that needs to be destroyed. That is a destructive combination if there ever was one.
In both cases — for men and women — the power centers are saying, essentially, &#8220;you&#8217;re just a passive observer.&#8221; Women are being told that, if their marriage isn&#8217;t appealing, then they don&#8217;t have to do anything about it. They should just leave. Men are being told that, no matter what they do, they&#8217;re sexist bigots. This passive approach, this total denial of personal responsibility, is unsustainable. As we&#8217;re seeing, again and again, no marriage can survive it. That&#8217;s now abundantly clear.
 What we&#8217;ll soon find out, if this continues, is that no society can survive it either.
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