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Katha Pollitt

Katha Pollitt is an American feminist poet, essayist, and critic. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times, and Mother Jones.

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Susan Okin writes that multiculturalism and feminism are "in tension," and sometimes even in opposition to each other. She argues that defenders of "group rights" or "cultural rights" for minority cultures have...
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