Saturday, November 16, 2019

October/November 2019 Monthly Project: Why Progressives Should Choose Anna North


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Why You Should Choose Anna North

Have You Been Interested in Social Politics Lately?

Are You Looking For a Distinguished and Consistent Progressive Author?


Do You Appreciate Less Banter and More Substance in Your Media?

If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then consider yourself a part of Anna North's target audience.

Ms. North is currently a Senior Reporter at Vox, writing mainly on current events and covering issues of gender and social justice. However, you may also know her from her previous positions at the New York Times or Buzzfeed. Even if you're not an active political reader, you may still have seen her name before if you're a fan of dystopian fiction or Game of Thrones, as she's authored works of fiction such as America Pacifica and The Life and Death of Sophie Stark. Additionally, her next novel, Outlawed, a fictional narrative of a feminist midwife in the Wild West, is slated to release in 2021 and is complete with the same explicitly political undertones of her previous works.

If you're more interested in her nonfictional political writings, though, you should be able to get a feel of her style and ideological leanings from the linked articles that I've analyzed below:

 "“Nervous Nancy” tweet shows his problem with powerful women" - A criticism of President Trump's behaviors and remarks towards women in politics.

"These laws were meant to protect people from HIV. They’ve only increased stigma and abuse." - A detailed look at the history and consequences of HIV laws around the nation.

"“Failed” abortions, a period-tracking spreadsheet, and the last clinic standing: the controversy in Missouri, explained" - A summary of a recent development in the abortion debate.

"A new Trump administration rule could hurt LGBTQ youth in foster care" - A speculative and concerned criticism of the foster care system.

The modern progressive media is lost without writers like North. Her consistent emphasis on facts and hard evidence over excessively emotional argumentation presents her in a light that shines brighter than the rest to most readers in the modern context of journalism. While you'll find the same, familiar stances and views that you see in most new-age American progressives, you may find new ways to look at issues and argue either for or against them. The degree to which you may or may not agree with her arguments is irrelevant. Instead, her confident--yet still unhesitantly polarizing--styles of argument development should catch your interest, for she tends to expose the side of progressive journalists you may not always see.


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