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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> The short answer is yes. The longer answer requires a lot more discernment.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; border-color: #FFFFFF;border-radius:10px 10px 0px 0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" class="c"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr id="header"><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="f" align="right" valign="top"><p> July 16, 2026 | <a data-read-online-tooltip="true" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxzEQp14IXJpchZb119PbOGhi0sOrc2tSqt0X9XCLdiPZcJCUDtf_qVv5ySKT6TIM7IPReh1eapahf--CXzbX_MtoiLNFb3Q2qLQD9As6NvsKze7Tqx2-eSRUOlQe5IIXYlZRMkoCdIUBpyCP0eJYI8daLsF8fm7qdRg7OmbP1dSHZKXjdRfxB3455KMc0trLvXsmLQTYQ0-49i6bbdEv-ArywffWeMQd4SaweUBtfhT-V3gTe1hYHwGHkUiW56leOR_gFfoLz9yp98oHtMDctqGfDBXexz4h9VCSt9p3yxftFfLkHXw_uHuYTUFtqn2_fiaZmoBJPxXd7GWCEMIelJKLOyq2WyaHDjc_Ii8A-4p_9KCy-2roXKyLR4O75Mud0TGGz2X0SWF5AkaJs6rr75BCNEznrH2O-adom6hnkPAPGGL7nDXtZ-n_FAkgnrV5YfZoCbCGdGlSWucwzHKvhPeOkR6aSXZIATuo-ioPIUjEMNHkeUWL4DnNbGHl4gRl7u87Dy_-nmOeLaTw39TXdD6R0uE1vE2IJBQTKoQ8WzM-pWPjzCOVlfWQ_U7h-k7CgGcdC8aHDvWLollJtOECK7YiE0EbyoQ0846Lc8zHd1QNmT0QQ_9LEAiKIoiNKEHqx-RySoqTDxIftQvpk2UrVZZCAa6BRUJVRIb0wiJTnv-yketydEuoYzFP06C3jxNXdgOegnRY32BYTQ_nRtWcDTyymmWXJgpUx54g6vjPa3rEw/4sd/ich11JrASCuimGd28oohuw/h0/h001.o8s0lc5SYuUl60ILsRkghrwwWnzs92LVH8_phi7RJ-Y">Read online</a></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="text-align:left;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:Bold;font-size:32px;color:#2A2A2A;padding:2px 0;line-height:38px;"> Does the left have a misogyny problem? </h1><p style="text-align:left;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:20px;color:#3E3E3E;padding:5px 0;line-height:24px;"> The short answer is yes. The longer answer requires a lot more discernment. </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-top:1px solid #E5E7EB;border-bottom:1px solid #E5E7EB;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-top:15px;"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxwlWFJNPp0WuLwNa4Vmyil3R-lXexG4ALFPIxPceNqvoCeY_VGB9TDBVVDy3FPxGkvX_97IfsoW7gUiXgnBksUhB9EXVtciDiCO1RRRZf22PvVj_eRnqNNEuwBg-0NSwiep0s1q2R39OhSZc4D49FxVkoNVvp_akCCpxruGKuSZ0ojW5pyEIrvuYIfxJoVT8s-lreVOAUqCqUWXt7FIvRpX3AUQtOmPdugw_HZnzNvuQcxTpF3Q1YafvVpa2JKdtwKLmIWncOgiTQ3DEq2SjCuaIYIsDa2IfWQB2hhctefSAbiFE43gYgRpRZBiYsTLr4o0h7BMFl3ihyV_pr9SpwFD2mIboB_caRK-3HPL6tx0cT2ILSrzhAwsG8WivG-4-6VzSE_0Q80DkqOreIXkqxw3OpXkODgePnCgmjKUcE7xKMnCFCbLleH0umBIOu76_l_cNfzkAJ8mfO1uU_7RFZK-VnggDdQUlxypAQfJnpL_chrlJ_Id27vLN3DPPFmDKJa-rI2wrhGwwbypwm4UYeQNeqqmOwYZZHvMeuBSGzeMZhp42cQr04f1DGgyI-oc3HyRcOCjwDzp2p0IflhJ3MQyJFSPcB6iqjgnhMy3QuaL8ofoC2hAzcfcGmdo40Lcr1ew8Evd9mHbmp86x3lND0K51Y-vXrCOIw-BKRvR69wBVWwstPMAW0Vmi5Fa2y-tpPtwLNIHUNk8cjzegwK0Q-Y8TiG2z7DvSERe_GPvlQtJVqABKPkKjtzFBbuuatTmY6iDqYp93Levfg9zDaSUvEC7pqvsdilW1tuZ31JSzdja3gFvRvebvwii81gWOkYrfExJOctBRU0dit00s9LLR5dL/4sd/ich11JrASCuimGd28oohuw/h1/h001.OdH3RkvdX23MYzN8bGKmNGuixFnNxw9pVA1xjqHA1G4" style="text-decoration:none; display:block;"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" style="border: 1px solid #E5E7EB; border-radius: 100%; width: 18px; height: 18px; padding: 8px;"><img style="display:block; width:100%; height:100%; max-width:18px; max-height:18px; object-fit: contain;" alt="like" width="18" height="18" border="0" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/header/like.png"/></td></tr></table></a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td align="right" valign="middle"></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style="line-height:0;"><div data-open-tracking="true"> <img src="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/o/u001.52hRbZ5bjhIlawsIDKScVg/4sd/ich11JrASCuimGd28oohuw/ho.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/> </div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr id="content-blocks"><td class="email-card-body" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:15px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Last week, I wrote about the <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzy2XWf98ds3sGNXuWuey2bbV7nhxp3Kc__k3FuA0aGQPzevwDz8AmV3VJK1MA98db30B9RsDulNKDt8i5Q7CSU7zeKn6N3tXCXAhjO_BPv6hg_RAVIrEFws4Y0Mnolu5U5jWhKuGM6ttepdP2C7ZN2oREI0ppFZchvrsgBOOvc8K2YPUMOZRLXI2Sn4NcycWLjyotR5y0IYykEat_3f1EvvHuf6ydZ4lSJMqMRcfPUWrEImIWXiN-c2xJYQY7CbzKUXgjy9i9D8CAwbVGLdaTHmBTfIC1dl2JwkXS-Mx41EwsujRINXzNi-2mlAqg2prIw/4sd/ich11JrASCuimGd28oohuw/h2/h001.pA8YTIfrnUYMPllAO4in-9rsWIRjyJ_AYxaPkmZE0Rk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>rape allegation</span></a> against Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate candidate from Maine who has since <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzy2XWf98ds3sGNXuWuey2bZmIb_6_SiXLY2XTf3p89xVuN3ZzSYAPHc0IyqepDXQRP43VYizZhL2Wrpw8CAlAIpYujTrpPTeXrZ0vmg1zdotbwoyQqlivSENmqnUxfyWp0ZyWcefQZfhvmeV4xsGoBs_oG1hVbdMw7PYa-SgNvOcfKbiDi9G871ZUty2425fs9z0TT6xmlKnFLvuJ5Bh9o6uyy5mJil_5XNx7bNdpIEjE4jmDshC6x3wZaulf1lkOLCVd9mvoVfrkLKF5VUpmI_M9IgYktBZ3YmXLdFCTkVxPk3mntqm2foPAClLa2Ynzw/4sd/ich11JrASCuimGd28oohuw/h3/h001.x-DvOolKE-SnJXeW0OZb7pX7NL7JwjYsnZBJcWojWOg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>dropped out</span></a>, leaving a temporary vacuum for a new progressive challenger to Republican Sen. Susan Collins to fill. While organizers in the northeast scramble to select a new candidate, a wider conversation has broken out online about whether the leftists who rallied behind Platner should have seen this coming, if the vile attitude from <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzzuuz8CDUTlmLLr1P9dTYz14S8Fm6vQ3E-Ch3ItEUHQjFUUGxPPLhR3D7L6bn1mI-6Vz1LIL3FeW5XyHrb4WdApNmD_L-SmXCtl8OtKaSNw7k0yPxfOhsJXPwhQC4AUqN8_5XIdhxw4NfUX-Dv2MKSIneseKFw3wValGO3j4QYgis-b-65Xa0d4tjE0jm3pEnxIXrCr_XDWAIZeScg4vByGvf3ZGYug4fok2R6FPU7V0SCLw7qLee7ADCXM09qprWFmdKJAsVyzKKB4Jhm-oVdh1dg3KBfgP77SFF80nWLGT/4sd/ich11JrASCuimGd28oohuw/h4/h001.-Kp1QTNkwmrJO34GXj12tv5Jw5aeQHe7JvW_N_b5pAU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>some left-leaning journalists</span></a> in the wake of the allegations will result in any consequences, and more broadly, if we have a bigger problem with misogyny on the left to contend with. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The answer to the last question is <i>duh</i>. There’s no political faction or place or person untouched by the misogyny that courses through everything. Our status quo is violent patriarchy, and sexual violence is a universal crisis. Of course, compared to the Christofascists running the U.S. into the ground, it may seem unhelpful to criticize the left for misogyny at all. But that would be wrong. It’s not only valid to call out misogyny wherever it exists, but also to ensure that combatting it is a core part of the growing leftist movement. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s also important to recognize when critiques of misogyny are a smokescreen for the political establishment to smear the movement at large. We’re already seeing that trend emerge in the wake of the Platner scandal, too. Discernment is key here, and it’s not always easy in the fast-paced social media and news environment. It’s no wonder this topic has stoked so much conversation, including on my Discord for Spitfire News members over the past week. It has given me a lot to think about. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF !important;color:#2D2D2D !important;padding-bottom:calc(15px * 2);padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:calc(15px * 2);"><tbody class="email-paywall-break-body" style="background-color:#FFFFFF !important;color:#2D2D2D !important;display:table;width:100%;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/publication/logo/2f1777da-4def-4e85-977b-495bb18a0532/thumb_Screenshot_2025-02-03_at_11.48.19_AM.png" alt="Spitfire News" height="auto" width=56 style="height:auto;max-width:56px;padding:12px 0px;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2D2D2D !important;font-weight:600;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h2 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