Dec. 16, 2025

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Our host and founder Anna Lind-Guzik reads her essay, "Why Do So Many Men Destroy What They Can't Control?", mapping the direct connection between domestic and authoritarian violence, and why we will never be able to have equality so long as violence at home is ignored. You can read her original essay on the site here: https://conversationalist.org/2023/02/10/domestic-abuse-family-annihilation-gender-violence-why-men-destroy/

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Cover Art: María Medem

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