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Invisible Nation: Why Authoritarians Fear & Target Women and Democracy

A vHopeful Conversation full of laughs for all with brilliant authors Soraya Chemaly and Anna Malaika Tubbs on International Women's Day

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Vanessa Hope, Soraya Chemaly, and Anna Malaika Tubbs
Mar 08, 2026
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For International Women’s Day, Vanessa Hope speaks with authors Anna Malaika Tubbs (The Three Mothers, Erased) and Soraya Chemaly (Rage Becomes Her, The Resilience Myth, All We Want Is Everything) about why authoritarians fear and target women and democracy, and how American patriarchy is rooted in the country’s founding. They trace how Black women and …

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Author, activist, and journalist. Author of Rage Becomes Her, The Resilience Myth and the newly released, All We Want is Everything. Would rather laugh and dance than cry. Petty is my middle name.
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Storytelling is my passion. I'm a 2x NYT bestselling author of The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of MLK Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation + Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us.
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