Inthiswickedlyfunnyculturalcritique,theauthorofthecriticallyacclaimedmemoirandHuluseriesShrillexposesmisogynyinthe#MeTooera.Thisisawitchhunt.We’rewitches,andwe’rehuntingyou.Fromthemomentpowerfulmenstartedfallingtothe#MeToomovement,thelamentationsbegan:thisisfeminismgonetoofar,thisisinjustice,thisisawitchhunt.InTheWitchesAreComing,firebrandauthoroftheNewYorkTimesbestsellingmemoirandnowcriticallyacclaimedHuluTVseriesShrill,LindyWest,turnsthatrefrainonitshead.Youthinkthisisawitchhunt?Fine.You’vegotone.Inalaugh-out-loud,incisiveculturalcritique,Westextollstheworld-changingmagicoftruth,urgingreaderstoreckonwithdarkliesintheheartoftheAmericanmythos,andunpackingthecomplicated,andsometimestragic,politicsofnotbeingawhitemaninthetwenty-firstcentury.Shetracksthemisogynyandpropagandahidden(ornotsohidden)inthemediasheandherpeersdevouredgrowingup,abuffetofdistortions,delusions,prejudice,andoutrightbullsh*tthathasallowedwhitemalemediocritytomaintainadeathgriponAmericancultureandpolitics-andthatdeliveredustothisprecarious,disorientingmomentinhistory.Westwrites,“Wewerejustahair’sbreadthfromelectingAmerica’sfirstfemalepresidenttosucceedAmerica’sfirstblackpresident.Weweren’tdone,butweweredoingit.Andthen,truetoform--liketheBalrog’swhipcatchingGandalfbyhislittlegraybootie,likethehusbandinaLifetimemoviehissing,’IfIcan’thaveyou,noonecan’--whiteAmericanvotersshovedanincompetent,racistconmanintotheWhiteHouse.“Wecannotunderstandhowwegothere’--howthelandofthefreebecameTrump’sAmerica--withoutexaminingthechasmbetweenwhoweareandwhowethinkweare,withoutfact-checkingthestorieswetellourselvesaboutourselvesandeachother.Thetruthcantransformus;thereiswitchcraftinit.LindyWestturnsonthelight.
