The Enemy List is Growing—And Apparently, I’m On It

Diary: Monday, 17 March 2025

Today, I found myself in an unusual position— I’ve been added to a growing list of so-called “enemies.” Never mind that I’m neither American nor living in the U.S.—I’ve somehow earned my place among those accused of perpetuating the “hoax of global warming.”

It’s almost amusing, but not surprising. This isn’t new. Scapegoating has always been a tool of the powerful, an age-old tactic to deflect anger from the true architects of inequality. Instead of confronting the mechanisms that concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a few, anger is skilfully deflected onto the most vulnerable—immigrants, outsiders, librarians, women and now, climate scientists.

We, as women, recognize this game all too well. For centuries, we’ve been blamed for everything from political unrest to moral decay. The pattern is simple: when those in power feel threatened, they rewrite the crisis. They turn accountability into division. Instead of facing their own failures, they pit people against each other.

In times of economic or political turmoil, this tactic becomes even more pronounced. When corruption riles, when mismanagement becomes too obvious to ignore, the ruling class does what it does best—find someone else to take the fall. It’s a magic trick as old as history: Look here, not there. Blame them, not us.

If we don’t question these narratives—if we fail to ask who benefits from them— we risk falling into the same trap, tearing at each other while the real culprits remain unscathed. The enemy isn’t who they tell us it is. And if we don’t start questioning that, we’ll always be playing into their hands.