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The Long Overdue Question Of What A Trans Woman Is
On January 11th, 1923, following a series of refusals and rejections, an Indian man named Bhagat Singh Thind finally got his application for naturalised…
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The Israel/Palestine Integrity Test
On March 23rd, 1775, as the might of King George III’s army threatened to crush the American colonies, Patrick Henry persuaded the Second Virginia…
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“What Is Israel Supposed To Do?” And Other Stupid Questions
A few years ago, out of nowhere, a friend of mine confessed to a murder.
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The Tariffying Tale of Trump's Incompetence
Mar, 2016. As Donald Trump’s election campaign begins to pick up steam, Trump asks his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to do some economic policy research on…
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March 2025

The Exasperating Rise Of The Woke Right
On June 12th, 2020, at the height of the racial reckoning, Mariame Kaba published an article in the New York Times titled, Yes, We Literally Mean…
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The Democrats Are Losing A Game They Don't Seem To Know They're Playing
On Jan 7th, 2021, after a “day of love” at the Capitol, Facebook and Instagram banned Donald Trump from posting on their platforms.
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The Familiar Naivety of "America First"
On September 4th, 1940, almost a year to the day after Hitler invaded Poland, a coalition of Democrats and Republicans, communists and anti-communists…
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February 2025

How TERFs Became Such Terrible, Hateful, Evil, Bigots
A few weeks ago, while visiting a wine museum, I got an unexpected insight into the trans experience.
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The True Face Of Trump Derangement Syndrome
Manchester, 2012. Lewis Bigmore places his first-ever bet, aged 16, and wins £64,000 ($80,000). He realises immediately that this is a life-changing…
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Adventures In The Outrage Industrial Complex
Last week, while enjoying a 2 am stroll in the middle of winter, I was attacked by two illegal immigrants in MAGA hats and matching confederate flag…
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From The Riviera To The Sea
It shouldn’t be possible for a guy with over $50 million in the bank to make us feel bad about his financial problems.
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Doing A Nazi Salute Doesn't Make You A Nazi, It Makes You An Asshole
June 3rd, 2020. On his drive home from a hard day’s work, Emmanuel Cafferty sticks his hand out of his truck window and accidentally ruins his life.
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January 2025

The Unexpected Subtleties Of A Nazi Salute
On July 29th, 2024, at a dance and yoga workshop in Southport, England, a 17-year-old named Axel Rudakubana murdered three little girls. They were six…
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How BLM-Era Antiracism Ate Itself
I don’t remember the moment I realised that the BLM-era antiracism movement was done for. Maybe it was when I watched Ibram X Kendi in front of a crowd…
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The Predictable Reason Billionaires Started Caring About Free Speech
Picture yourself in an algebra class.The air is thick with the scent of wood lacquer and boredom, the clock ticks slowly towards freedom, and the…
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The Quiet Death Of Antiracism
At the beginning of last year, in a piece for The Atlantic, Nellie Bowles described the mood at a four-day antiracist cult…excuse me, Zoom seminar she…
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Trans Women Are Not Women. And That's Okay.
Jan 13th, 2024. India Willoughby, a reality TV-grade celebrity and trans woman, writes a (now deleted) tweet about kidnapping three women: Scottish MP…
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Luigi Mangione And The Renaissance Of Class Warfare
January 21st, 1793. After years of soaring living costs, failed harvests, and ongoing political turmoil, millions of members of France's working class…
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December 2024

The Problematic Dream Of A Black Israel
In her review of Ta-Nehisi Coates' latest book, The Message, Helen Andrews offered a controversial explanation for Coates’ objections to the…
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Daniel Penny And The Uncomfortable Reality Of “Stepping Up”
On March 13th, 1964, in the early hours of the morning, a serial killer named Winston Moseley attacked a woman by the name of Kitty Genovese, stabbing…
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Who’s Keeping Men In The Basement Addicted To Porn?
I’m not sure how, but I’ve made something of a career for myself by pointing out utterly banal, not-remotely controversial facts:
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Why White American Men Chose The Bear
In mid-2024, for a couple of weeks, the biggest question on social media was whether women were better off alone in the woods with a randomly selected…
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November 2024

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