Skewering the absurdities of our age. Making sense of the ideas behind them.
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Hollywood: A Race Odyssey
Detail from film poster for the Odyssey (fair use)
The last James Bond movie was five years ago. I remember nothing about it except that, in a first for 007, he dies at the end. This was the best part of the film because it signalled that...
J.K. Rowling and the Death of Imagination
J.K. Rowling has done more for children’s reading than any other living author, but the work that matters now is her campaigning for women and girls. Such is her fame that a simple message on a social platform reaches millions, and she uses...
The 'Verbal Swastika', #FreePalestine
The antisemitic malware behind a solidarity slogan.
You've probably had to deal with a computer virus at some point. It likely didn’t seem like a virus at first, and you may have even installed it yourself, thinking it was something benefi...
The Permission to Hate Jews
Photo by Anton Mislawsky on Unsplash
Imagine you’re a tourist in Vietnam, enjoying a bowl of noodles in the hostel’s little restaurant. A couple of tables across from you is a Chinese couple, travellers like you. You realise they’re Chines...
When Political Violence Feels Like Virtue
On the difference between hating politicians and wanting them dead.
I’m against violence, on the whole. It’s ugly and nearly always unnecessary. It’s ubiquitous because humans are ubiquitous, but it’s the worst of us. I don’t wish to see v...
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