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TERF Island: the embarassing truth about Britain's Trans Panic.
Condemning an entire category of people on the basis that one of them might commit a crime is the very essence of prejudice. And that prejudice plays…
Apr 26 • 
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TERF Island: the embarassing truth about Britain's Trans Panic.
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The Ballistic Ignorance of Elon Musk
We're in for another few years of stupid opinions about sexual violence from overpromoted failsons demanding we take them seriously. None of these men…
Jan 11 • 
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Why 'woke' is just a right-wing fetish.
Please stop recruiting us into your persecution fantasy. On kink, politics and Brexit, with some incidental detours into my misspent youth.
May 25 • 
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I Want To Believe in Ted Lasso.
The Apple hit is a fantasy show where the magic system is healthy masculinity and TLDR I bloody love it. [SPOILER-FREE]
Oct 8, 2021 • 
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I Want To Believe in Ted Lasso.
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'Encanto' is a Beautiful, Brilliant, Broken Mess.
Yes, we're going to Talk About Bruno.
Jan 14, 2022 • 
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'Encanto' is a Beautiful, Brilliant, Broken Mess.
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Cancelling, Crybullies and Consequences
Being asked to care about other people isn't actually an attack on your human rights.
Mar 17, 2022 • 
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All the Best Things About Europe with None of the Genocide
The Eurovision song contest is epic chaos and probably also the only honest democracy that’s ever existed.
May 14, 2022 • 
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All the Best Things About Europe with None of the Genocide
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What is wrong with you people?
Congratulations on owning the libs. Was it worth it?
Jan 24 • 
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What is wrong with you people?
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The Room of Requirement
My essay on fan culture, politics and the Potterverse for the British Library's Fantasy Exhibit.
Feb 27, 2024 • 
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This is where I’ve been.
An experiment in not being ashamed of having a human reaction,
Mar 7, 2022 • 
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In a time of monsters: do we have any ideas for surviving the zombie apocalypse that aren’t nightmare patriarchy?
Alex Garland is looking for redemption.
Jun 25 • 
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In a time of monsters: do we have any ideas for surviving the zombie apocalypse that aren’t nightmare patriarchy?
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Guilty Pleasures
Luigi Mangione and the making of a folk hero
Dec 20, 2024 • 
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