The vibe shifts to East Austin
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A Texas neighborhood is overtaken by invasive strains of twee
Kat Rosenfield
Thursday
Friday
Could Elon Musk save Twitter?
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Freddy Gray speaks to Kat Rosenfield, the author and UnHerd columnist, about Elon Musk’s proposal to buy a controlling stake in the social media giant. Rosenfield’s latest book, No One Will Miss Her, is published by HarperCollins and is available to buy now.
Friday
The PR campaign at the heart of the war on Netflix
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Dave Chappelle’s critics aren’t asking for censorship. They want reparations
Monday
The woke are abolishing women
From our US edition
There’s a whole new world of terminology out there, all of it centered on bodies and biology
Monday
The moral panic over Instagram and girls
This week’s biggest social media panic that isn’t about Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s balls comes to us from the Wall Street Journal, in a bombshell report titled ‘The Facebook Files.’ According to WSJ reporters, a trove of internal documents from the secretive social media company reveals that, despite much protest (and congressional testimony) to the contrary, Facebook’s
Wednesday
Narcing and shaming: beware the Texas abortion law
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Individual Texans are now legally entitled to viciously interfere with another person’s life
Monday
The zero COVID delusion
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We’ve been led to believe that if we just care enough and try really hard, we can stop getting sick and save lives
Sunday
Black Widow and the bungling of female superhero movies
From our US edition
Is the Scarlett Johansson lawsuit Disney’s latest unforced error?
Thursday
Will Chrissy Teigen learn the moral of her own story?
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This is what happens when you cultivate a culture of apology without forgiveness
Friday
Amy Chua and the age of infantilization
From our US edition
Some young people would prefer to be nurtured than respected
Wednesday
Ellie Kemper and Twitter’s Two Minutes Hate
From our US edition
Twitter’s ‘what’s happening’ sidebar enables the mob to pile on
Friday
How politics ruined Instagram
From our US edition
Complex issues are now reducible to cutesy infographics and simple sloganeering
Wednesday
Donald Trump: businessman, politician…blogger?
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We all know Donald Trump’s new ‘desk’ website is a blog. The question is, does he?
Thursday
Vaxxed lives matter!
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The public-health mess of the outdoor protest
Tuesday
Who let the dogs out?
From our US edition
The politics of relocating pups
Monday
Stop trying to make ‘sexy Prince William’ happen
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It’s not going to happen
Friday
Marilyn Manson and the death of the bad boy
From our US edition
Rebellion used to be sexy, and bad used to be so, so good
Friday
Jared Porter’s cold-storage cancellation
From our US edition
A foolish flirtation, an old tweet, a professional miscalculation that aged poorly: it’s all there, ready to be exhumed and trotted out
Thursday
What does Andrew Cuomo’s accuser want?
From our US edition
Lindsey Boylan accused the New York governor of sexual harassment on Twitter. But she doesn’t want to talk to the press about it
Tuesday
Where were you when you found out Trump won?
From our US edition
As the first round of polls close and we await the results, I understand that I have no idea what’s going to happen
