The complicated ethics of porn consumption
The adult film industry’s relation to women lags a good hundred years behind the rest of society.
Tom Ball
Wednesday
Thursday
Amateur porn is not empowering
If ever you find yourself bored and with 15 minutes to spare, I recommend looking up Pornhub’s annual report, the closest thing you will get to a statistical breakdown of the planet’s libido. Here you will discover that the average visit to Pornhub lasts nine minutes 59 seconds; that the most popular time to watch
Monday
The QAnon phenomenon shows Trump as the greatest conspiracy theorist of all
‘Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power.’
Thursday
Why America’s détente with Putin makes Belarus nervous
‘If we don’t survive these years, if we will fail, it means we will have to become part of some other state, or they will simply wipe their feet on us.’
Tuesday
Why Christopher Steele should spill the beans
Lawyers representing the ex-spook-turned-private-investigator Christopher Steele were in action yesterday at London’s High Court. In a rather convoluted turn of events, BuzzFeed, who published Steele’s leaked dossier on links relating to Trump and Moscow, is now seeking to question the author “on the dossier as a whole” because of the document’s importance in the “public’s … Read more
Thursday
Putin shows off his ‘dagger’ on Victory Day
Then there’s the bravado that goes with it too. International Women’s Day is widely and actively observed in Russia, and though there is an official male equivalent in November, Victory Day is far closer to any actual celebration of masculinity. In the same year that I was wandering the streets of Petersburg trying to steer clear of drunken sailors, a friend of mine
Thursday
Meet the Russian housewives of London
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Knightsbridge, London is nestled in a maze of mews streets and embassy rows. It’s as much an expat social club as it is a place of worship, and on Sunday mornings it’s packed to the rafters. In what can sometimes look like one big game of Grand-mother’s Footsteps, the congregation
