This week marks the second anniversary of Israel's escalating genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine. As a ceasefire deal comes into effect, I'm looking at what the past two years have shown me about the world—and myself
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Emma Watson's appearance on Jay Shetty's podcast went viral for her comments on J.K. Rowling—and Rowling's catty response. Yes, this is an argument for not offering bigots civility.
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My news feeds are full of panicked posts about the death of free speech, and for good reason. But, I have some bad news: we are not in the canary phase anymore, and haven’t been for quite some time.
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The BBC journalist’s new documentary about extremist Israeli settlers is really well-done. But, it’s really only revelatory because Western media has for the most part ignored Palestinian voices.
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Big companies like Meta and Target cancelling their DEI programs and pre-emptively capitulating to fascist worldviews is bad, but individuals doing the same thing is definitely worse.
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But it is a newsletter about what it means to live in the west at this moment, and the fundamental tension between people who want to return to ‘normal,’ and people who know that’s an idea that doesn’t exist anymore.
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Out: Alice Munro art monster discourse. In: Literally any of these alternate conversations.
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If the New York Times had taken more care in its reporting on Hamas’ alleged use of sexual violence against Israeli women and girls, their story might have been less dramatic, but more accurate.
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Condé Nast is folding Pitchfork into GQ—but that’s not because the influential music website was ‘unsuccessful.’
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Dozens of Palestinian journalists have been killed by IDF airstrikes since Oct. 7. How come so many of my colleagues have nothing to say?
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CBC’s personal use policy now extends to people’s likes on social media—at least, as they relate to Israel and Palestine. It’s a clear attempt to project ‘objectivity,’ a much-lauded journalistic value that has never actually existed.
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The funniest part of Bobbi Althoff and Amelia Dimoldenberg’s interviews is how awkward they are. But considering how much they depend on proximity to Blackness, is that also kind of… weird?
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And why moving away from the era of centralized internet might actually help defang stan culture
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Layoffs, potential mergers, tech companies that refuse to surface our content—Canadian media is having a very hard month. I’m still making the case that we should not give into pessimism.
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The host of 'Signal to Help,' a new podcast about how people can support survivors of gender-based violence, on why this topic is so timely and the importance of actionable advice.
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Dehumanizing language, passive voice, inaccuracies—journalists got so many things wrong in their coverage of this killing.
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The Toronto arts and culture publication has recently published two articles with obviously transphobic framing. ~wHaT aRe yOuR tHoUgHtS oN tHiS?~
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Recently, Sarah Polley and Julia Fox made jokey comments about a trending topic without understanding the context. Here's what that says about the way we communicate online
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‘Spare’ features plenty of juicy details, but it’s short on real reflection about the institutions Harry belongs to… and why he still believes in them.
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It’s year-end round-up szn! Here’s my contribution to the genre.
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