THE REVERSE COWBOY – Another university mascot can’t get any love: When you think of hotbeds of progressive activism, the University of Wyoming probably does […]
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PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THEIR DAMNED HISTORY – Warning: Ignorance of history is harmful to the health of political debate (and to your mental health): Nearly […]
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The myth of political civility
The two statements below are equally true: 1. The Left’s Trump Derangement Syndrome, from screaming at the sky to the now routine comparisons with Nazi […]
Continue reading »NO, YOU JUST WEREN’T THAT FUNNY IN THE FIRST PLACE – The overwhelmingly liberal comedians used to really enjoy having Trump to kick around in […]
Continue reading »DISCRIMINATION: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – With another day of social media outrage and counter-outrage about Sarah Sanders being refused service at […]
Continue reading »PRETTY TERRIBLE – Damn those sexy sports fans: Globally, women’s football fandom is on the rise, with women comprising around 40 per cent of worldwide […]
Continue reading »CULTURAL ELITES TELL GERMANS TO STFU – Not happy with what people watch, listen to and talk about? Don’t debate them, just shut down the […]
Continue reading »A DEGREE OF LACKING SELF-AWARENESS – I haven’t thus far blogged about the decision by the Australian National University not to host a course in […]
Continue reading »A BEE IN THE BONNET – Comedian (?) Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c***” an basically suggested she seduces her father to make […]
Continue reading »TWITTING KILLED A TV STAR – In a matter of hours, Roseanne Barr went from an apparently Ambien-induced 2am Twitter rant to having her TV […]
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Are Thomas and Winnie safe?
After a social media storm, Melbourne City Council is assuring parents that it does not plan to ban from its libraries children’s classics like “Thomas […]
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Happy Ramadan from the Greens
The Australian Greens like to troll the conservatives around the time of religious holidays. It’s all good and harmless fun, you know. Cheer up, Tories; […]
Continue reading »CANADIAN GRIEVANCE OLYMPICS: TRANS VS MUSLIM – Who will win? In one corner: The owner of a local waxing spa is mounting a public campaign […]
Continue reading »TEACHING AMERICA ABOUT LGBTQ – What can it indeed? One thing that Iran can teach America about the fight for LGBTQ rights is that it’s […]
Continue reading »AFTER BIKINI BAN, THE WRATH OF KHAN JUNKS JUNK FOOD ADS – Maybe: Junk food advertising could be banned across the entire Transport for London […]
Continue reading »“RENEGADES OF INTELLECTUAL DARK WEB” – On the intellectual dark web they don’t trade drugs and human beings or arrange assassinations and terror acts; it’s […]
Continue reading »RHIANNA’S RELIGIOUS APPROPRIATION – Thank God she didn’t wear a Chinese dress. Co-host @rihanna has arrived! #MetHeavenlyBodies #MetGala pic.twitter.com/HfYtkAmicx — MET GALA (@themetgala) May 7, […]
Continue reading »MY ANNIVERSARY OF AN ANTI-IMPERIALIST VICTORY IS NOT YOUR GODDAMN BOOZE-UP OPPORTUNITY – Vox complains the Americans have culturally appropriated a meaningful Mexican celebrations and […]
Continue reading »CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, A FARCE IN FOUR ACTS – Act 1: An American girl wears a Chinese dress to her prom. Act 2: SJW outrage ensues […]
Continue reading »THE WILD ANTI-COLONIAL BOYS (AND GIRLS (AND OTHER 36 GENDERS)) – In the dispatches from the front of the culture wars: Students at The George […]
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