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The Rise of OnlyFans: A Sign of Economic Austerity

OnlyFans performer Ariel Anderssen has recently written about the ways in which she is empowered as an adult performer who is an active participant in the sex economy by choice.…

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The Limits of Lived Experience

The phrase lived experience seems to be part of the new normal of modern identity politics. Activists appeal to lived experiences to make their case against perceived social exclusion and…

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5 min

Politics

We Can’t Just Oppose Racism: We Must Transcend Race

What does it mean for a racially designated person to no longer accept that designation? I didn’t fully realise the significance of being coded as black until I was thirteen.…

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11 min

Politics

It’s Not Socialism, It’s Clientelism

Socialism has enjoyed something of a renaissance in the US over the past few years, with the rise of populist politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who proudly embrace…

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6 min

Politics

Is There A New Third Way?

When Senator Bernie Sanders recently dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, many wondered how, despite his initial surge in the polls, he was defeated by Joe Biden, a gaffe-prone…

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12 min

Politics

The Left is Having an Identity Crisis

The Left is in crisis. We no longer present a cohesive movement, and we no longer form coherent political parties. We are a fractured and ill-defined mess, our goals are…

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10 min

Politics

Francis Fukuyama’s “Identity”: A Book Review

Francis Fukuyama is one of those authors who are often invoked and far less frequently read. This has to do, at least in part, with the controversy surrounding his first…

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10 min

Politics

Wollstonecraft’s Dilemma: Identity Politics and Feminism

Although the ideology of identity politics remains hegemonic in the academy and in many social institutions, a growing—and arguably necessary—body of critique has been emerging. These critiques have emanated both…

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8 min

Irshad Manji’s “Don’t Label Me”: Book Review

It’s hard to know how to respond to the culture wars, which are raging all around us. Of course, we all know how we should respond: by practicing mutual respect,…

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8 min

Politics

The Politics of Slavoj Zizek

Slavoj Žižek recently debated Jordan Peterson, in a conflict that was somewhat dramatically hailed as the intellectual duel of the century. One of the most amusing moments came when Peterson…

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7 min

Culture & Media

Literature, Authenticity and Race

As Cathy Young observes in a recent essay, the media has not given J. D. Salinger a warm welcome into his centennial year. Two days before the celebrated author’s birthday, the Washington…

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7 min

Politics

Rahaf Mohammad and the Need for Universal Human Rights

Rahaf Mohammed’s epic escape and rescue have once again demonstrated the pressing need for humanity to join together to protect human rights irrespective of caste, color or creed. The incident…

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9 min

Psychology

Identity: Knowing What It’s Like To Be Something

Like most people who hang around on social media, now and again I come across an exchange which goes like this: “I think such-and-such,” “How dare you think such-and-such? You’re not…

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12 min

A Persian Popinjay. A Review of the Film Bohemian Rhapsody

Warning: contains spoilers. The Demands of the Narrative The film opens with a close-up of star Rami Malek’s eye, a circlet of pale blue-grey iris clearly visible around a wide…

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Identity Politics

The Rise of OnlyFans: A Sign of Economic Austerity

The Limits of Lived Experience

We Can’t Just Oppose Racism: We Must Transcend Race

It’s Not Socialism, It’s Clientelism

Is There A New Third Way?

The Left is Having an Identity Crisis

Francis Fukuyama’s “Identity”: A Book Review

Wollstonecraft’s Dilemma: Identity Politics and Feminism

Irshad Manji’s “Don’t Label Me”: Book Review

The Politics of Slavoj Zizek

Literature, Authenticity and Race

Rahaf Mohammad and the Need for Universal Human Rights

Identity: Knowing What It’s Like To Be Something

A Persian Popinjay. A Review of the Film Bohemian Rhapsody

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