No, I Will Not Debate You By Laurie Penny Feature Civility will never defeat fascism, no matter what The Economist thinks.
Queer Eye Is an Upbeat Documentary of a Failing Social Order By Ben Huberman Highlight How a hard-not-to-love show glosses over the powers that produced its makeover subjects.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Laurie Penny, Mina Kimes, Skip Hollandsworth, and David Marchese.
Peterson’s Complaint By Laurie Penny Feature There’s no use debating a feeling. It’s time to change how we engage with Jordan Peterson.
Who Does She Think She Is? By Laurie Penny Feature The internet does not hate women. People hate women, and the internet allows them to do it faster, harder, and with impunity.
Reclaiming Our Rage By Sari Botton Highlight Here’s to more women embracing their anger instead of defaulting to sadness.
We’re Not Done Here By Laurie Penny Feature How the MeToo movement became a feminist sexual revolution.
The Consent of the (Un)governed By Laurie Penny Feature “Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
The Unforgiving Minute By Laurie Penny Feature Men, get ready to be uncomfortable for a while. While forgiveness may come one day, it won’t be soon.
The End of (Almost) Everything and (Almost) Everyone By Michelle Weber Highlight Writing in The Baffler, Laurie Penny explores what it will mean for the civilization to collapse slowly, because of climate change, rather than in a single nuclear bang.
