How is Theresa May still standing?
It has to have been the worst week in her dismal career, but somehow Theresa May is still Prime Minister. In a culture where politicians and others in leadership positions frequently fall on their...
Category: Commentary
How can we begin to define sexuality if words aren’t enough?
Sexuality, according to the dictionary, is defined as “a person’s sexual orientation or preference”. Seven years ago, pop ballad and slow R&B artist Frank Ocean opened up about his...
#WednesdayWisdom: Hey, capitalist pigdogs: Your shutdown is your fault
In case you missed it, there’s a little thing called the longest government shutdown in history going on in the richest nation in the world right now — and it has to do with the sentient wig we...
When a Native American disabled woman is raped
Do Indigenous women’s lives matter in America? The horrific treatment of a Native American woman who was raped while in a persistent vegetative* state suggests not, especially when they are also...
The intimacy, culture, and experience of “Stick n’ Poke Tattoos”
Over the past few years, “stick and poke” tattoos have been re-gaining their rightly deserved spot in tattoo culture across the globe. With the “stick and poke” method being the simplest way...
Is Trump’s planned Syria withdrawal really a case of practical realism?
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria, where at least 2,000 U.S. troops are supporting Kurdish-led forces in their multiple offensives against the Islamic State (ISIS),...
When is a major incident not a major incident?
If a government minister declares a major incident, you imagine something life-changing and devastating has happened. A bomb has gone off or a train has derailed, a coach has crashed or people have...
#WednesdayWisdom: An exhaustive but by no means complete list of people to blame for Saturn’s dying rings
You may have heard that Saturn is losing its rings at a catastrophic rate — but have you also heard about the upcoming heat death of the universe? The science on the latter is a bit less concrete,...
Public marriage proposals are coercive and oppressive
Imagine you’re in a restaurant and a hush descends across all the guests. You look around and see, in the far corner, a man who has gone down on one knee, open ring box in hand, proposing to the...
Caught in the respectability trap
Speaking of letting people enjoy things, let’s talk about… respectability politics. The dark side of embracing the personal as political is definitely the moment we start policing ourselves to...