Occasionally, there are awkward moments in activism, and one of those is finding out that you appear to be on the same side as campaigners who should hate you. The homophobes or the anti-abortionists...
As you might have heard, the Russia Thing is on the loose in the United States and it’s causing a lot of consternation in the halls of power. The intellectual giant known as the president’s...
In a truly unprecedented development, angry Iraqi Kurds on Saturday, January 26, ransacked one of Turkey's military bases on their soil in reaction to the continuous Turkish airstrikes on the...
I love Instagram. In social media terms, it’s my happy place, full of pretty flowers and witty cartoons and empowering photographs and delicious food. I have curated my timeline so carefully that...
Well, it’s January and you know what that means… time to hit the Oscars trail yet again! Sigh. Let’s get the journey over with. If you’re not feeling terribly enthused about the season, join...
In the latest edition of Foreign Affairs, Oriana Skylar Mastro writes that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is being financed via loans given to developing countries “without the usual...
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...
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...
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...
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...
