A rare treat to have @benwurgaft.bsky.social on the site with this searing, well-done piece
In the supermarket or at the taco truck, whether it’s government subsidies for agriculture or the working conditions of food workers, food and politics are never far apart. Under the second Trump admi...
no innocents in jenin, no innocents in gaza, no innocents anywhere in iran, no innocents in southern lebanon. none too in yemen. none in syria. vanishingly few innocents in qatar. a worrying shortage of innocents in greek, maltese, and tunisian territorial waters
really good from @sayanniething.bsky.social on Apple TV’s “Imperfect Women” and the recent genre of show we could easily call “Imperfect Women”
The 92NY canceled my appearance in late October 2023 after I signed a ceasefire letter and reiterated my support for BDS.
But they're ok with having this gentleman, Ilya Shapiro, who seems to like genocide and is vocal about it.
One reaction to six-hour TSA lines and ICE in airports that I would like to see more is: If airline industry unions could strike like normal unions, none of this would be happening.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-conseq...
rich traditions
This week, Defector's new culture newsletter The Span has an update on Middlemarch Madness: defector.beehiiv.com/p/it-s-elite...
Brandy Jensen
We asked the mayor of Ottawa why he keeps posting such grim photos: defector.com/we-asked-the...
DEFECTOR is one of the coolest outlets out there for cultural criticism (thanks to @brandyjensen.bsky.social), and so I'm very proud to have written about an unfortunately uncool show for them.
I always feel a bit icky writing a pan, but let's just say: I'm doing it for the ladies.
they call it The Last Good Website and boy are they right
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
TRIGGER WARNING, RFK jr's FACE SUPERIMPOSED ON CUTS OF MEAT: I wrote about the current iteration of weird Republican meat fixation for
@brandyjensen.bsky.social at @defector.com
The result? "RFK Jr.'s Offal Advice:"
defector.com/rfk-jr-s-off...
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Hamilton Nolan
Yitzhak Kroizer, Israeli MK and member of Israel's governing coalition, defends the summary execution of two Palestinian children by Israeli soldiers who shot them in the head:
"in Jenin, there are no innocent civilians. In Jenin, there are no innocent children."
Lumpy, dirty piles of snow, shading to slush and then water, surround an unused rink. In the background, a featureless wall of gray, and a swollen cloud that threatens if not rain then no immediate pr...
In the sixth episode of Apple TV’s Imperfect Women, the soft-spoken housewife Mary (Elisabeth Moss) nervously awaits the judgment of her writing group. She is sharing a work of autofiction titled “Mar...
Brandy Jensen
defector.com
In the supermarket or at the taco truck, whether it’s government subsidies for agriculture or the working conditions of food workers, food and politics are never far apart. Under the second Trump admi...
"Rather than risk being confronted by a work of art that throws into question your way of living, you can have a lithe and large-eyed AI gyrate on the floor in exactly the way you have prompted her to." defector.com/the-new-evan...
In close-up for much of The Testament of Ann Lee, her eyes brimming with light, Ann Lee seems to be in a persistent state of shuddering. The founder of the Shaker religious sect, played by Amanda…
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In the sixth episode of Apple TV’s Imperfect Women, the soft-spoken housewife Mary (Elisabeth Moss) nervously awaits the judgment of her writing group. She is sharing a work of autofiction titled “Mar...
