Culture

Woke Twitter Laughs at Jimmy Fallon’s Fear of Cancellation 0
- Culture
- February 12, 2020
Drag performer RuPaul appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon the other day. In recent years, drag has achieved widespread visibility and acceptance, sashaying triumphantly from underground clubs to TV screens and into elementary school classrooms. Now, it has reached a new milestone, with RuPaul becoming the first drag queen to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. “This
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The Latest Feminist Idea Is ‘1984’ Meets ‘The Office’0
- Culture
- February 12, 2020
One minute you are contemplating your next vacation, the next you click on Facebook and see adverts for hotels and cheap flights. Coincidence? Surely. But what about that smart speaker in your kitchen? It doesn’t just play music and provide an on-demand weather forecast. It hears about the groceries that need replenishing, the cat’s trip
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Five Tips for Working While Caring for Small Children 0
- Culture
- February 12, 2020
Working while caring for young children is a reality of life for many Americans. Over one-third of America’s workforce does freelance, and companies are becoming more open-minded about telecommuting. These arrangements offer a great deal of freedom, but they also present significant challenges for parents of young children. Yes, daycare and babysitters are expensive, but
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My Daughter Plays Like a Trad Wife 0
- Culture
- February 11, 2020
Having just one almost two-year-old girl, I am a relative newcomer to the world of little girls. My first two children were boys who were drawn towards roadworks, train tracks and diggers. Hence my little girl has a wide range of vehicles to choose from. Yet, unlike either of my boys, she insists on playing with her “babies”,
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My New Life After Transgender Despair 0
- Culture
- February 10, 2020
Last December, I received an early Christmas present that I would have rejected just one year earlier: an “M” for “male” on my driver’s license. The switch back to male marked the end of a long journey of gender confusion and self-deception. Along the way I became a transgender activist and then America’s first legally non-binary
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In Defense of Childhood Boredom 0
- Culture
- February 10, 2020
Childhood can exist almost outside of time, if its tenuous relationship to the clocks and schedules of adults is preserved. A young child has no real sense of the passing of time – and thus does not bear the weight we adults feel in its relentless passing. Little boys and girls can spend hours making paper airplanes,
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