The Left Is the Free Speech Party Now
As MAGA flexes the power of the state to attack dissent, protest, and now mere comedy, it's time for the left to embrace the mantle of free speech.
Katherine Alejandra Cross
Katherine Cross is a widely published critic and scholar. Her new book "Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix" is available now from Little Puss Press.
The Potemkin Feminism of "Sex-Based Rights"
"Sex-based rights" are a Potemkin feminism that commit us to a theory of objective sex where there is something special about your very biology that entitles you to special treatment not deserved by others.
Elon Musk's Artificial God
In the vision of Musk and other lords of Silicon Valley, the purpose of AI technology is to insulate them, and only them, from any hint that they might live in a society.
O Canada
For all the well-meaning stereotypes about Canadian Nice, the truth of the country is one of a flawed, disputatious pluralistic work-in-progress that can emerge as a beacon for the democratic world.
The New State Media
A corrupt bargain has been struck between the oligarchs who own our public squares and the autocrats who aspire to own our country.
Meta Mirror World
The solipsism of social media rests on the false promise of everything being yours: your feed, your network, your friends, customisable and uniquely, ineffably you.
neonliberalism
Neon Liberalism #8: Will Bluesky Save Us?
Social media powered the Arab Spring, the George Floyd protests, and (seemingly) much of our politics for the last decade. Since Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, many liberals have hoped that Bluesky might become what Twitter once was. But is social media really always a tool of progress?
Bluesky Won't Save Us
Like radiation, social media is invisible scientific effluence that leaves us both more knowledgeable and more ignorant of the causes of our own afflictions than ever
Against Political Nihilism
Reject the plea for vibes over action.