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Ivanka Trump: Trademark Ambition

Donald Trump’s daughter, back when she was still idolised by celebrity-obsessed fashionistas, stars in a promotional brochure for Thierry Mugler.

Storm Warnings: The Strange World Of Quonspiracy

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Exploring the conspiracy-driven world of QAnon and the new book that explores the birth and development of the movement.

Bobby BeauSoleil’s 2021 New Year’s Revolution

A letter from – and about – America by the artist, musician and convict.

Larry Flynt 1942 – 2021

Remembering the revolutionary, rebellious and defiant publisher of Hustler, free speech icon and thorn in the side of religious and political hypocrites.

The Curious Angriness Of People Who Know Better Than You

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The curious desire to beat people up for making a mistake online.

Ugly People And Their Beautiful Creations: The Art Is Not The Artist

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Bad people make great art, and it is important that we learn to separate the two.

America Divided – Peter Watkins’ Punishment Park

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Peter Watkins’ Vietnam-era study of protest, politics and punishment remains timely, but it’s too much in love with sloganeering to win over hearts and minds.

Dyin’ Dogs, Metal, Meat And Bone – The Residents Are Not Done Yet

The uber-experimentalists move on from the loss of their leader with a new, angry and aggressive reconstruction of the blues.

We Are All Nazis Now

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When people are called ‘Nazi’ for the slightest social justice transgression, is it any wonder that the word is starting to lose any meaning?

The Scapegoating Of Entertainment

Shove Your Award Ceremonies

The decidedly limited pleasures of watching very privileged people being told that they matter, as they flaunt their wealth and lecture us on things they know nothing about.