Mind Your Language
How the exploitation of linguistic ignorance is fuelling the very dystopia that people claim to dread.
Tag: politics
The Many Layers Of Stupidity To The Age Verification Plan
Years after abandoning it as an unworkable security nightmare, the UK government’s age verification rules are back – and are actually worse than ever.
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Better Than You – The Arrogance Of The Rich And Famous
Is it any wonder that celebrities believe themselves to be special when we constantly tell them that they are?
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Remember, Remember… Bonfire Nights Of Yesteryear
Gunpowder, treason and plot from days gone by.
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Storm Warnings: The Strange World Of Quonspiracy
Exploring the conspiracy-driven world of QAnon and the new book that explores the birth and development of the movement.
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Hey, Media: Stop Thinking That Twitter Trending Means Anything
The disproportionate importance given to whatever a small number of people are discussing on social media is something that needs to end.
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The Political Paranoia Of The Manchurian Candidate
John Frankenheimer’s Cold War conspiracy masterpiece feels as chillingly plausible now as it ever did.
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The Making Of The President – 1960
The ground-breaking book that chronicled an election, and the David L. Wolper Kennedy documentaries that it inspired.
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Homocult – The Anarcho-Queer Provocateurs Of The 1990s
The anti-capitalist, class war art collective who infuriated the straight and gay establishment alike.
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Online Harms And Offline Intimidation
Scaring people into compliance and controlling the public discussion with vaguely worded laws and campaigns of moral panic.
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Eva Henger’s Song For Eurotrash
British TV’s top entertainment show steps up with the adult film legend to deliver a Eurovision anthem for Italy in 1998.
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Nixon Now More Than Ever – Mike Curb’s Political Rallying Song
The campaign song for a disgraced President, performed by the man who scored The Wild Angels.
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