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a collection of opinion pieces, commentaries, articles, and essays!

(insp) (jan ed.) (bold = favourite)

class

zimbabwe elite forced to confront crippled healthcare system

facial analysis ai is being used in job interviews – it will probably reinforce inequality

amazon has transformed the geography of wealth and power (usa)

race

First Nations people cannot celebrate while australia is locking up our children

the tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of political sideshows and Māori cultural identity (new zealand)

they’ve left south asia, but they can't escape the discrimination and division of its caste system (australia)

this lunar new year, i'm choosing to celebrate my heritage more than ever — because the us never will (usa)

gender

'men's world': the sexual harassment video that shook germany

why we use women’s professional titles less than men’s

hunting the men who kill women: mexico’s femicide detective

japan's ruling party invites women to 'look not talk' at key meetings

politics & climate change

navalny and the russians: it’s complicated

transnational repression: the long arm of the authoritarian state

'we can't accept it': myanmar's public sector workers strike for democracy

climate change needs better storytelling to address severe threats

covid 19

better days will come – despite what the covid doom-mongers say

2020 felt like a “wasted year” for many young adults

don't mock people for following cny home visit guidelines

how 'vaccine nationalism' could prolong the covid-19 pandemic

culture, film, & media

the queen’s gambit beauty debate, explained

framing britney spears exposes the contradictions of american womanhood

singapore’s iconic, but endangered, street food now has unesco status

sleepwalk by forrest day

drop dead by badflower

saccharine by jazmin bean

lover i don’t have to love by bright eyes

burning pile by mother mother

bad bad things by ajj

blood and bones by the blake robinson synthetic orchestra

stalkers tango by autoheart

verbatim by mother mother

teeth by cage the elephant

kitchen fork by jack conte

runs in the family by amanda palmer

why you gotta kick me when i’m down by bring me the horizon

the fine print by stupendium

the way we get by by spoon

puppet loosely strung by the correspondents

take a slice by glass animals

visitation of the ghost by the brobecks

why’d you only call me when you’re high? by arctic monkeys

heroin by badflower

animal by sir chloe

mary by the happy fits

hand me my shovel, i’m going in! by will wood and the tapeworms

unholy by hey violet

thought contagion by muse

dancing with the devil by set it off

sail by awolnation

trouble by cage the elephant

this is love by air traffic controller

tonight is the night i die by palaye royale

wires by the neighbourhood

partners in crime by set it off

i’m gonna win by rob cantor

look away by the dear hunter

eleanor rigby by the beatles

copycat by billie eilish

the bidding by tally hall

goodnight socialite by the brobecks

all the good girls go to hell by billie eilish

hayloft by mother mother

happy together by slothrust

volatile times by iamx

rhinestone eyes by gorillaz

necromancin dancin by bear ghost

for the departed by shayfer james

sex with a ghost by teddy hyde

i love you like an alcoholic by the taxpayers

build god, then we’ll talk by panic at the disco

ruler of everything by tally hall

weight of the world by shayfer james

i don’t wanna be your friend by eyedress

let’s kill tonight by panic at the disco

absinthe by i don’t know how but they found me

the dismemberment song by blue kid

do it all the time by i don’t know how but they found me

bloody nose by jack conte

fuck the bourgeoisie by feral

all the angels by my chemical romance

too late to say goodbye by cage the elephant

loved by fein

& by tally hall

mama by my chemical romance

everybody gets high by missio

an unhealthy obsession by the blake robinson synthetic orchestra

w.d.y.w.f.m? by the neighborhood

cotard’s solution (anatta, dukkha, anicca) by will wood and the tape worms

dark red by steve lacey

little dark age by mgmt

black sheep by the evil exes

off with his head by jack conte

roots by imagine dragons

blood by my chemical romance

my axe by insane clown posse

a mask of my own face by lemon demon

murders by miracle musical

therefore i am by billie eilish

oh ana by mother mother

Stronger Together - A Sense8 Video Essay

Legacy, Chronicle & Every Other Reimagining of The Craft

Annihilation: Surrendering To Creation

Have We Grown Out of Gossip Girl?

Nick Ain’t Straight (The Great Gatsby)

Black Sails: How To Write A Better Ending Than Game of Thrones

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Is a Moral Failure

What’s the Point of R-Rated Superheroes?

It Has Come To My Attention You Don’t All Love BIRDS OF PREY

Deep Cuts: Society and Queer Horror (Video essay)

Queer Eye - Healing Through Consuming | Salari

CATS! And the Weird Mind of TS Eliot | by Maggie Mae Fish

Zack Snyder: A World Based On Spite | Curio

Why the Cynical Superhero Isn’t That Interesting