Katherine Dee
Katherine Dee is a writer at defaultfriend.substack.com
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Kanye West and celebrity
Celebrities have always existed to be made examples of
Fart for art’s sake
A not-so-fond farewell to the “sophomoric male”, the man-child purveyor of infantile humour
A life of indulgence
Jacob Rees-Mogg has a major persona and a minor career
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises