JK Rowling
J.K. Rowling does it again
Why does one woman’s opinion cause so much outrage?
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
Not going to be ignored (w/ Victoria Smith)
On the demonisation of middle-aged women
Publishing needs JK Rowling to be a monster
The facts are irrelevant
We are all “culture warriors”
Some of us just pretend not to be
Why are TRAs body-shaming J.K. Rowling?
In the discourse about “TERFs”, vicious misogyny is never far from the surface
The Penny drops
The feminist fix: The only way to avoid humiliation is to admit when you’ve got it wrong
The villainy of J.K. Rowling
Rowling is dog-whistling to her transphobic followers by writing the exact opposite of what she thinks
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
