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Conservatives are bullying pro-LGBTQ+ companies, just in time for Pride Month

P ride Month is about to get started and you know what that means: the shops are full of rainbow flags and what the Conservative Political Action...

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For some US residents, it is now impossible to get home insurance - and all because of the climate crisis

I nsurance company documents aren’t exactly renowned for being riveting reading. This week, however, State Farm, the largest insurance firm in the...

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Will AI free us from drudgery – or leave us jobless and hungry?

G oodbye humans, hello “Tessa”. The US-based National Eating Disorders Association (Neda) is making headlines after firing all its staff and...

30.05.2023 6

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The Week in Patriarchy Should Taylor Swift speak up now on Matty Healy’s controversies?

Weird coincidence alert! Taylor Swift recently released a collaboration with rapper Ice Spice on a remix of her Midnights track Karma. That’s a big...

27.05.2023 20

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I’d eat a jacket potato every day if it wouldn’t end in divorce

V ariety may be the spice of life, but have you tried a baked potato? In my opinion, a jacket potato with cheese and peas is the perfect meal. It’s...

24.05.2023 30

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The Week in Patriarchy Depp comes up smelling of roses despite defamation trial’s catalogue of misogyny

Johnny Depp seems to be on top of the world. Almost one year after he won a messy defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, the actor’s...

20.05.2023 70

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Did Harry and Meghan exaggerate their ‘catastrophic’ chase? It’s complicated

T hey nearly died! They made the whole thing up! The royal family was trying to Diana them! They’re incorrigible attention-seekers who exaggerated...

19.05.2023 20

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A US company is trying to trademark the shape of its lettuce – but this is just the tip of the iceberg

H annah Gadsby, a feted, award-winning comedian, has curated an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, about Pablo Picasso’s complicated legacy,...

17.05.2023 10

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Are you a doctor who hates treating gay people? Come to Florida, where Ron DeSantis has legalised bigotry

Y ou know what I love about living in the US? Freedom! You can choose between multiple overpriced insurance companies to provide you with healthcare,...

16.05.2023 9

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The Week in Patriarchy When De Niro is having a child at 79, it’s time to cut older mothers some slack

In a world where US birth rates were declining, one man decided to embark on a heroic journey to father as many children as he could. That man is...

13.05.2023 10

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It’s official: billionaires aren’t the brainboxes they like to believe

M oney may be able to buy you happiness, but it can’t buy you brains. A study published in January found that billionaires aren’t any smarter...

10.05.2023 100

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Elizabeth Holmes is rebranding herself as a sweet, devoted mother. Will anyone buy it?

M eet Liz Holmes. She is a devoted mother of two little kids who loves nothing more than family outings to the zoo, walking her dog, and talking to...

09.05.2023 8

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Could an ‘emotional support’ chatbot help me de-stress? Only one way to find out

F or the last several months I have been a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. We moved to a new house last year only to find the place next...

08.05.2023 50

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The Week in Patriarchy Oh no, it happened again: a famous woman didn’t follow the rules of ageing

Oh no, it’s happened again. Every now and again a famous woman over the age of 45 has the temerity to go out in public without following The Rules...

06.05.2023 70

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The case of the missing bathrobes … what Liz Truss’s latest gaffe tells us about grubbiness and greed

S omeone call Coleen Rooney! We’ve got a very British mystery that needs to be investigated. The scene of the crime: Chevening House, a...

03.05.2023 10

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How does the coronation look from the US? Like the final straw for Brand Britain

H ello from Philadelphia where the excited natives are counting down the days until Charles III’s coronation. Anticipation fills the air and there...

02.05.2023 5

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The Week in Patriarchy Quirky, kooky, a joke … but why is Marianne Williamson so popular with the young?

Marianne Williamson, the self-help author who is making her second bid for the presidency, has a history of saying things that can be characterized as...

29.04.2023 10

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Matthew Perry apologised to Keanu Reeves – but something still seems left unsaid

F or someone who is famous for being in Friends, Matthew Perry sure seems to have a knack for making enemies. In November, the actor who played...

26.04.2023 30

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What’s that going up in flames? Why, it’s Elon Musk’s reputation

E lon Musk is a man of many talents including, it would seem, resurrecting people from the dead. Over the weekend, a number of notable but...

25.04.2023 7

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The Week in Patriarchy Do people actually regret not having children? Possibly not

You’ll be lonely. Nobody will look after you when you get old. You’ll miss out on life’s greatest joy. You won’t ever be truly fulfilled. Your...

22.04.2023 100

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Cardi B is right. It is time to leave the butt implant era behind

N ever let it be said that I don’t have range. Earlier this year I brought you the latest hard-hitting news on cleavage trends (sideboobs are out,...

19.04.2023 30

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Succession isn’t bad - but it is overrated

E very now and then I generously offer my opinion on why everyone’s favourite TV show or movie is actually pretty stupid and it doesn’t tend to...

18.04.2023 3

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The Week in Patriarchy Clinging to power does not make Dianne Feinstein a feminist hero

Here’s a controversial opinion: when you’re no longer capable of doing your extremely important job you should gracefully step away from your...

15.04.2023 40

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How can you comfort a sad, scared billionaire? Call them a ‘person of wealth’

Y ou’ve heard of racism and sexism, but there’s a horrifying new -ism we all need to be aware of: wealthism. The obscenely rich, you see, are an...

11.04.2023 10

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The Week in Patriarchy Three trans girls playing sports is an emergency for Kansas Republicans

According to the Kansas State High School Activities Association, about 106,000 students participate in the organization’s sports and activities....

08.04.2023 3

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What is behind the hounding of Hailey Bieber? Toxic fandom and divisive algorithms

S o this is embarrassing to admit, but, when I was a tween, I was obsessed with Bush. THE BAND! THE BAND! I adored the lead singer, Gavin Rossdale,...

29.03.2023 20

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The US is the world’s richest country. So why can’t I get a glass of clean drinking water?

M y wife is wonderful in every way, but I realised over the weekend that she is simply not built for the apocalypse. On Sunday, I was scrolling...

28.03.2023 80

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The Week in Patriarchy In Florida, parents are always right – even when they think a Michelangelo is porn

Ah, the Renaissance. A period that saw the growth of intellectual reason, the flowering of art and culture, and a lot of very hardcore pornography....

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One minute, I was in the sauna – the next, I was in a steamy panic

D on’t ask me why, but I keep a list in my head of inane and avoidable ways I might meet an untimely end. When I lived in New York and used a...

22.03.2023 50

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The truth about Gwyneth Paltrow’s diet? It is as strange as you’d expect

T his time there aren’t any vaginas involved. I say that because half the time Gwyneth Paltrow is in the news it’s vagina-related. On this...

21.03.2023 40

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The Week in Patriarchy Are Texas’s abortion laws being used for state-sponsored spousal harassment?

Meet Jonathan Mitchell. The former solicitor general of Texas is not a household name but you’ll be familiar with his work. He’s the architect of...

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Watch out for hungry bears! Why Elon Musk’s new town could run into trouble

S ay what you like about Elon Musk, but he certainly keeps himself busy. Most people would have their hands full running Twitter into the ground,...

15.03.2023 70

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The biggest lie the rich ever told? That money can’t buy you happiness

N ews just in: money does buy you happiness. Duh, you might say. Anyone could have told you that; it’s hardly a Nobel-prize winning insight. Well,...

14.03.2023 50

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The Week in Patriarchy Lauren Boebert will be a grandmother at 36. This is what conservatives want for us

Congratulations to Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert who is becoming a grandma at the tender age of 36. Speaking at a Conservative Political...

11.03.2023 50

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So Tucker Carlson secretly hates Donald Trump … is anybody surprised?

“I hate him passionately.” Thanks to new court filings in a $1.6bn defamation lawsuit against Fox News we now know exactly how the network’s...

09.03.2023 60

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What fresh misogynist hell is this? Why a new ‘maid’ cafe is causing a ruckus

L et’s play a quick round of a game I just invented called Is This Perverted and Misogynistic Or Is This Fine, Actually? The subject is an eatery...

08.03.2023 10

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How is brand Harry and Meghan faring in the US? News just in: not good

I s America finally getting bored of Harry and Meghan? It’s starting to look that way. Only a few months ago the pair were media darlings in the...

07.03.2023 20

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The Week in Patriarchy Worried that women will be prosecuted for using abortion pills? It’s already happening

In October 2021 a 33-year-old woman in Greenville, South Carolina, went to the hospital with labor pains. According to a police incident report, the...

04.03.2023 10

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The era of quiet quitting is over. The age of loud firing has begun

‘D oing hard things requires sacrifice,” Esther Crawford tweeted in November when a picture of her sleeping on the floor at her office went...

01.03.2023 50

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Welcome to the circumboob - the cleavage trend for a chaotic era

O K, I’m calling tit: we’ve reached peak cleavage. Over the years I’ve selflessly and diligently kept abreast of ridiculous cleavage trends....

28.02.2023 10

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The Week in Patriarchy Why have young men fallen out of love with romantic relationships?

Sex, numerous studies show, is going out of fashion. Young people aren’t shagging much any more, a phenomenon that has been widely blamed on...

25.02.2023 50

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Would you travel thousands of miles to see an obese cat? How about an avian love triangle?

G acek is a fat black-and-white cat who lives in a wooden box on the side of the road and likes snacking on sausages. He’s also the top tourist...

22.02.2023 20

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Landlords are rebranded as ‘house hackers’ – and capitalism is sanitised once again

A llow me to introduce you to one of the most annoying phrases in the modern English language: house hacking . What’s that when it’s at home?...

21.02.2023 80

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The New York Times’ trans coverage is under fire. The paper needs to listen

H ere’s a little thought experiment: imagine if an alien managed to avoid getting shot down by the Biden administration and landed its UFO safely...

20.02.2023 300

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The Week in Patriarchy Rightwing media is pretending to care about CNN’s sexist Nikki Haley remarks

Breaking news from CNN this week: women are officially past their prime in their 50s. Although, it’s possible that they age out of their prime in...

18.02.2023 30

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Best way to save money? Just eat two meals, says the Wall Street Journal!

“L et’s eat only two meals a day.” Back in the 1990s, North Korea, which was suffering through a terrible famine, adopted a slogan which...

17.02.2023 80

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I’ve tried every productivity hack from pills to self-hypnosis. Do I need someone to sit next to me and tut?

I have a handful of weird talents but – not to boast or anything – what I really excel at is procrastination. I’ve wasted a lot of my life...

15.02.2023 10

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Will George Santos’s dog scandals finally bring him down?

T here are lies, there are damned lies, and then there is George Santos’s CV. In the short time that he has been in the public eye, the 34-year-old...

14.02.2023 10

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God should just tell us Their pronouns – They’re quite powerful, after all

The Church of England is considering gender-neutral ways to refer to God, revealing a lot about how gendered language reinforces stereotypes

11.02.2023 20

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Don’t ring the doorbell but do clear up after your dog – an everyday guide to modern etiquette

Last week, some rules for modern manners went viral, but they weren’t very applicable to those of us with mundane lives. Here is what you really...

08.02.2023 30

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