The Saga of ‘Detransition, Baby’
U.K. Women’s Prize nomination earns anti-trans backlash
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Politics
Jordan Peterson is the Red Skull: Secret Wars
Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates turns Peterson into Captain America’s arch-nemesis
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The ALA’s Annual Banned Book List: A Sobering Snapshot of American Censorship
Parents and school boards still want to pull titles from shelves
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Looney Tunes Escapes the Censor’s Axe…So Far
Well, except for Pepe LePew
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L’Affaire Depardieu
French actress takes a stand for the accused star in the shadow of #MeToo
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Amazon Pulls ‘When Harry Became Sally’ and Other anti-LGBTQ Titles
The move comes after Republican lawmakers complained to CEO Jeff Bezos—which backfired.
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The Things That Got Us Through the Pandemic Year
In a tough 12 months, our contributors turned to what they could
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The Return of Jordan Peterson
The book they couldn’t cancel has arrived
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The Cancellation of Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss’ literary estate pulls six early books for questionable content, setting off a political firestorm
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Update: We’re Still Destroying the Arts
For no rational reason
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Memories of the Trump Show
After four gripping and appalling seasons, how can we go back to regularly-scheduled programming?
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De Chiara Literary Agency Fires Agent for Using Right-Wing Social Media Platforms
Anti-cancel culture Tweeters call the termination ‘absolute madness’
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Barry Lyga and Publishing Friends Condemn “The Monsters Among Us”
In a petition, 500 literary professionals seek to define who gets a book deal in the post-Trump world
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Kapuściński and the Autocrats
The late Polish journalist, like no other writer, understood societies in crisis
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