Lessons in Language
Language changes over time. Words go in and out of fashion and some, such as “gay” completely change their meaning. So when I see the […]
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One Day They Might Get it Right
Another of those daft biblical apocalypse stories. September 23 is set to mark the beginning of the apocalypse, according to several conspiracy theorists and Christian […]
Fuckwittery
At the Guardian, where else? Suzanne Moore generously recognises that Paul Hollywood made a mistake. How magnanimous. The photograph of Hollywood dressed as an SS officer wearing […]
Stop Apologising
Fer cryin’ out loud! Great British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood has apologised after being pictured wearing a Nazi uniform. This has been dragged up […]
Pompous Twat
Seriously? British actor Ed Skrein has pulled out of a role in the upcoming Hellboy reboot after a backlash because he was cast as a […]
If it Walks Like a Duck
And Quacks like a duck… This story conforms to a racist stereotype, that Travellers are thieving troublemakers. Well, if they didn’t conform to the stereotype, […]
Owen Jones, Idiot
Well, he’s consistent at least. Google has just reportedly fired one of its workers for circulating a memo discussing the biological inferiority of his female colleagues, […]