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Why Dictators Don’t Fear Guns — They Fear Artists
How culture outlives strongmen and rewrites history to win the war over imagination
Jan 21
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Inside the Mind of a Monster
It was a top-secret intelligence report written in 1943. But it could have been written today.
Feb 6
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We’ve Seen This Before. And It Never Ends Well for Women
A historian’s warning: when society tells women to ‘play nice,’ it never ends well, and today, the warning signs are all around us.
Jan 8
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2025, The Movie: One Star, Would Not Recommend
Sunday Reilly and why she’s all out of f*cks to give this New Year’s Eve
Dec 30, 2025
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Bondi and the Best of Australia
In the aftermath of the Bondi attack, Australians respond in a way that reveals something profound about our national identity.
Dec 16, 2025
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