Do We Really Need a Taylor Swift Reporter?
Outlets like USA Today are hiring beat reporters to write exclusively about Swift and Beyoncé. But investing in this kind of journalism distracts from stories people actually need
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The Next Target in the War on Affirmative Action? Law Firms
The move to weed out equitable hiring is part of a much longer history of exclusion in both the US and Canada
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“Parents’ Rights” Rhetoric Is Rooted in Radical Conspiracy Theories
Why are federal and provincial conservative leaders echoing the talking points of QAnon?
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Big Babies: When It Comes to Kids, Many Adults Need to Grow Up
Fully grown human beings are having tantrums over infants and toddlers who dare to exist and make noise
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In Daughter, Claudia Dey Explores the Ugly Side of the Great Literary Male
The wry, furious novel gives the overlooked daughter of an egotistical writer a voice
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Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It?
It’s not entirely clear who it’s for and what its function should be in a rapidly changing literary ecosystem
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It’s High Time We Brought Home Indigenous Remains and Belongings
Millions of items were removed from Indigenous communities and are now held by Canadian museums and institutions
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Of Course We’re Interested in the Trudeau Split
Politicians campaign on their personal lives, and Justin Trudeau is one of the best at it
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The Inescapable Rise of Moral Superiority
Why does every online discussion terminate in ethical grandstanding?
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TikTok Is Becoming a Publisher. Will It Ruin the Book Industry?
BookTok is beloved as a guerrilla democratizing force, but the platform’s pivot risks killing the thing that makes it great
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