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Our High-Tech Witch Hunts: GPS And A Daughter’s Transgender Boyfriend

In southern Italy, a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped by her parents for falling in love with a transgender man. Tracked down with a GPS, imprisoned, and forced to “recover” from her “disturbance.” Are we returning to the days of witch hunts?

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Geopolitics

How Poland Became The Far Right’s Global Obsession

With a growing number of far-right victories in Western democracies, many individuals have begun idealizing Poland as “the ideal combination of capitalism and tradition.” What are the origins of the conservative fascination with Poland, and is it even true?

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Society Women Worldwide

Done With Men — Inside South Korea’s 4B Movement Of Radical Feminism

In South Korea, the feminist 4B movement, which rejects any intimacy with men, has been causing a stir for years. What kind of feminism is it, anyway?

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Geopolitics Society

“3 Body Problem” — The Netflix Series Triggering New U.S.-China Tensions

The success of the Netflix series 3 Body Problem, adapted from a famous Chinese science fiction novel, has rekindled hostility between Beijing and Washington. But what is really behind China’s attacks on American cultural hegemony?

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Ideas Society

Inside Ralston College, Jordan Peterson’s Quiet New Weapon In The Culture Wars

The Canadian-born psychologist Jordan B. Peterson is one of the most prominent opponents of what’s been termed: left-wing cancel culture and “wokism.” As part of his mission , he serves as chancellor of Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia, a picturesque setting for a unique experiment that contrasts with his image of provocateur par excellence.

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In Denmark, Beloved Christmas TV Special Cancelled For Blackface Scenes

The director of the 1997 episode complained that TV executives are being “too sensitive.”

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Eyes on the U.S. Ideas Trump And The World

How The Trump Era Accelerates The Culture War, From Both Sides

-Analysis- It’s now more than a year since Donald Trump“s inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, and the media’s animosity towards him continues unabated. After his surprise victory against the wishes of the establishment, Trump remains the target of a never-ending campaign against his legitimacy, his very presence at the White House […]

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Ideas Society

Children Of “Helicopter Parents” Growing Into Fragile Adults

Today’s generation of university students are the children of so-called “helicopter parents,” particularly coddled and worried about in the US. And they can’t seem to cope in the face of adulthood.

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