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10 AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE IDEOLOGY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
Helen Pluckrose • Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
Just as my friend Bethany is accused of ‘glorifying obesity’ just for having the gumption to exist without shame, Lindy describes being harangued with the same question – ‘isn’t this a slippery slope into poor health?’ – every time she asserts her humanity as a fat woman. As she puts it: ‘The question itself is an assault: it validates the idea tha
... See moreRuby Tandoh • Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
Philanthropic foundations bias heavily towards granting large $ amounts exclusively to organizations (not individuals), meaning there are few existing avenues to fund promising people.
Molly Mielke • Scaling the personal grantmaking sector · Molly Mielke
Lana, Taylor and anti-institutional realignment
Recently, I watched the Grammys and learned more about Lana Del Rey. I had no idea she was friendly with Taylor Swift, or that she and Taylor shared the same producer. These women have been pop stars for over a decade: Taylor the establishment good girl; Lana, the anti-establishment shock and awe “othe... See more
Recently, I watched the Grammys and learned more about Lana Del Rey. I had no idea she was friendly with Taylor Swift, or that she and Taylor shared the same producer. These women have been pop stars for over a decade: Taylor the establishment good girl; Lana, the anti-establishment shock and awe “othe... See more
Katherine Boyle • Tweet
We need more women founders on offense
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In 2020, we saw the lines between journalists and digital creators continue to evaporate.
Taylor Lorenz • Journalists will learn influencing isn’t easy
The perceived mediocrity of her content, and its subsequent success despite that, was dubbed the "Victoria Paris Effect" by the Embedded Substack. She's had advantages others don't: her college education, pandemic timing, and the fact that "so many massive creators are thin and white," she says. "That is never something that's not alway... See more
Elizabeth de Luna • The business of being Victoria Paris
-Distribution: Pressure on platforms to improve transparency and economics. Data portability gives creators power.