Trudeau’s style of hypocrisy might be for the better
A girl I knew once logged onto Facebook the morning after a party to untag herself from pictures of her getting friendly with someone who was not her boyfriend....
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Exposing celebrities’ private lives may be inevitable in a free press
Two stories emerged this week regarding the private lives of elite sportsmen: rugby player Gareth Thomas and cricketer Ben Stokes. Thomas felt obliged to reveal...
Sam Smith’s pronoun request is not some impending tyranny
Sam Smith’s decision to come out as non-binary has provoked predictable backlash from pundits – particularly rightwingers. The pop singer announced they were ch...
The flexitarian diet is a model for moral progress
Our politicised age is one of black and white thinking, deeply felt tribals loyalties, and hunting traitors who denounce the faith. As with previous eras of sec...
All sports are unfair, so why the trans fixation?
When Laurel Hubbard put her hands on the barbell at the Pacific Games in Samoa in July, she would have been keenly aware that many dispute her right to compete ...