Culture wars
- Opinion
- Michael Jackson
There’s a good reason this Michael Jackson biopic stops at Bad. Before it got worse
Jackson made no secret of his intimacy with boys. He literally paraded them on red carpets. And now he is having the red carpet rolled out for him, posthumously, all over again.
- Jacqueline Maley
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- Opinion
- Opinion
I was cancelled from a feminist rally. I’ve got a strong hunch as to why
When it comes to the Middle East, both the left and the right are inclined to cancel those with whom they disagree rather than hearing them out.
- Catharine Lumby
Arts boss Adrian Collette says Creative Australia is ‘not about moral compass’
The country’s top arts bureaucrat has insisted his organisation is not in the business of judging people’s opinions, merely the quality of their work.
- Karl Quinn
- Opinion
- Pop culture
Then they came for our T-shirts … but why stop at Joy Division, Sussan Ley?
Rock apparel has long been designed to shock. The opposition leader, as a former punk rocker, might remember the Dead Kennedys and the Sex Pistols.
- Michael Dwyer
- Opinion
- Gender
I used tears to sway my husband. It was a snapshot of the wider gender divide
Women have been socialised to resort to emotion. Has that delivered the world wokeness and cancel culture?
- Parnell Palme McGuinness
New Pentagon press corps unveiled as right-wing podcasters, bloggers
A wave of non-traditional, right-wing bloggers and podcasters will now report direct from the US War Department after signing up to new media guidelines.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Cinema
Julia Roberts’ anti-woke film feels hopelessly dated in Trump’s America
There’s nothing wrong with the film’s premise: an apparently false accusation of sexual assault on the Yale campus. But here’s why it fails.
- Michelle Goldberg
Anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss appointed to run CBS News
The former NYT opinion editor and columnist has been battling “wokeness” and buddying up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor-in-chief of CBS News.
- Jessica Testa
‘Juicy target for the anti-woke agenda’: How the meat industry undermined diet advice
When a group of leading scientists and nutrition experts advised rich nations to eat less meat and more plant foods for both planetary and individual health, they faced a huge backlash. This is how they have responded in their follow-up report.
- Agnieszka de Sousa
‘Blatant assault on freedom of speech’: Late-night hosts lash Kimmel axing
The comedian’s fellow late-night show hosts have made some serious points in typically hilarious fashion.
- Chris Hook