When arguing on social media — especially over political or cultural matters — the point should not be to convince your interlocutor of anything. The point should be to convince those reading your exchange that your position is the more desirable one. (more…)
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Nina Jankowicz
How to Be a Woman Online: Surviving Abuse & Harassment, & How to Fight Back
New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022Womanhood is under threat. The effects of this society-wide attack on girls can be seen in young ladies “transitioning,” being encouraged to serve in the military, and vicious online attacks on women by trolls. One such woman attacked by trolls online is Nina Jankowicz. Jankowicz is an expert on Internet disinformation, with a focus on Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. (more…)
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Golden Age nostalgia
STRFKR, short for “Starfucker,” is a Portland-based indie/electronica band. Their lead singer is a cross-dresser, but during performances they have an astronaut crowd surf in an inflatable raft, which is pretty cool, so you have to take the good with the bad. (more…)
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Abigail Shrier
Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
New York: Regnery Publishing, 2020There has recently been an epidemic of teen girls declaring that they have gender dysphoria and becoming “trans.” From the nice, white liberal perspective, this may appear to be a barrier broken by the foot soldiers of “civil rights,” but Abigail Shrier says in her excellent book, Irreversible Damage, that it is not. She instead argues that teen girls getting gender dysphoria is only a new twist to an old, well-known phenomenon. (more…)
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Pox Populi was host Nick Jeelvy‘s guest on the latest broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc, where they talked about Elon Musk’s efforts to purchase Twitter and answer your questions, among other topics, and it is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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Nothing has given me more respect for the social media site Gab than watching other people try to do what Andrew Torba has done.
For many years, Gab was sort of a joke. Its reputation was as a cesspool of the Alt Right’s most socially dysfunctional elements — people who had not only been banned from every other social media site (back when getting banned required a lot more effort) but also from most White Nationalist message boards for being too spergy. (more…)
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Talia Bracha Lavin
Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
New York: Hachette Books, 2020A new book by Talia Bracha Lavin has emerged offering an in-depth take on the Dissident Right, mostly regarding its online presence. This is Culture Warlords, with the spooky subtitle My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy. (more…)
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The world was introduced to whistleblower Ms. Frances Haugen this week, a 37-year-old spinster who has come out of nowhere to shine a light on the evildoings inside Facebook. (more…)
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What is it like to be a social media censor? I have no direct knowledge. In fact, I’d prefer to become a male prostitute than do a thing like that. (I’d rather sell my body than my personal integrity.) However, the article “The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America” does have some insights on the subject. (more…)
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Renée Evenson
Power Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People
New York: AMACOM, 2014Jennifer P. Wisdom
Millennials’ Guide to Management & Leadership: What No One Ever Told You About How to Excel as a Leader
USA: Winding Pathway Books, 2020If one wants to change the world, one needs to master the basics. (more…)
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By the time I heard about the cancelation of the BreadTuber known as Socialism Done Left, the controversy was already a few days old. I had never heard of the guy, but when I stumbled upon the Vice article “Leaked Racist Messages Shows “Leftist” Youtuber Isn’t” written by affirmative action hire Gita Jackson, I initially wanted to defend him. (more…)
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I consider social media the biggest pestilence on the culture since the opioid crisis. . . and before that, the mass-dosing of the populace with antidepressants. . . and before that, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. . . but social media is good for a few things. (more…)