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Hollywood Thinks You Need More Movies About Climate Change
Is the issue really underrepresented?
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Johnny Depp and Cancel Culture: Why America Should be a Little More French
Separating the artist from the art
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Imagine Intellectual Diversity in the Diversity Industry: “The New York Times” “Endorses” DEI Dissident
What will it mean for Karith Foster and her message of unity?
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High-level Comedy: Chris Rock Counterpunches Will Smith and Fake Victims
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J.K. Rowling: "The attempt to intimidate me is meant as a warning to other women”
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A Black Woman Blacklisted by White People
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The Uncancelling of J.K. Rowling? "Harry Potter" Series Coming to HBO Max
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Dissidents Need Not Apply: Is Campus Groupthink Coming to Hollywood?
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Welcome to America, You're Cancelled: Indian Comedian Has the Last Laugh
Surbhi on being brown and problematic, and what she won't say on stage
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Is Progress Taboo? Media Not Too Excited about Giant Study That Finds Little Evidence of Gender Pay Gap
Treatment of women in the academic sciences has “dramatically improved”
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Has “Woke” Become Politically Incorrect?
Plus reasons for pessimism and photos from the NYC sneak peak of “The Coddling” Movie!
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Why J.K. Rowling Isn’t As Controversial As You Think
The authors’ defenders include some prominent transgender people
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The Uncancelling of J.K. Rowling? "Harry Potter" Series Coming to HBO Max
The announcement follows anti-mob actions by Netflix and "The New York Times"
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From The New York Times to Colin Kaepernick’s Netflix Series: The Mainstreaming of Microaggressions
The DEI staple’s unlikely rise to pop culture ubiquity
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From Zero to Netflix: Look How Fast “Microaggressions” Became Pop Culture Dogma
Other formerly-obscure academic terms also get mainstreamed quickly
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