Iona Italia, PhD
🇮🇳🇬🇧 🇦🇷Parsi. 🖖🏽 Writer, editor, translator, tango dancer @AreoMagazine; @joinpersuasion; @LetterWiki. Podcast: patreon.com/twofortea
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Black History Month: An Educator's Dilemma - Areo
Black History Month in the UK is often accused of being a clichéd exercise. While teachers on this side of the Atlantic are increasingly moving away from topics like US…View Post
Why the Socialist Left Should Vote for Biden - Areo
Since Bernie Sanders’ defeat in the Democratic primaries, there has been a feisty debate here on the socialist left about what we should do next. Some of us tried very…View Post
How the experts messed up on Covid - UnHerd
How did all the leading health authorities get it so wrong back in March?
Ontario shut down non-urgent health services in the spring. Now hospitals are seeing many more patients with advanced cancers
COVID-19 measures during provincial lockdown led to big drops in cancer screening, and the results are showing. “This is a step backwards.”
Manchester Arena Inquiry: Security 'did not approach bomber over racism fears'
A security guard says he "had a bad feeling" about Salman Abedi, Manchester inquiry hears.
Macron isn’t Islamophobic | The Spectator
Sometimes
a story does not receive the attention you think it should. Sometimes the news is too familiar or too far away to warrant a real response. There is, in any case, so much else going on and the bandwidth of our attention is limited. And so...
Iona Italia, PhD
Excellent piece by @alexmassie.
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Hate crime bill: Hate talk in homes ‘must be prosecuted’
Conversations over the dinner table that incite hatred must be prosecuted under Scotland’s hate crime law, the justice secretary has said.Journalists and theatre directors should also face the courts
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Iona Italia, PhD
If Scotland new hate speech bill doesn't make you angry, I don't even know what to say to you.
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Vagina Museum
The Vagina Museum is the world’s first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy. The project launched in March 2017 and ran pop ups around the UK. The first premises is opening in Camden Market in 2019...
Family Christmas gatherings that breach Covid rules will be broken up, PCCs warn
West Midlands and Merseyside police and crime commissioners say forces would investigate reports of rule-breaking over Christmas
Why Fourteen Critics of "Social Justice" Think You Shouldn't Vote for Trump - Areo
People will always disagree on who to vote for. People may have all kinds of reasons for choosing a particular candidate—but they almost never deliberately choose badly because they are…View Post
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Iona Italia, PhD
Proud to be part of this, alongside @sapinker, @thomaschattwill, @HPluckrose, @conor64, @IrshadManji, @walterolson, @SarahTheHaider, @paulg, @MattPolProf, @CathyYoung63, @RadioFreeTom, @kittypurrzog & Alan Sokal.
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Hate Wokeness? Vote Biden.
Removing the president from office should be a top priority for any voter who is genuinely concerned about the rise of illiberal forces.
APOD: 2016 August 16 - Five Planets and the Moon over Australia
A different astronomy and space science
related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
¿Se ha perdido la guerra cultural? Un intercambio de cartas entre Sarah Haider y Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Introducción de Iona Italia
Anatomy of A Scam: Chapter Index
Here’s the index for the Anatomy of Scam series: The prologue: I receive the UST Development, Inc. invoice, write an email, and get a response. Chapter One: UST Development, Inc. sends me a b…
Is the Culture War Lost? A Letter Exchange Between Sarah Haider and Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Areo
Ian ongoing public letter exchange on Letter, two of the most important advocates of universal liberal humanism—Sarah Haider and Ayaan Hirsi Ali—are currently discussing woke culture. Draw on their extensive…View Post
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Iona Italia, PhD
Read all about it! The luminous @SarahTheHaider & the indomitable @Ayaan discuss the culture wars on @LetterWiki 💌
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Artem Petakov | 2020 40 under 40 in Health
Meet the influential people who are shaping this most unusual year.