US election descends into a circus with first Republican debate
The ten candidates who made it onto Fox News’s debate stage ranged from the serious to the seriously off-base.
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Berlin Biennale: genius or the luxury bleating of the youthful super‑elite?
Art events should encourage us to spark new thinking outside of our cloistered world, but Berlin risks being lost in technological navel gazing.
Voices of Preston’s Windrush generation – when I first arrived, I said: ‘Really? I thought there were no slums in this place!’
Members of Preston’s Caribbean community describe their experiences as migrants arriving and putting down deep roots in this provincial town.
Elderly men sentenced to life in prison reflect on the reality of ‘hope’ and growing old behind bars
Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they engage with staff and other prisoners.
The artist formerly known as Camille – Prince’s lost album ‘comes out’
A lost album by the late Prince, set for release in 2023, promises to highlight how the pop pioneer played with gender roles.
As Mexico’s LGBTQ+ community battles for inclusion, two drag performers have become internet stars – with more than 2 million TikTok followers
Not long ago, Mexico’s LGBTQ+ performers were mostly in the closet. Today, some are sponsoring products and starring in their own TV shows.
Won’t somebody please think of the children? Their agency is ignored in the moral panic around drag storytime
As drag storytime events are cancelled around Australia, children and young people, who are centred in the debate, have been rendered silent and invisible.
RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant, Maddy Morphosis, sparks conversations about cishet inclusion and queer discomfort
A straight cis-man could have made “herstory” as “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” Drag Race’s inclusion problem botches racialized queer histories, community discomfort and ally participation.
Pride, pages and performance: Why drag story time matters more than ever
When children are shown diverse characters and stories, they begin to understand the world from multiple perspectives. A study aims to understand how performers select books.
Feeling that fiscal drag? Why you could be worse off even if your pay has gone up
For decades fiscal drag has largely been ignored. But rising inflation has put New Zealand’s tax brackets, and what the government is going to do about them, under the spotlight.
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