Explained: The significance of Margaret Atwood’s ‘unburnable’ edition of The Handmaid’s Tale

This is pretty fantastic. I’m just a little sad that it was necessary to develop a burn-proof book. A special single-copy “unburnable” version of Atwood’s book is up on auction at Sotheby’s till 7 June. The auction was announced ahead of PEN America’s annual fundraising dinner gala in New York on Monday. PEN America will […]

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America’s True History of Religious Tolerance

Interesting concept. Look at actual American histotry to figure out where the concept of a “Christian Nation” came from. From the earliest arrival of Europeans on America’s shores, religion has often been a cudgel, used to discriminate, suppress and even kill the foreign, the “heretic” and the “unbeliever”–including the “heathen” natives already here. Moreover, while […]

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Make Your Own Rob Ford Meme

Who is Rob Ford, you ask? He’s currently the frontrunner in Toronto’s mayoral race. He has complained about city spending on AIDS prevention, claiming that only homosexuals and drug users are at serious risk of getting AIDS. He says he supports the views of a right-wing pastor who thinks that same-sex marriage will “dismantle” civilization.He […]

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