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AI Deepfake Sextortion in Schools

How kids face a new wave of online abuse (and what we can do)

20h ago

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Ibsen vs Trump: What ‘An Enemy of the People’ Reveals About Political Corruption

How a 19th century play exposes Trump’s duplicity

3d ago

A photograph of a library copy of Ibsen’s play “An Enemy of the People” with the added text, the play’s famous last line, “The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.” The photograph was taken and adapted by Taryn Parker-Holmes, the author of the article.

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What ‘Middlemarch’ Reveals About the Attention Economy

A Victorian novelist saw this coming 150 years ago

Oct 26

A photograph of a copy of ‘Middlemarch’ by George Eliot, propped against a cushion on a sofa. Image credit: Taryn Parker-Holmes (author)

Oct 26

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Trump vs American Women’s Rights

Abortion after Dobbs, and how one state is trying to stop it

Sep 20

A photograph of a young woman on a bench looking anxiously at her phone. In the context of this story, she may be about to have a video consultation with an out-of-state clinician to organise reproductive health care which is illegal in her state. Photo by Karla Rivera on Unsplash.

Sep 20

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What U.S. Parents Are Up Against

And the shocking eye-opener of European childcare

Sep 9

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No, I Don’t Need to Eat a Freaking Sandwich

How skinny shaming pitted me against my boss

Nov 2

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Nov 2

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When David Reported His Rapist

The silence that followed destroyed his life

Sep 27

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Sep 27

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Revisiting Sontag’s ‘Erotics of Art’

New reflections on her famous 1964 essay, ‘Against Interpretation’

Sep 25

A photograph of the author’s edition of Susan Sontag’s classic collection of essays and criticism, “Against Interpretation”, propped against a pillow on her sofa. The cover image shows Sontag, caught in a candid moment of reflection while at a literary event in the 1960s, surrounded by men.

Sep 25

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How Victorian Novels Shaped Women’s Choices

The message was clear: marry, or die

Sep 25

A photograph of a selection of several of the Victorian novels mentioned in this story, lined up together and propped against a sofa cushion. Photograph by Taryn Parker-Holmes, the author.

Sep 25

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What Twain Tells Us About Trump

How scandal and crisis produce pressure for change

Sep 4

A photograph of the author’s copy of “The Gilded Cage” by Mark Twain propped against a cushion.

Sep 4

Taryn Parker-Holmes

Taryn Parker-Holmes

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I write about literature, art, ecology, philosophy, memory, and imagination. I reserve a right to diversify, diverge, surprise, or change my mind; I often do.

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