Paternal Politics
The danger of romanticizing political figures
Psychology
Against the word ‘daddy’
An elegy for a term made unusable by the Internet.
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Simulacra and stimulation
It’s a two syllable word that is everywhere and nowhere at once. Taboo—easy to miss, yet glaringly obvious. But what does it mean today with the commodification of art? In 2024, A24 released the movie Babygirl, which is about a powerful CEO who engages in a BDSM relationship with her much younger male intern. In
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Don’t fear the mess
The dangers of relying on ‘AI Therapists’ “Imagine a world in which the answer to ‘Am I the asshole?’ is always a firm, reassuring no.” In a The New Yorker article published last month, Paul Bloom, a moral psychology researcher at UofT, explores the risks of AI’s sycophantic behavior—the models’ tendency to prioritize flattery over
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