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"What Do You Know of Anything but Your Own Suffering?"
The 30th anniversary of a ravishing but slightly neglected masterpiece
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Conor Fitzgerald
The Fate of Writers and Readers in a Post-Literate Society
Wordcels in a world that's moved on
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Conor Fitzgerald
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The Era When Respectable Media Could Control a Story Is Over, and They Need to Come to Terms With That Soon
We need a functioning mainstream, but can they let go of old ways?
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Conor Fitzgerald
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How TikTok Reduces Irish Life to a Cliché
Against the G-Splitters
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Conor Fitzgerald
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December 2024

Trump and Musk as Opposites
The mythological Trickster and his straight man
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Conor Fitzgerald
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They're Already Dead, They Just Don't Know it Yet
We are in the post-mainsteam-media era, and everyone knows it but the “mainstream” themselves
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Conor Fitzgerald
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Being Charitable in the Time of Politicized Charities
Who do you give to when the people who control giving hate you?
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Conor Fitzgerald
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Celebrating Crime and Disorder With the Language Of Compassion
The Daniel Penny verdict and the difference between Empathy and Sentimentality
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Conor Fitzgerald
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Men Don’t Like Activism. Why Is There So Much of It in the Sports They Watch?
Adjusting to the Post-Mainstream Media era
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Conor Fitzgerald
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The Progressive Quest to Win Back Men Is Going Very Badly
"Exasperating, agitating, maddening, infuriating" lads?
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Conor Fitzgerald
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November 2024

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