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Feb 27, 2026

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Kat and Phoebe discuss an outburst at the BAFTAs, a cryptoracist at the PTA, and being tormented by demonic visions of dog-stabbing.

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It’s Not His Fault He Used the N-Word

Amid the glitz and glam of awards season, the BAFTA Film Awards are usually treated like the annoying little brother—or odd, distant cousin—of the much more prestigious Academy Awards and the much more intoxicated Golden Globes. But this year, a surprise outburst at Sunday night’s BAFTAs ceremony has them trending in the discourse on two continents, after a man named John Davidson yelled a racial slur (yes…

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The usual palm tree

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2 months ago · 102 likes · 16 comments · Kat Rosenfield

Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

The hunt for microaggression lives on in the age of macroaggression

Guess what? The moment you have been waiting for: I had Kat Rosenfield on The Jewish Angle, in honor of her forthcoming (excellent btw) novel How to Survive in the Woods, and also the perennial topic of arts-and-cancelling cycles…

2 months ago · 26 likes · 12 comments · Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Hunter College professor Allyson Friedman placed on leave for racist hot-mic comments

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