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Finding Healthy Masculinity At The Movies
Introducing the Kumbalangi Test.
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What about Scroll, The Quint, The Wire and The News Minute?
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Six Characteristics Of Propaganda
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Yes, there is such a thing as 'objective truth'
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The ZNMD Effect
Celebrating a mainstream Bollywood film's treatment of masculinity.
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The Most Courageous Thing A Person Can Do
A short postscript.
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Teen Fact-Checkers In India Don't Have Time For B.S.
On the launch of the Teen Fact-Checking Network.
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A Man’s Place In The Women’s Movement
Also, can men can be more than allies?
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Join Me On Notes
It's worth checking it out, especially if it will help us have meaningful conversations.
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How Can We Fact-Check Something That Is ‘Not Fact-Checkable'?
And how might we do so, free of biases? Introducing the 'Story-Check' (alpha).
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'IT Cells Drown Out The Voice Of The Common Person Through The Use Of Fictitious Voices'
And 5 other points made by Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang.
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Tech Buddhi
What 'Big Tech' Owes Us. And Why.
We need a human-centred technology movement.
The most important film you'll watch. Probably.
The Social Dilemma
What TikTok Tok accomplished before its ban
Lessons from you and small-town India.
Politics Buddhi
How politicians manipulate us
All about gaslighting.
Dog-whistles: A key part of your political vocabulary
On 'dog-whistle' politics.
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