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59 Intelligent Insults That People Didn’t Even Immediately Understand Were Meant To Offend

Insulting people isn’t exactly something that most of us have a lot of practice with. And that’s a good thing; we shouldn’t go around being rude to others for no reason. But sometimes, it’s warranted, and it’s nice to know that when that moment strikes, you have a zinger up…

Bored Panda · Oct 5

AP Was There: In 1970, Gloria Steinem was a journalist, a feminist and a member of the glitterati

In April 1970, Gloria Steinem invited Lynn Sherr, who was then an Associated Press feature writer, into her Manhattan home

The Independent UK · Sep 3

“No Problems Since”: These 52 People Earned Mad Respect For The Sick Burns They Delivered

Silence may be the best response to a fool, but there are moments when clapping back is both necessary and satisfying. But if you must respond, do so in a way that would leave the insulter tongue-tied for a good few minutes. Here are some examples to draw cues from,…

Bored Panda · Aug 11

“If you don’t like Bringing It All Back Home, you don’t like music. You should hand your ears back.” Bob Dylan’s game-changing album is 60 today and still astonishing

Yeah, I said it.

Louder · Mar 22, 2025

Barry Malzberg obituary

Prolific science fiction writer who conceived alternative lives for figures including Emily Dickinson and Sigmund Freud

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2025

Not like '68: DNC is back in Chicago

Chicago has been home to Democratic conventions both triumphant and disastrous

Salon · Aug 18, 2024

‘Stress and failure’: Matthew Barney on his film about the sports accident that traumatised America

The superstar of the avant garde has revisited a notorious football tackle that left one player paralysed. He talks about violence, ageing and how the US empire is in decline

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024

This oral history of the 'Village Voice' captures its creativity and rebelliousness

Tricia Romano's The Freaks Came Out To Write chronicles the passion and talent that made a great American newspaper — and the forces that killed it.

WEKU · Mar 4, 2024

The Freaks Came Out to Write review – how the Village Voice changed American journalism

Tricia Romano’s entertaining oral history of the radical New York newspaper is an elegy to a rough and ready era of punch-ups and passion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024

Fury v Usyk capable of the gravitas of an era when boxing held sport’s greatest prize

This fascinating clash of character and style will provide the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the 21st century

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024