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  • Toxic Individualism – The Slow Death of Community in the Age of the Self

    “The belief that the individual is the sole architect of their fate ignores the structural, communal, and historical forces that shape lives.”— Michael Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit (2020) It seems as though society has atomised to such an extent that even speaking about “community” or “the collective” conjures visions of a sci-fi dystopia —…

  • The Porn Delusion – False Sexual Freedom and a Culture of Exploitation

    There are few issues in the modern world as confusingly divisive as pornography. Back in 1964, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said of obscenity, “I know it when I see it.” Today, we are arguably further than ever from a shared definition of pornography — especially one that captures the scope and scale…

  • Modern Day Fanaticism

    It only takes a quick scroll through the comments section of any borderline political post to see how easily people descend into keyboard warfare. An article about veganism? Cue someone claiming meat is the only source of fibre. A piece on tax reform? Prepare to be swamped by conspiracy theories about immigrants or circular logic…

  • Hello Internet!

    Welcome to Articles of Loathing. A name I thought of in a few seconds of very pained thinking. Here I hope to write articles about topics that interest me. I also hope to use this space to work out how I feel about certain topics, as we all know, sometimes just writing it all out…