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The Latest Articles by Arwa Mahdawi

From bed-rotting to quiet quitting, everyone loves a so-called trend. Here’s how to invent your own

With the right rebrand, even the most banal concept can capture the zeitgeist. Imagine being the genius who relaunched the ploughman’s lunch as ‘girl dinner’, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Can’t decide which books to ban? Leave it to ChatGPT!

Ordered to remove unsuitable books from their libraries, school administrators in Iowa outsourced the job to AI. So long, The Color Purple, Beloved, The Handmaid’s Tale, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Excluding trans women in women’s chess makes you a pawn of the patriarchy

The world’s top chess federation is banning trans women from competing until a review is made – and the defenses are sexist assumptions and shaky science

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Tipping culture in the US is out of control – we’re even asked to tip self-checkouts

There are prompts to add around 20% for simply buying a pint of milk at the local shop or picking up a coffee. How can we stop this madness?

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Don’t be fooled by January 6 – Mike Pence is still an absolute coward

The former vice-president can’t even bring himself to denounce the Maga supporters who wanted him hanged. Is he the most spineless man in US politics, asks Arwa Mahdawi

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As kidfluencers come of age, we need to consider the consequences of viral fame

Teen rapper Lil Tay returned to the spotlight after five years with a false death announcement – did she really want to be famous at such a young age?

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A fake volcano, an ice-cream, a dog dressed as a shark: how I holidayed in the Aeolian Islands – without leaving Philadelphia

I’ve long dreamed of visiting these Italian islands. But who needs sea views and olive groves when you’ve got traffic-filled expressways and the Fairmount Water Works?

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Looking for your next adventure? Why not move to Venus?

It’s ‘very doable’, according to the man who co-founded the submersibles company OceanGate. In fact, it’s just like a caravan holiday, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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How can you tell remote work is over? Zoom has ordered employees back to the office

Working from home offered the chance for a great rebalancing of family, friendship and our careers. But the dream is fading fast, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Bigoted, antisemitic, gross: Rudy Giuliani finds an even lower low

He was once ‘America’s mayor’, but court filings this week show him vilifying women, Jews and gay people. It’s his latest disgrace

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Are teenage boys in the US becoming more conservative – or more dangerously apathetic?

Social media is abuzz with a survey showing 12th-grade boys are twice as likely to identify as conservative. The reality is a little more complicated, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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The surest sign that Donald Trump is back? Ivanka is being seen in public with him

When the former president looked finished, Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner kept their distance. Now he is the Republican frontrunner, they’re once again by his side, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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US Congress is a cozy club of multimillionaire boomer lawmakers hoarding power

There’s a word for this sort of oligarchical rule by the elderly, of course: gerontocracy

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Taylor Swift rules the airwaves! But that’s bad news for music

The ubiquity of the pop superstar speaks to her enormous talent – while also reflecting how narrow and repetitive the industry has become, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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How do tech bros plan to ride out Armageddon? Living it up on their private islands

‘Effective altruist’ Sam Bankman-Fried supposedly wanted to buy the Pacific state of Nauru to build a doomsday bunker. Meanwhile, in the real world, quite a few other things need fixing, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Want to quickly spot idiots? Here are five foolproof red flags

The governor of Illinois went viral with a speech about seeing idiots in one’s midst. I have a few pointers of my own to offer

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The Republican obsession with Hunter Biden has reached a new low

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tawdry act in Congress may have broken federal laws – fitting for a truly bankrupt individual

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No, I didn’t imagine it – the ‘NPC’ craze really offers money for robotic gibberish

People online pretend to be jerky video-game characters – and some make tons of money doing it. What on earth?

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Jason Aldean’s Try That in a Small Town sums up the delusions of the right wing

The embrace of the country star’s anti-city ‘modern lynching song’ by Republicans encapsulates their nostalgia and paranoia

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Sleep tourism is booming. Here’s why

The world is stressful, so an adventure holiday is the last thing you need. Instead, hotels are offering fancy sleep suites and AI-powered beds, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Air travel brings out the absolute worst in people – from faking injuries to demanding seat swaps

Sky-high entitlement is causing havoc, with passengers baring their feet and complaining about their meals. Another reason to give up flying, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Mike Pence’s 2024 strategy? Become the most anti-abortion candidate out there

The Republican field is full of anti-abortion ideologues – but Pence has positioned himself as a candidate with unpopular and extremist views

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Why is the British media so utterly bonkers?

The Huw Edwards saga shows how the UK tabloids are both reckless and dangerously restrained at the same time

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‘No chairs, no stairs, no glass in the windows’: what did Kanye West’s schoolkids get for $15,000 a year?

The rapper denies his private Christian academy was a ‘dystopian institution’. But the bizarre allegations keep coming, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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‘Zuck is a cuck’?! Why is Elon Musk borrowing insults from white supremacists?

Twitter’s boss has also challenged Meta’s chief executive to a ‘literal dick-measuring contest’. What’s got into the billionaire manbaby?

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