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Once upon a time, there was an “acclaimed” writer, poet and teacher called Kate Clanchy who got herself into a bit of a pickle after using some very silly words in a book that no one had ever heard of. Across the length and breadth of the land, “controversial” Kate …

‘Woke’ became word of the year in 2019, according to Global Language Monitor, but it was (as we had predicted) in 2020 that global wokeness reached its peak. Not in its initial, benevolent meaning of being ‘alert to social injustice’, but in the sense of logic-defying nonsense and faux virtue, …

Here they are, the outrageous masterpieces of woke culture that contaminated the art world in 2020. 10. Medusa as tombstone for #MeToo  One public monument that won’t be torn down anytime soon by the woke mob is the sculpture ‘Medusa With the Head of Perseus,’ which depicts the snake-haired Gorgon …

Remember when talk-show hosts made us laugh and journalists reported the news? Those days are long gone, and the mainstream media has since embraced a new, nobler role: to scold, scorn and lecture its viewers and readers until they see the error of their outdated, unwoke ways. Here we honor …

Here they are, starting on the local level and going all the way up to the top. 10. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey simply must be mentioned in any review of performative wokeness in 2020. After the death of George Floyd – an African-American man whose …

Trust me. Vote for me. I care. Honestly. I really, really DO care. Virtue signaling for politicians is the modern day equivalent of kissing a baby, downing a pint in a working men’s club, going to church or hugging the wife. All for the cameras, of course. Plus it’s so …

While some companies deliberately set out to become woke standard-bearers, donating conspicuous sums to Black Lives Matter or delivering pompous press releases about their new direction, others were pushed into the PC pit unexpectedly – whether through guilt by association or because a publicity-hungry customer was able to bend the …

It is unsurprising that the entertainment industry, which naturally attracts the intellectually vapid, the emotionally insecure and the rabidly self-absorbed, boasted some of the most egregious and aggressive virtue signaling in the history of the art form in 2020. Anyone who has ever waded through the intellectual cesspool of our …