Thread by @DarrenJohnson66, Yesterday's Guardian told you it's bad to fancy Rishi Sunak because he's [...]

Yesterday's Guardian told you it's bad to fancy Rishi Sunak because he's a Tory. Today's Independent tells you it's bad to fancy him because he's Asian.

The latest from the "You may think x is good but really it's bad because of y" school of journalism. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rishi-sunak-conservative-crush-vogue-white-women-flora-e-gill-a9456036.html

Opinion: Your ‘strange’ crush on Rishi Sunak could be a racist fetish

It all began when Rishi Sunak’s social media accounts posted a picture of the chancellor wearing a grey hoodie in his home study, as he urged everyone to #StayHomeSaveLives. Replies flooded in: “What

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rishi-sunak-conservative-crush-vogue-white-women-flora-e-gill-a9456036.html

The key to writing a hot-take column of this type is to (a) choose a topic (any topic) the more trivial and innocuous-sounding the better. Then (b) link it (however convoluted) to something else: the more ominous and guilt-inducing the better.

Hot-take column on Fleabag? Why of course... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/20/fleabag-posh-girl-television

Fleabag is a work of undeniable genius. But it is for posh girls

In the aftermath of its second season, it’s time to reassess Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her champagne receptions

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/20/fleabag-posh-girl-television

Ivanka Trump's haircut? Yep https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/18/why-ivanka-trumps-new-haircut-should-make-us-very-afraid?fbclid=IwAR3dMO5T1_n5x2rYIVx46CpO8OoLzCOAFfBALBsqYDc89uBeNqJfdc87vhI

Why Ivanka Trump’s new haircut should make us very afraid | Arwa Mahdawi

If her family cares about anything, it is image. Her political bob (pob) may be an attempt to get us to take her ambitions more seriously, writes Arwa Mahdawi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/18/why-ivanka-trumps-new-haircut-should-make-us-very-afraid?fbclid=IwAR3dMO5T1_n5x2rYIVx46CpO8OoLzCOAFfBALBsqYDc89uBeNqJfdc87vhI

Rock documentaries? of course https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/29/we-will-classic-rock-you-when-will-the-white-guitarist-conveyor-belt-end?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0DFxb7NvvSMfbH0XtCc33vqAltoNGB7JjaXVioRls0wOpPXYCy_iHMEsw#Echobox=1564406229

When will the white rockumentary conveyor belt end?

Blinded By the Light and Yesterday are essentially uncritical, feature-length promos for heritage bands, and there’s more to come

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/29/we-will-classic-rock-you-when-will-the-white-guitarist-conveyor-belt-end?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0DFxb7NvvSMfbH0XtCc33vqAltoNGB7JjaXVioRls0wOpPXYCy_iHMEsw#Echobox=1564406229

Salt? https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/may/23/is-posh-salt-pretentious?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2fCr-jHKcFPwa7OF_JxY187y3tDv9O1TlWrCkAZPceu_IaokckI3vLHx0#Echobox=1558610839

Posh salt is having a moment – does enjoying it make me pretentious?

Believe it or not, you really can tell the difference between fleur de sel and bog-standard table salt

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/may/23/is-posh-salt-pretentious?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2fCr-jHKcFPwa7OF_JxY187y3tDv9O1TlWrCkAZPceu_IaokckI3vLHx0#Echobox=1558610839

Holograms? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/01/pop-holograms-miley-cyrus-black-mirror-identity-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR1rwlukc_NbKS1YdPpZhjaSTJXNavnFg-lcXwIiueyt9bon_glY7gNLDWA

'It's ghost slavery': the troubling world of pop holograms

Dead stars from Whitney Houston to Maria Callas are going on tour again. As Miley Cyrus explores the issue in a new Black Mirror, we uncover the greatest identity crisis in music today

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/01/pop-holograms-miley-cyrus-black-mirror-identity-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR1rwlukc_NbKS1YdPpZhjaSTJXNavnFg-lcXwIiueyt9bon_glY7gNLDWA

Cats? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2018/nov/27/why-populists-adore-cats-and-use-them-in-their-political-propaganda

Why populists adore cats – and use them in their political propaganda

Italy’s rightwing deputy prime minister is using cat pictures to soften his anti-migrant posts on Facebook. This is no surprise. The whitewashed cats of the internet are pure phoneys

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2018/nov/27/why-populists-adore-cats-and-use-them-in-their-political-propaganda

Game of Thrones... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2019/may/06/how-game-of-thrones-has-got-it-in-for-people-of-colour?fbclid=IwAR2EO0ZOH_kCPdccbirYSDk_cPNumiXuqw6m71JxOunqg3V5YtTAx6qu0pg

How Game of Thrones has got it in for people of colour

There is barely a black or brown person left alive in the long-running fantasy series. Is a triumphant storyline too much to ask for these characters?

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2019/may/06/how-game-of-thrones-has-got-it-in-for-people-of-colour?fbclid=IwAR2EO0ZOH_kCPdccbirYSDk_cPNumiXuqw6m71JxOunqg3V5YtTAx6qu0pg

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