Tag: woke

The Rise of the Single Woke (and Young, Democratic) Female

Soccer Moms are giving way to Single Woke Females—the new “SWFs”—as one of the most potent voting blocs in American politics. Unmarried women without children have been moving toward the Democratic Party for several years, but the 2022 midterms may have been their electoral coming-out party as they proved the chief break on the predicted…


‘You Bring Us the World’: Australia Welcomes Newest Citizens on Australia Day

Nineteen thousand immigrants from over 140 countries became Australians on Thursday at citizenship ceremonies around the country.  Citizenship ceremonies across Australia hold great significance on Jan. 26, with a flagship ceremony in the capital overseen by the prime minister and governor-general. One of those new Australians, Nashieli Garcia Alaniz, was among those whose pledge was…


M&M’s Ends Woke ‘Spokescandies’ After Pushback, Replacing Them With Actress Maya Rudolph

M&M’s says it’s pulling its increasingly woke “spokescandies” mascots after a massive pushback over the politicization of the beloved candy brand. Mars, the candy maker which produces M&M’s, announced on Jan. 23 that it would replace its decades-old team of M&M’s “spokescandies” mascots with the actress Maya Rudolph, after backlash by longtime fans over its…


What The Lord of the Rings Teaches us About ‘Being Woke’

We all like stories, or sometimes, using posher language: narratives. There is a good reason for that: “Narrative may be regarded as a primary act of mind,” said Professor Brian Cox in his introduction to the English National Curriculum that was being introduced into UK schools in 1988. More recently, Frank Wolcek in his book…


Michael Zwaagstra: When It Comes to Education, Government Bureaucrats Don’t Always Know Best

Commentary Suppose you were learning how to drive for the first time and you had a choice between two instructors. One of them, a government employee, has a success rate of 26 percent while the other, a private contractor, has a 90 percent success rate. Which instructor would you hire? The choice is obvious. However,…


Labor MP Defects, Warns Former Party Will Send State ‘Woke and Broke’

Labor Party defector Tania Mihailuk will join One Nation in the upcoming state election, warning that her former party—which analysts believe stands a good chance of winning power—will send New South Wales “woke and broke.” The MP has long warned the Labor Party of straying too far down the left side of politics—adopting policies like…


USC Removes the Word ‘Field’ in Class Because of Implied Connotations to Racism and Slavery

The University of Southern California’s (USC) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will no longer use the word “field” in its curriculum, as it may have racist “connotations” related to slavery. The word “may have connotations for descendants of slavery and immigrant workers that are not benign,” according to a letter from the department on Jan. 9….


Poilievre Defends Freedom of Speech in Light of Jordan Peterson’s Latest Ordeal

The ability to speak freely in Canada is what distinguishes the country from dictatorships, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said in a video released on Jan. 6 which addresses the levying of potential sanctions against psychologist and author Jordan Peterson for his views shared online. “It should go without saying that in a free country,…


[PREMIERING NOW] Google Has Programmed ‘Woke’ AI to Censor the Internet: Whistleblower

Google has been programming a “woke” artificial intelligence (AI) system that can censor the internet, according to Zach Vorhies, a former Google employee turned whistleblower. He explains that AI is at the heart of the future internet—determining what content is shown, how facts are weighed, and which voices should be suppressed. What Google is doing,…


Google Has Programmed ‘Woke’ AI to Censor the Internet: Whistleblower

Google has been programming a “woke” artificial intelligence (AI) system that can censor the internet, according to Zach Vorhies, a former Google employee turned whistleblower. He explains that AI is at the heart of the future internet—determining what content is shown, how facts are weighed, and which voices should be suppressed. What Google is doing,…