Meghan Daum
The Guardian
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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How I fell for – and broke up with – the intellectual dark web
As my marriage unraveled, I found new, unapologetic friends on YouTube: Sam Harris, Christina Hoff Sommers, Jordan Peterson. I didn’t agree with every point, but I was electrified – and less alone → Read More
We're all bound and gagged by a new boss — social media mobs
Millennials and post-millennials are increasingly either in thrall to a loud minority of their peers who have organized themselves into volunteer thought police. → Read More
In the age of #MeToo, Philip Roth offers an unlikely blueprint for feminists
For Roth, womankind was the source of enormous rage and disappointment. Mankind was the source of weakness and shame so unshakeable it to him 27 novels to work through it. → Read More
A new movement to speak truth to identity politics is our best hope against regressive thinking
A radical movement wants to stop tiptoeing around off-limits facts and foster a new discourse that can cut through polarization and solve the nation's problems. → Read More
In its debates, the Trump resistance could use more 'yes, and...'
Natural allies talking past each other and turning minor disagreements into dealbreakers has become a baseline dynamic of our cultural conversation. → Read More
Had enough of the visceral response to the Trump era? Try a little nuance instead
Or you can do you what humans have done for thousands of years: Admit privately to feeling conflicted. → Read More
Shaming Leelah Alcorn's parents is rooted in bigotry
Don't blame Leelah Alcorn's parents for being conflicted about their transgender child. They loved their child. → Read More
'A Day Without a Woman' is a strike for privileged protesters
In the fine tradition of taking something that worked before and milking it to the point of uselessness or maybe self-parody, a strike has been called for March → Read More
‘Special snowflake’ is the Triscuit of insults. Banish it in 2017
Meghan Daum’s pick for the most overused and worn out expression of 2016 is ... → Read More
‘Special snowflake’ is the Triscuit of insults. Banish it in 2017
Meghan Daum’s pick for the most overused and worn out expression of 2016 is ... → Read More
Identity politics did in Clinton, but not the way you think
Clinton didn't lose because she played identity politics, but identity politics -- of the GOP -- cost Clinton the election. → Read More
Trumpocalypse Now: Are you panicking or taking a deep breath?
It’s been slightly more than two weeks since slightly less than half of those who voted in the presidential election set Western civilization on a possible course toward destruction. → Read More
We have a chance to make history by electing America’s first woman president. Why aren’t we celebrating?
If Clinton wins, it may be less about advancing women's rights than holding the line on setting women back. → Read More
All Trump gropes are bad, but they aren't all equal or equally horrible
The Trump-inspired national seminar on sexual harassment and assault has given me, like a lot of women, occasion to think about my own experiences in this arena. I’ve mostly been mercifully untouched, so to speak. → Read More
Clinton the resilient shows she's tougher than Trump the bully
Three days later and I’m still basking in the glow of Hillary Clinton’s debate performance. With a level of composure seldom seen on live television, she was a model of sangfroid, perfectly calibrating her facial expressions even as Donald J. Trump called her disgraceful, said she had “tremendous hate in her heart” and threatened to jail her. → Read More
Meghan Daum: Protesting everyone with whom you don’t agree is foolish
Ah, May, when flowers are blooming, allergens are wafting and aggrieved college students are mewling about commencement speakers whose politics d... → Read More
Madeleine Albright a war criminal? Scripps College's baffling crusade for simple thinking
Ah May, when flowers are blooming, allergens are wafting and aggrieved college students are mewling about commencement speakers whose politics don't sufficiently hew to the ultra-liberal standards set by the campuses' most outspoken activists. → Read More
Madeleine Albright a war criminal? Scripps College's baffling crusade for simple thinking
Ah May, when flowers are blooming, allergens are wafting and aggrieved college students are mewling about commencement speakers whose politics don't sufficiently hew to the ultra-liberal standards set by the campuses' most outspoken activists. → Read More
Meghan Daum: Here's a quiz to test the bubble-brained
During the last year, have you purchased domestic, mass-market beer to stock your own fridge? Have you patronized Applebee’s or Chili’s? During the 2014-2015 television season, did you regularly watch → Read More
Meghan Daum: Hillary showed strength staying with Bill
Hillary Clinton fared well on Super Tuesday, winning seven of 11 primaries thanks in large part to minority voters in delegate-heavy Southern states such as Texas and Virginia. But the → Read More