2025.02.14

‘We’re like sitting ducks’: the right’s ‘war on woke’ has a well-tested playbook to take down academics
The campaign against Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, has become a blueprint increasingly wielded against women and scholars of color
Alice Speri
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/chris-rufo-jo-boaler-academics-woke

‘No one wants to pay $25 for breakfast’: US restaurants are cracking under inflation
It’s not just eggs, but coffee, orange juice and bacon, making life especially hard for diners, bakeries and brunch spots
Danielle Renwick
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/14/restaurants-inflation-egg-prices

Dating apps could be in trouble – here's what might take their place
Fiona Macdonald
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7zxgxdggjo

Stars pull out of shows and positions at Kennedy Center after Trump takeover
Issa Rae, Ben Folds and Shonda Rhimes among those who chose not to associate with the institution and president
Adrian Horton and Benjamin Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/13/kennedy-center-trump-issa-rae-shonda-rhimes

‘It changed my life’: Get Millie Black, the thrilling Caribbean crime drama shaking up TV
Booker prize winner Marlon James is breaking into television with his rave-reviewed cop show. Its creator and star talk wigs, unfinished business – and what it’s really like being queer in Jamaica today
Ellen E Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/14/marlon-james-get-millie-black-the-thrilling-caribbean-cop-show-tamara-lawrence

‘Another woke disaster from Hollywood!’ How Captain America joined the culture wars
In the latest film from the Marvel franchise, Captain America: Brave New World, a Black hero squares up to a raging red baddie trashing the White House. Cue the conservative outrage …
Steve Rose
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/14/woke-disaster-hollywood-how-captain-america-joined-culture-wars

Tilda Swinton decries ‘internationally enabled mass murder’ at Berlin film festival
Actor speaks out against ‘the unacceptable complacency of our greed-addicted governments’ as she picks up a Golden Bear award for lifetime achievement
Andrew Pulver
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/14/tilda-swinton-berlin-film-festival