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Tara Ella’s Biography

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TaraElla is a singer-songwriter, author and freelance writer, who is passionate about popular culture, freedom and feminism.

Tara Ella’s Journalist Portfolio

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Make The West Liberal Again: Full Transcript

Make The West Liberal Again: Full Transcript

In recent years, it has become unfashionable to identify as a liberal in many parts of the West, especially i…

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Why I'm making it My Feminist Mission to End Wikipedia's Notability Policy

Why I'm making it My Feminist Mission to End Wikipedia's Notability Policy

Wikipedia is arguably the most important source of information on the internet today. Many people begin their…

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Ivanka Trump Is A Feminist Because She Says So - Anything Else Is Just Dangerous

Ivanka Trump Is A Feminist Because She Says So - Anything Else Is Just Dangerous

Progressives have always led the way on respecting other people's identities and self-described affiliations.…

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Are Safe Speech and Progressive Stack Good for Social Justice?

Are Safe Speech and Progressive Stack Good for Social Justice?

Free speech was once a central issue for the left in the West. As recently as the 1960s, leftist college stud…

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Donald Trump's Victory is a Failure of Liberalism.

Donald Trump's Victory is a Failure of Liberalism.

Ever since Donald Trump's victory last year, progressives have been doing two things: mutually reassuring eac…

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In This New Day And Age, Everyone Can Be Special. It's Our Choice.

In This New Day And Age, Everyone Can Be Special. It's Our Choice.

We, the millennials, were the first generation to be told that we were special when we were growing up. Gone …

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Why ‘Progressive’ vs ‘Conservative’ is Misguided

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By Tara Ella
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A better divide would be radicals vs moderates Press enter or click to view image in full size Western politics, particularly in the English-speaking world, has long been defined in the popular imagination as a contest between ‘progressives’ and ‘conservatives’. This picture has persisted because it is a convenient way to describe the two-party system that was a natural by-product of the Anglo-American election systems.
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The Case for a Moderate Politics Based on Values

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By Tara Ella
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The basics of TaraElla’s ideas. Less negativity. More constructive dialogue. Aim for a new politics of meaning and hope. Or, how to be critical of wokeness while not empowering the reactionary right Press enter or click to view image in full size A recurrent theme of my work in recent years is to think about how we can critique the ‘woke left’, while not falling into the reactionary right pipeline, or at least be subconsciously ‘infected’ by the narrative being manufactured by the reactionary right.
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How the Left can Stop Alienating People

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By Tara Ella
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How the Left can Stop Alienating People Katie: While you’ve been quite critical of how the left exists right now, you have also said that you support the general idea of progress, as in making society more inclusive and better for everyone gradually. You have also said you want to build bridges and find common ground with the left, where possible. So under what conditions do you think you will be able to find that common ground?
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Why I’m making it My Feminist Mission to End Wikipedia’s Notability Policy

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Smash the Overton Window (rather than just Moving it)