In times of war, you don’t always get to pick your bedfellows. Capitalists and communists, crusaders and Mongols, Antifa and K-Pop stans ⦠sometimes you have to team up with the enemy of your enemy to defeat the greater evil. Which makes it awkward when that enemy of your evil enemy turns out to be a child-molesting mass…
Monsters are the stuff of nightmares and often brought to life as supernatural creatures with a taste for human flesh and suffering. They are the figures born out of human fear and an explanation for when things go wrong in the world. But fictional beasts aren’t typically to blame for our woes, as humans can…
David Fincher is a master of the crime drama. He complicates the typical conception of justice with his films by following police officers who are unable to solve the mystery and capture the killer. This steeps his work in a deep sense of nihilism as the bad guys win, or his characters are left feeling…
The mystery was said to have been revealed by a former close associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s pal, French model scout Jean-Luc Brunel, citing a conversation with the former modeling agency manager that took place nearly two decades ago.Prosecutors in convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case have claimed, in the form of sworn testimony, that the…
From the very first, there were cabals that chose which children would be taken and sacrificed, and harvested their blood for use in secret rituals. The clandestine gathering, the child’s blood misused: These are constants across centuries.In the case of William of Norwich—a young boy found dead in a wood in England, in the year…
I have extended a standing invitation to her friends to visit for playdates or sleepovers, but none has ever come. Lori Gottlieb 7:00 AM ET Bianca BagnarelliEditor’s Note: Every Monday, Lori Gottlieb answers questions from readers about their problems, big and small. Have a question? Email her at dear.therapist@theatlantic.com. Dear Therapist,I am a single parent…
After seeing “she’s 12” trending on Twitter, a lot of people expected the worst. However, rather than yet another pedophile scandal, the trending phrase turned out to be part of a relatively mild parenting question, one that nevertheless managed to produce some highly polarized views. @luna_alola @WingedOracle @WingedOracle @loveydoveypup @loveydoveypup @ArtbyInis Others took a more…
Jill Biden shrugged off the president’s attacks as a sign that Trump is looking for low blows as her husband shows “steadiness, that calm, empathy, things that people are looking for right now.” | Democratic National Convention via AP Jill Biden is tired of hearing about her husband’s gaffes. “Oh, you can’t even go there.…
Accusations that US President Donald Trump and Republicans are the real pedophiles are taking Twitter by storm, even as the platform censors authentic footage of his rival Joe Biden inappropriately touching children. The hashtag #TrumpIsAPedo was the top political trend in the US on Tuesday, pushed by the Democrat political action committee Meidas Touch. The…
Former President Bill Clinton reportedly had an “intimate” dinner with British socialite and accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in 2014. Maxwell is in a New York City prison after accusations that she helped to procure underage victims for accused pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. She was charged with two counts of conspiracy, enticement of…
