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The Present Age Weekly Recap: December 2, 2022

Parker Molloy
Dec 2, 2022
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Welcome to the weekly recap. In this post, I’ll be linking to my work from the week, sharing some stories from others I thought were interesting, and providing a few casual thoughts on [gestures at everything]. If you’d like to receive this weekly email ONLY, please go to your account page and under “Email notifications” uncheck every box except “TPA Weekly Recap.” If you don’t want to receive the weekly recap, leave all boxes except “TPA Weekly Recap” checked.


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New from me this week:

On Monday, I posted a video of a lengthy conversation I had with

Adam Davidson
about journalism and coverage of LGBTQ topics.

The Present Age
A Conversation Between The Present Age's Parker Molloy and journa.host's Adam Davidson
Watch now (67 min) | Hello, and happy Monday to all. Cyber Monday, in fact. Today, I’m going to try something a little different: a video. (Don’t worry, videos will be an occasional feature, not a replacement for my written posts.) Following my involvement in a minor controversy…
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2 months ago · 29 likes · 6 comments · Parker Molloy

And on Thursday, I published this link to a collection of posts I wrote last year about the “War on Christmas” narrative (and also included some AI-generated images of Santa fighting a war that I’ll add to as time goes on).

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It's the Most Wonderful Time of Year: War on Christmas-Time
Hello, and welcome to The Present Age’s December to Remember Happy Honda-Days uh… first post of December! To start the month, I’ve unlocked last year’s series of posts I did about the “War on Christmas,” its not-so-shockingly antisemitic origins (see: Henry Ford), and why conservative media outlets push the “the left is trying to abolish Christmas!” narr…
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2 months ago · 20 likes · 3 comments · Parker Molloy

On Thursday, I was on MSNBC’s The Mehdi Hasan Show (you can find the full episode streaming on Peacock):

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The Mehdi Hasan Show @MehdiHasanShow
“Being trans in 2022, it’s a challenge," @ParkerMolloy tells @mehdirhasan. "There’s not really a good-faith attempt on the right to find some sort of common ground ... It feels the best that any of us can do is to tread water."
1:40 AM ∙ Dec 2, 2022
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This morning, I joined

Moira Donegan
and
Chrissy Stroop
on
Teddy Wilson
's This Week in Extremism chat.

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson
Did you miss my conversation with @ParkerMolloy, @C_Stroop, and @MoiraDonegan about far right extremist rhetoric and how it results in real world deadly violence? Listen to the recording of the latest edition of This Week in Extremism here: https://t.co/Clwwrlig1E
6:29 PM ∙ Dec 2, 2022

And also this week,

Kayla Pekkala
and her
Tiny Werewolves
shop launched a "Collabs" section for her shop, which includes some TPA merch:

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Kayla Pekkala @KaylaPekkala
ICYMI: Introducing Collabs over on @TinyWerewolves! Limited time collaborations from Tiny Werewolves and your favorite small creators. ❤️ First up is @ParkerMolloy’s @readTPA. Read: tinywerewolves.substack.com/p/introducing-… Shop: tinywerewolves.com/collections/tw… https://t.co/s8UMp2iM9A
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Tiny Werewolves @TinyWerewolves
Tiny Werewolves: Introducing Collabs! https://t.co/5K2oxhD54n
3:15 AM ∙ Nov 29, 2022
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Dec 2, 2022Liked by Parker Molloy

Just wanted to mention how much I enjoyed your conversation with Adam Davidson. I am not that much of a fan of talking heads or maybe I'm just not a fan of *most* talking heads. The conversation was great; thanks for doing it and for sharing it.

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