Another school shooting in America, and all the nonsense that will be said
Tabatha Southey: ’It’s not at all that America does not love her children. It’s just amazing the things that those with an addiction will defend’
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Tabatha Southey
Tabatha Southey is a columnist for Maclean’s. She has written for a number of publications and is the author of three books, including Collected Tarts and Other Indelicacies.
Donald Trump is the stock market’s desperate ex-boyfriend
Tabatha Southey: Donald Trump loves to talk about the stock market—but as it tumbles, he seems to be trying to emotionally manipulate it back to life
James Damore doesn’t understand women in STEM—or even STEM itself
Tabatha Southey: James Damore is suing Google for discrimination over his memo. But his beliefs ignore truths about science—and his own industry
A time-travelling look at Sen. Lynn Beyak’s future podcast career
What will Lynn Beyak do, now that she’s been booted from caucus? Tabatha Southey heads to the future to see what the senator will say before she retires
How Steve Bannon struggles with unemployment
Tabatha Southey reveals a (completely fictional) transcript of a conversation between Bannon and an employment counsellor
The proxy crusade over Justin Trudeau’s ugly Christmas sweater
Tabatha Southey: Why the outrage over a photo of the Trudeaus wearing sweaters adorned with an emoji-added Last Supper scene is misplaced
An ode to the snow day
Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, writes Tabatha Southey—but it lacks the pure surprise and joy of a good old-fashioned snow day
Neo-Nazis are no joke—they just want you to think they are
A style guide for a neo-Nazi publication reveals what should be obvious, writes Tabatha Southey: darkness lurks behind their self-parodying ’humour’
Why 2018 is the year of... oh God, now what?!
End-of-year columns are supposed to be an easy gift. And this year, that’s been taken away from our writer, Tabatha Southey. Is nothing sacred?
What we know—and have always known—about this moment in sexual harassment
These stories of harassment exist on a spectrum, but they’re all about abuse of power as gratification, writes Tabatha Southey