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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Defector's 5th Birthday Party is on September 10 in Brooklyn

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<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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Arts And Culture

Ari Aster Wants You To Take The Bait

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Lady Gaga – The MAYHEM Ball Tour – Los Angeles

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No Journey With Lady Gaga Is Ever Wasted

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Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back: Michael Koresky On Hollywood’s Queer History

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‘Mission: Impossible’ Must Finally Reckon With Tom Cruise’s Ego

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As the omicron variant’s stunning infectiousness¬†sends case counts soaring, some glass-half-full experts opine it may push us more swiftly from pandemic to endemic

Life Lessons

Why I Keep Masking

Capturing A Sperm Whale

‘Moby-Dick’ Is Still Too Big For The Opera

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“Rape Is Political”: Jamie Hood On Trauma Narratives, Writing The Self, And Ethical Obligation

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The Power Of Negative Thinking

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‘Nosferatu’ Keeps You Waiting And Waiting