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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

NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On July 15

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Israel Daramola

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Kelsey McKinney

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Rachelle Hampton

Love Island USA – Season 7

Arts And Culture

Can We Pull You For A Chat?

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Ray Ratto

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Sure, We Gained Our Independence, But We Lost The Ability To Make Anything As Good As ‘Taskmaster’

<p>Alex Tey is a writer, photographer, and birdwatcher living in Queens, New York. Alex is short for Alexandra.</p>


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Alex Tey

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Life's Rich Pageant

The Anti-Fascist Power Of Trans Women Wrestling In Nacho Cheese

<p>Becky Ferreira is a science reporter based in Ithaca, N.Y. She writes <a href="https://www.404media.co/author/becky/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.404media.co/author/becky/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740083778769000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_mk31dNhas5lklZb38a6k">The Abstract</a>, a weekly science column for 404 Media. Her book <em>First Contact</em>, about the search for alien life, will be out in fall 2025.</p>


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Becky Ferreira

Sun over dying Earth. Illustration of the Sun, around 5 billion years in the future, heating a dying Earth. The oceans have evaporated, leaving salt-encrusted rocks. The Moon is seen passing in front of the massively swollen Sun. This stage of the Sun's life, known as its red giant stage, will begin when the Sun exhausts the hydrogen fuel in its core. It will then begin burning hydrogen in a shell surrounding the core, causing the Sun to expand. The expanding Sun will engulf the inner planets, and possibly the Earth. If the Earth survives this stage of the death of the Sun, it will freeze as the Sun collapses into a white dwarf star.

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Science

Are You Team Fiery Sun Death Or Team Lifeless Husk?

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


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Nicholas Russell

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Interviews

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

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Barry Petchesky

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 24: A 5-story Titanosaurus towers over Rockefeller Center to promote the film "Jurassic World: Rebirth" on June 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Giant Dinosaur On Display In Rockefeller Center For The Upcoming Movie

Just Give Me Some Normal Damn Dinosaurs

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Brandy Jensen

Alex Cooper, host of “Call Her Daddy” and founder of the Unwell Network, speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook

New York Times Holds Annual DealBook Summit

Call Her On Her Bullshit

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My New Glasses Have Ruined My Ability To Read! Help Me!

<p>Annie Howard is a journalist and historian based in Chicago. She is currently at work on her debut manuscript, <em>The City Made Me Trans</em><i>.</i></p>


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Chloe Dzubilo And The Perilous Path Forward For Trans Life

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I Love My Daily Sports Shows: Baseball And ‘Love Island’

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The Plight Of The White Male Novelist

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Defector Staff

In the shadows, c.1920. Private Collection. Creator: Cucuel, Edward (1875-1954).

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Books We Think You Should Read This Summer

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Defector At The Movies

A Good Marriage Plot Needs Real Stakes

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Soraya Roberts

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Stick With ‘Dept. Q’

25th May 1937: Two London women reading back to back as they sunbathe by the banks of the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London.

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I Had A Baby And Now I Can’t Read! What Do I Do?

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Brian Wilson, along with the Beach Boys perform at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on January 1, 1987 .

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Brian Wilson Was The Sound Of Something Just Out Of Reach

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Is This An Era Of Cultural Stagnation?


<p>Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99</p>


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Marc Maron performing stand up comedy. He is sitting on a stool and holding a microphone

Marc Maron: All In Tour

There Will Never Be Another ‘WTF With Marc Maron’

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The Cool Athlete Is No Longer In Production

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Katherine Churchill

RARE BOOKS

The Exclusive Men’s-Only Rare Books Club, And The Woman Who Has A Key

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


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Drew Magary

Tom Cruise arrives at the US Premiere of "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" at Lincoln Center Plaza in New York, New York on May 18, 2025.

US Premiere of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Red Carpet)

If Tom Cruise REALLY Loved Movies, He Would Let Me Watch Him Die

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Got A Reading Problem? Ask The Book Doctor!

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Rick Derringer performs at Oakland Stadium in Oakland, California - July 23, 1977