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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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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Israel Daramola

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Arts And Culture

‘Babygirl’ Wants To Know Your Fantasy

<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

A bunch of Cardinals sit in their pointy white hats in a screengrab from Edward Berger's 2024 film Conclave.

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Defector At The Movies

The Ending Of ‘Conclave’ Was Cheap And Stupid

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Alan Kluegel

Denzel Washington looking incredibly sinister and cool in Gladiator II.

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II Decadent II Decrepit: The Politics Of ‘Gladiator II’

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Lauren Theisen

Still from Carmelita Tropicana. A person in sunglasses and a person in leather holding a neon plunger interrogate a man tied to a chair.

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‘Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!’ Seizes The Full Potential Of The Theater

<p>A Rockies fan by birth and a White Sox fan by geographic proximity, Annie Howard spends her non-suffering sports moments ardently rooting for the Nuggets and the Orioles.</p>


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Annie Howard

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Perform At The National Stadium

Music

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Works Hard To Hope

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Kelsey McKinney

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There’s No Shortcut To Publishing A Book

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Giri Nathan

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I Loved How Much Ugly Baby Hated Me

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Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Our Little Secret’

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


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Nicholas Russell

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‘The Village’ Still Has Questions To Ask

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<div>Casey Taylor is a writer living and working in Pittsburgh. He is currently writing a book for St. Martin&#8217;s Press about cannabis religions, Haile Selassie I, and the Cold War in the Caribbean. He also writes a free newsletter called <a href="https://weedchurch.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://weedchurch.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709306863919000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mVH2xiID6S0zvlyj6yHco">Weed Church</a> covering foolish spiritual things that occur to him. His work has appeared in The New Republic, WIRED, New York Magazine, and a sports blog he can’t currently recall the name of. You can <a href="mailto:caseyt7@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">email</a> him if you’d like.</div>
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Casey Taylor

The crowded work bench of New York tattooist Charlie Wagner in the 1940's. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

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How Do You Preserve Tattoo History When Skin And Memory Fail?

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Soraya Roberts

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Crowd Work Isn’t A Substitute For Comedy

Dave McKenna

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Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘’Tis The Season To Be Irish’

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Simple Hotel Room, Iceland. (Photo by: GHI/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Why Does Hotel Art Look Like That?


<p>Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.</p>


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Dan McQuade

Trent Green, in a number 10 red Chiefs jersey, watches as a man in an overcoat with black short hair and a black beard holds a football, ready to throw it

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They Put Trent Green In This Hallmark Christmas Movie

Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken &amp; Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, California.

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It’s Kendrick’s Party, You Can Cry If You Want To