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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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Richard Kind poses at a gala celebrating "All In: Comedy About Love" opening night on Broadway at The Hudson Theatre on December 16, 2024 in New York City.

“All In: Comedy About Love By Simon Rich” Gala Performance

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How Meeting Richard Kind Changed The Course Of My Life

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In Praise Of ‘The Pitt,’ The Most Normal Show On Television

Leah Finnegan is the former editor-in-chief of Gawker and the Outline. She has written and edited for the New York Times, New York magazine, the New Republic, the Baffler, and others.

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Leah Finnegan

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Dream Count’ Is Stuck In The Past

Sarah Brouillette

A collage of covers of books. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Barbarian Lover, Fourth Wing, Ice Planet Barbarians, The Serpent and the Wings of Night, and The Games Gods Play

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Alien Pleasures

Lindsey Adler is a writer based in Brooklyn. She exclusively covered sports for a decade but has other interests, too.

Lindsey Adler

A woman stands in front of the Yoko Ono, »Cut Piece«, 1965, during a press preview at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Duesseldorf, western Germany on September 26, 2024. In cooperation with the Tate Modern, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is presenting the influential work of artist and activist Yoko Ono in a comprehensive solo exhibition taking place from September 28, 2024 to March 6, 2025.

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My Weekend With Yoko

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Israel Daramola

A screenshot of Nick Nolte facing a giant canvas in his loft in Martin Scorsese's segment of "New York Stories."

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A Journey Through The Process Of Making And Talking About Art

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Kelsey McKinney

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This Is So Stupid

Pretty Neat. Defector Outlines Hiring Process That Landed Devin The Dugong

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Sabrina Imbler

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Let Me Hold Your Hand While I Eat Bugs Out Of Your Hair

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Soraya Roberts

Premiere Of 20th Century FOX’s “Bad Times At The El Royale” – Arrivals

We Don’t Need Joss Whedon’s Cover Story

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

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