In Eyes Wide Shut, “Nicole Kidmen tells Tom Cruise…about fantasising about cheating him with some naval officer they met… His desperate attempt to catch up with her fantasy” by cheating on her ends in a failure

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I fully support the struggle of transgender people against their legal segregation. [Their] message is radically universal: it concerns us all; it tells the truth about all of us as sexual beings. I see the anxiety apropos sexual identities as universal feature of human sexuality

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The Labour Party’s election failure in the UK proves that, for the progressive left to succeed, it will have to become considerably more revolutionary. The ‘softly, softly’ approach isn’t working

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anti-Semitism as a displaced anti-capitalism (instead of blaming the capitalist system, the rage is focused on a specific ethnic group accused of corrupting the system)

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That was the miracle of Corbyn. There what not even a trace of bad populism in Corbyn. Manipulating the worst fears and so on. Corbyn didn’t accept this game. It is todays modern left which truly stands for moral authority. https://t.co/fQUzKtGUxW

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Corbyn ignored the fearmongering. Corbyn didn’t answer at the same level of it. He succeeded. It worked. It is a wonderful ethical sign that people cannot be just manipulated. It is a great hope to all of us. https://t.co/fQUzKtGUxW

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good manners make us better. That is why I am incidentally horrified by the latest trends in politics represented in particular by US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, which allow politicians to be publicly vulgar. https://t.co/bijZBGiHyB

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