Alona Ferber
@aloner.bsky.social
Senior editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk | Co-host, The Prospect Podcast | Ex: NS, Haaretz, TBI | UK, Israel/Palestine, feminism, politics, Ursula K Le Guin | Sign up to my newsletter: http://thebacklash.substack.com |
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The worst thing you can be (and four other reads)
Five things on gender inequality and the backlash against feminism
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“Don’t forget that the worst thing you can be is a girl”
New newsletter is out! with stuff on “feminisation”, Latvia, Russian post-feminism, the deepfake ecosystem and motherhood and writing, with links to stuff by @samanthaellis.bsky.social and others
thebacklash.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
New newsletter is out! with stuff on “feminisation”, Latvia, Russian post-feminism, the deepfake ecosystem and motherhood and writing, with links to stuff by @samanthaellis.bsky.social and others
thebacklash.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
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“Gaza was once a happy place with a happy people who had a great sense of humour and led lives like other seafaring people,” Raja Shehadeh writes. “But this was many decades ago.”
Excellent article @aloner.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
Excellent article @aloner.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Gaza was once a happy place with a happy people who had a great sense of humour and led lives like other seafaring people,” Raja Shehadeh writes. “But this was many decades ago.”
Excellent article @aloner.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
Excellent article @aloner.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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Antisemitism watchdog slams ADL’s ‘hyperbolic and aggressive’ response to Mamdani win; says ADL’s plan to ‘monitor’ mayor-elect for antisemitism deepens divisions and plays into far-right agenda
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Antisemitism watchdog slams ADL’s ‘hyperbolic and aggressive’ response to Mamdani win
Head of Nexus Project says ADL’s plan to ‘monitor’ mayor-elect for antisemitism deepens divisions and plays into far-right agenda
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Antisemitism watchdog slams ADL’s ‘hyperbolic and aggressive’ response to Mamdani win; says ADL’s plan to ‘monitor’ mayor-elect for antisemitism deepens divisions and plays into far-right agenda
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The flattening of structures is where the various drivers of Israel’s Gaza onslaught meet: ostensible military aims, a messianic ideology that wants Jewish settlement in the Strip, and the desire for revenge after 7th Oct
My piece in @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
My piece in @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The flattening of structures is where the various drivers of Israel’s Gaza onslaught meet: ostensible military aims, a messianic ideology that wants Jewish settlement in the Strip, and the desire for revenge after 7th Oct
My piece in @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
My piece in @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
"I observed that half the IQ In the world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population”
www.ft.com/content/b345...
www.ft.com/content/b345...
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"I observed that half the IQ In the world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population”
www.ft.com/content/b345...
www.ft.com/content/b345...
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in this week's newsletter! I offer to you the Superhero Movie Theory of why both Labour and the Tories have become unable to govern: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/all-my-hob...
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
in this week's newsletter! I offer to you the Superhero Movie Theory of why both Labour and the Tories have become unable to govern: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/all-my-hob...
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Less than two weeks till the budget. Today, I'm sharing a letter sent to MPs by parents affected by the two-child limit & benefit cap a year ago, which set out their simple plea that every child be treated the same.
Listen and share it (please) @cpaguk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kW-...
Listen and share it (please) @cpaguk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kW-...
Letter to MPs
YouTube video by Benefit Changes
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Less than two weeks till the budget. Today, I'm sharing a letter sent to MPs by parents affected by the two-child limit & benefit cap a year ago, which set out their simple plea that every child be treated the same.
Listen and share it (please) @cpaguk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kW-...
Listen and share it (please) @cpaguk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kW-...
Our local government sleuth is back, this time with exclusive FOI data on registered sex offenders in temporary accommodation, and the apparent lack of actual policy to make sure vulnerable families aren't housed in the same hostels as high-risk offenders www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Are councils housing sex offenders alongside homeless families?
Exclusive FOI data reveals the ex-prisoners are in temporary accommodation in London—and councils don’t seem to know if they pose a risk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Our local government sleuth is back, this time with exclusive FOI data on registered sex offenders in temporary accommodation, and the apparent lack of actual policy to make sure vulnerable families aren't housed in the same hostels as high-risk offenders www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
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🎧: In a world of unpredictable leaders, are nuclear weapons making us more vulnerable? Serhii Plokhy joins @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social on the Prospect Podcast to discuss.
Serhii Plokhy: How close are we to nuclear war?
In a world of unpredictable leaders, are nuclear weapons making us more vulnerable?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🎧: In a world of unpredictable leaders, are nuclear weapons making us more vulnerable? Serhii Plokhy joins @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social on the Prospect Podcast to discuss.
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Gaza's systemic flattening is "where the various drivers of Israel’s onslaught meet: ostensible military objectives, a messianic ideology that wants Jewish settlement ..., the desire for revenge after 7th October." Important report by @aloner.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Gaza's systemic flattening is "where the various drivers of Israel’s onslaught meet: ostensible military objectives, a messianic ideology that wants Jewish settlement ..., the desire for revenge after 7th October." Important report by @aloner.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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Two days after the 2016 election, Epstein returns to New York City from Paris.
"trump gives many new things to do"
"trump gives many new things to do"
![From:
Sent:
To:
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
11/10/2016 12:18:00 PM
Jabor Y.|
Importance:
High
in paris today, headed for new york. trump gives many new things to do](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihdhqgstxi3zv42mn4ty37s4s6junmxv6bzu3knosn2l3ochp5llu@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Two days after the 2016 election, Epstein returns to New York City from Paris.
"trump gives many new things to do"
"trump gives many new things to do"
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On this Epstein stuff, just a reminder that multiple contestants in the Miss Teen USA pageant - to repeat, TEENAGERS - said that when Trump owned it, he would walk into the dressing room so he could watch them changing clothes
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kend...
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kend...
Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing
“Don’t worry, ladies, I’ve seen it all before.”
www.buzzfeednews.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
On this Epstein stuff, just a reminder that multiple contestants in the Miss Teen USA pageant - to repeat, TEENAGERS - said that when Trump owned it, he would walk into the dressing room so he could watch them changing clothes
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kend...
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kend...
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We built a team of young Black, Asian, queer, and trans staffers at Teen Vogue, and they deserve the world. They are passionate, whip smart, and incredibly talented. Many of them are now without jobs — please consider donating to their GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lex McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent com… Lex McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We built a team of young Black, Asian, queer, and trans staffers at Teen Vogue, and they deserve the world. They are passionate, whip smart, and incredibly talented. Many of them are now without jobs — please consider donating to their GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
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If you have a little to spare, it could be put to very good use in Sudan.
How to Help the Refugees in Sudan
Millions of people have been displaced and are in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
www.thecut.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If you have a little to spare, it could be put to very good use in Sudan.
'The directive was 'nothing left''
For the latest issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk (out today) I looked into the scale of the Israeli army's destruction of buildings in Gaza, which has been widespread, at high scale, and it seems systemic >>>>
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
For the latest issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk (out today) I looked into the scale of the Israeli army's destruction of buildings in Gaza, which has been widespread, at high scale, and it seems systemic >>>>
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
'The directive was 'nothing left''
For the latest issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk (out today) I looked into the scale of the Israeli army's destruction of buildings in Gaza, which has been widespread, at high scale, and it seems systemic >>>>
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
For the latest issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk (out today) I looked into the scale of the Israeli army's destruction of buildings in Gaza, which has been widespread, at high scale, and it seems systemic >>>>
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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“In an email from January 2019, Mr. Epstein wrote to Mr. Wolff of Mr. Trump: “Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.””
Starting to see why Mike Johnson kept the House shut down for weeks rather than allow the 218th signature to release the Epstein docs…
Starting to see why Mike Johnson kept the House shut down for weeks rather than allow the 218th signature to release the Epstein docs…
"In one email, Epstein told Maxwell, 'I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump.' He added that an unnamed victim 'spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned.'"
“'I have been thinking about that,' Maxwell wrote back."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
“'I have been thinking about that,' Maxwell wrote back."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“In an email from January 2019, Mr. Epstein wrote to Mr. Wolff of Mr. Trump: “Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.””
Starting to see why Mike Johnson kept the House shut down for weeks rather than allow the 218th signature to release the Epstein docs…
Starting to see why Mike Johnson kept the House shut down for weeks rather than allow the 218th signature to release the Epstein docs…
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Damning new emails released by House Dems indicate that Trump "spent hours" with an alleged victim at Epstein's house and he was "the dog that didn't bark."
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Damning new emails released by House Dems indicate that Trump "spent hours" with an alleged victim at Epstein's house and he was "the dog that didn't bark."
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Trump ‘spent hours’ at Epstein’s house with victim of sex trafficking, email alleges on.ft.com/49lfk4N
Trump ‘spent hours’ at Epstein’s house with victim of sex trafficking, email alleges
House Democrats release new communications from late paedophile
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November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Trump ‘spent hours’ at Epstein’s house with victim of sex trafficking, email alleges on.ft.com/49lfk4N
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Spectator running a piece by Daniel Hannan which leans heavily into the inferred idea that you're not necessarily British if you come from a migrant background, even if you were born and brought up here.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spectator running a piece by Daniel Hannan which leans heavily into the inferred idea that you're not necessarily British if you come from a migrant background, even if you were born and brought up here.
Wednesday is @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day, and this week we are joined by Serkhii Plokhy to talk about the nuclear age that never ended...
🎧: In a world of unpredictable leaders, are nuclear weapons making us more vulnerable? Serhii Plokhy joins @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social on the Prospect Podcast to discuss.
Serhii Plokhy: How close are we to nuclear war?
In a world of unpredictable leaders, are nuclear weapons making us more vulnerable?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Wednesday is @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day, and this week we are joined by Serkhii Plokhy to talk about the nuclear age that never ended...
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President Trump sent a letter to Israeli President Herzog calling him to pardon Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The letter. Thanks to @barakravid.bsky.social
The letter. Thanks to @barakravid.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
President Trump sent a letter to Israeli President Herzog calling him to pardon Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The letter. Thanks to @barakravid.bsky.social
The letter. Thanks to @barakravid.bsky.social
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“One of the Italian snipers identified to SISMI in 1993 was from Milan, and the owner of a private clinic specialising in cosmetic surgery,” he said. “We are talking about wealthy people, entrepreneurs with a reputation, who during the siege of Sarajevo paid to be able to kill helpless civilians.”
Wealthy foreign gun enthusiasts paid Bosnian Serb forces for the chance to shoot residents of Sarajevo during the siege of the city during the 1990s, according to claims being investigated by Italian magistrates ⬇️
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for chance to shoot civilians in Sarajevo’
An Italian writer says he has uncovered evidence that Italians paid Bosnian Serb forces for ‘human safaris’ during the siege in the Balkan Wars
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“One of the Italian snipers identified to SISMI in 1993 was from Milan, and the owner of a private clinic specialising in cosmetic surgery,” he said. “We are talking about wealthy people, entrepreneurs with a reputation, who during the siege of Sarajevo paid to be able to kill helpless civilians.”
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The birth of the author
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The birth of the author
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“The bad headlines for Labour this morning are deliberate and self-inflicted. On one level, No 10 isn’t wrong to be paranoid – Labour MPs really are furious, and really are talking about replacing Starmer. But on the flipside, it is hard to see what they’ve gained by saying it.”
‘Next-level ineptitude’: The coup against Starmer may finish off McSweeney
No 10’s briefings about a plot against the prime minister are the work of his unpopular chief of staff
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“The bad headlines for Labour this morning are deliberate and self-inflicted. On one level, No 10 isn’t wrong to be paranoid – Labour MPs really are furious, and really are talking about replacing Starmer. But on the flipside, it is hard to see what they’ve gained by saying it.”
For the latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk I wrote about the extensive destruction of buildings in Gaza >>>
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
For the latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk I wrote about the extensive destruction of buildings in Gaza >>>
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...