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The Women of 7 October
I can’t stop thinking about them: the women and girls of the Israeli kibbutzim, who were raped on 7 October, less than 8 weeks ago. Raped so brutally…
Nov 18
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September 2023
The Disappearing Act
A Fictional Sketch with Commentary
Sep 26
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Iona Italia
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Separating the Art from the Artist
This piece first appeared in Quillette, where I am an associate editor. You can read the original here. Two sisters, with whom I am closely connected…
Sep 20
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Iona Italia
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Paper Moon
A Tango-Themed Fiction
Sep 6
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Iona Italia
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August 2023
Travellers
I’ve always been an extreme physical coward. Downhill skiing and bungee jumping are not for me—in fact, I get a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach…
Aug 23
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Iona Italia
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July 2023
Writing Wrongs
Why Academics Write So Badly and How That Hurts Them
Jul 26
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Iona Italia
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Free Will
A Debate
Jul 5
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Iona Italia
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June 2023
Lovelorn Millers and Interstellar Incels
On Unrequited Passion
Jun 28
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Iona Italia
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Can We Choose What We Believe?
And is it ever good to believe something untrue?
Jun 14
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Iona Italia
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On Casual Anti-White Racism
Let's not do this.
Jun 8
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Iona Italia
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May 2023
Mistress of Bricks
Counterintuitively, my surname, Italia, has nothing to do with the country of Italy. It’s a common Indian Parsi name that probably originated in a…
May 31
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Iona Italia
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Had We But World Enough
A sci fi tango story
May 24
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Iona Italia
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