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May 28, 2021

Stop Waving The Rainbow Flag If You Haven’t Earned It

A gay, white, male Creative Director friend of mine was casting a series of commercials and having a boardroom showdown over diversity. The highly resistant client lost their temper and accused him of trying to fulfill some personal mission. He replied, no. That diversity is just what the world looks…

LGBTQ

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Stop Waving The Rainbow Flag If You Haven’t Earned It
Stop Waving The Rainbow Flag If You Haven’t Earned It
LGBTQ

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Mar 12, 2021

The Yes Bird

It’s our anniversary. A year of COVID. And almost a year since a little bird paid me a visit. Last March, after watching the news creep over the continent, panic buying at the supermarket, and upping my Netflix membership I knuckled down for what I thought would be a…

Covid

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The Yes Bird
The Yes Bird
Covid

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Jan 22, 2021

Can Conversation Culture beat Cancel Culture?

And breath out… I’ve been holding mine for four years. Let’s talk about that inauguration. All the flags, nice touch. Fashion. It was like a primary color collection from the House of Pantone. And I loved it. The Winner? Michele. Best Outfit in a Supporting Role. Gaga. Amazing. J-Lo. I…

Inauguration

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Can Conversation Culture beat Cancel Culture?
Can Conversation Culture beat Cancel Culture?
Inauguration

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Dec 27, 2020

Hello From Between The Years

Hallo von Zwischen den Jahren I’ve been staring at the keyboard for hours. Starting a piece. Stopping. Deleting and starting again. After doing this a few times, I realized that this is a pretty good analogy for this year. I started a piece about a greatest hits of New Year’s…

Berlin Stories

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Hello From Between The Years
Hello From Between The Years
Berlin Stories

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Dec 20, 2020

The Great Reset and The Year 1AC

What to say about this year? It was the year where you couldn’t avoid the news because we were all right in the middle of it. I hear people calling this year, The Great Reset. It got me thinking that maybe it’s not such a bad idea to make it…

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The Great Reset and The Year 1AC
The Great Reset and The Year 1AC

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Dec 13, 2020

How To Travel In 2020: By Turntable

How does your city sound in 2020? When I’ve been on social feeds or texting with friends, you see pictures, memes and messages about how the cities we live are now wastelands. Everything is shut, there’s nowhere to go, everyone has locked themselves away. But earlier this year, when I…

Berlin

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How To Travel In 2020: By Turntable
How To Travel In 2020: By Turntable
Berlin

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Dec 6, 2020

What Can We Learn About Post-Vaccine Life From Gay Men and PrEP?

There were two very important pieces of news this week. The first is that three working vaccines are rolling off production lines and being distributed globally. It’s possible that people in Europe are going to start receiving vaccinations in January, maybe even earlier. …

Covid-19

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What Lessons About Post-Vaccine Life Can We Learn From Gay Men and PrEP?
What Lessons About Post-Vaccine Life Can We Learn From Gay Men and PrEP?
Covid-19

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Nov 29, 2020

A Weirdly Intimate Trip To The Dentist

Greetings from Berlin, dear reader. I don’t how you’re doing with your lockdown, but our sequel here in Berlin has been going OK for me. And when I say OK, I mean good and bad. Besides the Netflix junkie behavior, obsessing over bread on Instagram yet cooking none myself, and…

Berlin

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A Weirdly Intimate Trip To The Dentist
A Weirdly Intimate Trip To The Dentist
Berlin

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Nov 25, 2020

The Chancellor Who Cancelled Christmas

’Twas the month before Christmas, and all through Berlin, Not a raver was stirring, there’s no clubs to get in, Fishnet stockings were hung in the WG with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there, But a fear keeps us up as we lay in our beds, …

Berlin

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The Chancellor Who Cancelled Christmas
The Chancellor Who Cancelled Christmas
Berlin

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Nov 20, 2020

Berlin Stories: I finally meet my twin Hugh Jackman. Well, almost.

In the world of the X-Men films, ordinary people develop fantastical powers via a small genetic mutation. Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine had the ability to automatically regenerate his body. Through a small genetic mutation, I also have an X-Men power. Which is to look like him. Hugh, that is…

Berlin

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Berlin

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Karl Dunn

Karl Dunn

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Author of Berlin Stories Blog https://www.karldunn.com/berlin-stories / Author of the book “My Gay Divorce”

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