Holly Baxter

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Those concerned about whether the president can be summarily defeated by bedtime will not be reassured

The US now finds itself subject to an election being fought between Old Man Yells at Cloud About Immigrants and Old Man Who Would Yell at a Cloud if his Throat Wasn’t So Sore

Picture this: A statue of Joe in his signature aviators, glimmering in the sunlight, writes

COMMENT: Picture this: A statue of Joe in his signature aviators, glimmering in the sunlight, writes Holly Baxter

There's a phrase often thrown around in journalism: “Don't become the news.” In its simplest form, this aphorism is meant to underscore the need for objectivity in one's reporting: Don't insert yourself into the story; maintain the neutrality you owe your readers. Read another way, however, it becomes general advice to a world obsessed with celebrity and even notoriety. The pursuit of being newsworthy, it suggests, rarely leads to happiness. Whether you're a trad wife whose brand went viral

I recently wrote a novel about a messy protagonist's messy divorce. For some readers, the twist is that I'm not her.

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Join executive editor Holly Baxter as she sits down with a panel of experts from The Independent, including Bel Trew, Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia