Or is it just part of Generation Catastrophise’s miserable attitude to everything? We saw this mentality recently when ‘climate change’ (followed by ‘war’) was selected as the ‘Children’s Word of the Year’ for 2023, according to a survey by Oxford University Press of more than 5,000 children across the UK. …

As for all you poor, suffering showbiz bisexuals and nonbinaries, give it a rest. Luxury beliefs are bad enough, but in a world where world war seems just around the corner, luxury gripes are even more annoying. Emma Corrin must be one of the most fortunate people on Earth – young, beautiful, successful and rich from doing the thing she loves best for a living. Now that is privilege. Maybe it’s her awareness of this that causes her to ceaselessly interrogate her gender and sexuality. What a pleasant problem to have!

[Worth reading just for Burchill’s coining of the term ‘Generation Catastrophise.’ I can’t think of a better label for this Chicken Little generation and all of its drama over pronouns, microaggressions, and other malignant-narcissism tics. Give it *all* a rest. — Ed]