Suzanne Harrington: Stockpiling contraceptives, relying on comedians to keep you sane

"If the Orange Office possesses anything as coherent as actual policy, beyond move fast and break things, it’s to induce a feeling of overwhelm, of vertigo. Like watching someone smashing up a room."

Suzanne Harrington: "We don’t have the luxury of ignorance, we cannot later say, 'oh, we didn’t know'. We do know. We are saturated in knowing." Pic: Andrew Dunsmore

Trae Crowder is unusual – an American who describes himself as a 'liberal redneck' (that’s the title of his book) and a 'progressive hillbilly'. 

He was born into abject poverty in rural Tennessee, but thanks to a sharp brain and a gay uncle, swerved the bible-thumping ultra-conservatism of his surroundings. Instead he became a stand-up.