Taki's Magazine

Political online magazine
Taki's Magazine
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
United States
OwnerTaki Theodoracopulos
EditorMandolyna Theodoracopulos
URLwww.takimag.com Edit this at Wikidata
Launched5 February 2007
Current statusactive
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Taki's Magazine, called Takimag for short, is an online magazine of politics and culture published by the Greek paleoconservative[1] commentator and socialite Taki Theodoracopulos and edited by his daughter Mandolyna Theodoracopulos. It has published articles by far-right figures such as Gavin McInnes and the white supremacist Jared Taylor; the white supremacist Richard Spencer was an early Taki's editor.[2][3][4]

Initially called Taki's Top Drawer, the site was redesigned and relaunched under its current title in March 2008 with a subsequent redesign in 2010.[5] Taki's received criticism for publishing articles in support of the Greek neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn.[1][6][7][8]

History

Founded on 5 February 2007, the intent of the site, according to Theodoracopulos, was to "shake up the stodgy world of so-called 'conservative' opinion."[9] Theodoracopulos said: "Takimag is a libertarian webzine. We believe the best stories are smart, cheeky, and culturally relevant. We take our politics like we take life—lightly."[9] Theodoracopulos, a "New York society gadfly",[10] the playboy son of a Greek shipping magnate, and co-founder of The American Conservative, had been a controversial columnist in publications like The Spectator, and noted for his use of racial and ethnic slurs.[11][12][13][10][14][15] Taki's Magazine drew note for its inclusion of white nationalist and white supremacist authors.[4][16] Vox called it "openly racist" in 2016.[8] New York magazine in 2017 said Taki's appealed to "hepcat paleoconservatives and cosmopolitan racists".[15]

Taki's Magazine had Richard Spencer as its editor for about two years, through 2009;[8][17][18][19] Spencer's tenure played a role in marshaling and naming what would eventually become the alt-right.[9][20][21] Using the headline "The Decline and Rise of the Alternative Right", Taki's under Spencer published a 2008 speech by Paul Gottfried to the H.L. Mencken Club, a group Gottfried had formed with Spencer's help that year.[22][23][24][25] The magazine also began to use the phrase "alternative right" frequently in other articles about the development of a new, less neo-conservative, more racialist politics emerging in the conservative movement.[26][22][17] This term was later adopted and shortened to "alt-right".[17][27]

John Derbyshire was fired by National Review in 2012 after he wrote a derogatory column for Taki's Magazine responding to "the talk" given by American black parents to their children.[28][29][30][12]

Gavin McInnes' Taki's column, which began around 2011, made casual use of racial and anti-gay slurs, as described by the Southern Poverty Law Center.[2] In 2016, McInnes announced on the Taki's website the founding of his neo-fascist street-fighting group the Proud Boys.[31][32]

Taki's published articles by Theodoracopulos in support of the Greek neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn.[1][6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Matthews, Dylan (6 May 2016). "Paleoconservatism, the movement that explains Donald Trump, explained". Vox. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Martin, Nick R. (October 19, 2018). "Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes has been using the same anti-gay slur hurled in the NYC attack for at least 15 years". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  3. ^ Hawley, George (2017). Making sense of the alt-right. New York. ISBN 978-0-231-54600-3. OCLC 990778368.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b "Taki's Magazine | Center on Extremism". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  5. ^ Grant, Drew (9 April 2012). "Taki's Mag Founder Speaks Out on John Derbyshire Race Controversy: 'It's Nice to Be Light Sometimes'". Observer. New York. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  6. ^ a b Theodoracopulos, Taki (19 July 2013). "Black Belts and Golden Dawn". Taki's Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. ^ a b Rothschild, Mike (15 August 2018). "After Alex Jones, 4 Far-Right Voices Testing the Limits of Free Speech Online". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d Matthews, Dylan (18 April 2016). "The alt-right is more than warmed-over white supremacy. It's that, but way way weirder". Vox. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Taki's Magazine - Article Page". takimag.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  10. ^ a b Matthew, Zoie (2019-10-03). "How Gavin McInnes Went from Vice to the Far Right". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  11. ^ Bell, Matthew (2010-05-15). "What's the point of Taki if he isn't offensive any more?". The Independent. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  12. ^ a b "Prominent White Nationalists Fired from National Review". Southern Poverty Law Center. August 16, 2012. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  13. ^ Gollner, Adam Leith (July–August 2021). "Original Sins". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  14. ^ Grant, Drew (2012-05-16). "To Slur, With Love: 'Ironic Racism' is More Than Just Taki". Observer. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  15. ^ a b Read, Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Noreen Malone, Max (2017-04-30). "Beyond Alt: Understanding the New Far Right". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2022-08-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  18. ^ Harkinson, Josh (October 27, 2016). "Meet the white nationalist trying to ride the Trump train to lasting power". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  19. ^ O'Connor, Meg. "Hate Goes Mainstream With the Miami Proud Boys". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  20. ^ Stahl, Jeremy (21 November 2016). "Meet the Neo-Nazi Whom Steve Bannon's Site Described as a Leading "Intellectual"". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  21. ^ Seiger, Theresa. "Who is Richard Spencer? 5 things to know about prominent white nationalist". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  22. ^ a b Hartzell, Stephanie L. (2018). "Alt-White: Conceptualizing the "Alt-Right" as a Rhetorical Bridge between White Nationalism and Mainstream Public Discourse". Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric. 8 (1/2): 17–19.
  23. ^ Marantz, Andrew (2017-07-06). "The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  24. ^ Siegal, Jacob (November 29, 2016). "The Alt-Right's Jewish Godfather". Tablet.
  25. ^ "Alt Right: A Primer on the New White Supremacy | ADL". Anti-Defamation League. June 18, 2020. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  26. ^ Moffitt, Benjamin (2023-02-02). "What Was the 'Alt' in Alt-Right, Alt-Lite, and Alt-Left? On 'Alt' as a Political Modifier". Political Studies: 4. doi:10.1177/00323217221150871. ISSN 0032-3217. S2CID 256566202.
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  28. ^ Byers, Dylan (7 April 2012). "National Review fires John Derbyshire". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
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  30. ^ Fisher, Max (2012-04-08). "The Talk: What Parents Tell Their Children About John Derbyshire". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  31. ^ Wilson, Jason; Squire, Megan (February 18, 2022). "Prolific White Nationalist Personality Identified". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  32. ^ Kriner, Matthew; Lewis, Jon. "Pride & Prejudice: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys". CTC Sentinel. 14 (6). Combating Terrorism Center: 26+.