Taki's Magazine
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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]
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| Available in | English |
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| Headquarters | United States |
| Owner | Taki Theodoracopulos |
| Editor | Mandolyna Theodoracopulos |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 5 February 2007 |
| Current status | active |
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]
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]
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