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Down the 1619 Project’s Memory Hole

Published by Phillip W. Magness

The history of the American Revolution isn’t the only thing the New York Times is revising through its 1619 Project. The “paper of record” has also taken to quietly...

September 19, 2020
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Top Stories

Then They Came for Beethoven

Published by Daniel Lelchuk

This week, Vox published an article titled “How Beethoven’s 5th Symphony put the classism in classical music.” “Since its 1808 premiere, audiences have interpreted [its opening progression] as a...

September 19, 2020
Art, Culture, Culture Wars, Entertainment, Music, Top Stories

How the Nonbinary Trend Hurts Those with Real Gender Dysphoria

Published by Debra Soh

Within the conversation about transgender rights has emerged a debate about whether nonbinary people should be considered transgender. Over time, concerns about nonbinary rights have begun to dominate this...

September 19, 2020
Activism, Culture, Diversity, Diversity Debate, Feminism, Identity, Top Stories, Women

Postmodernism: Some Corrections and Clarifications

Published by Elena Shalneva

Before I proceed with a brief discussion of postmodernism and its contribution to the 20th century thought, a clarification: contrary to the common view, the “modernism” part of the...

September 18, 2020
Books, Literature, Philosophy, Top Stories

The Dishonest and Misogynistic Hate Campaign Against J.K. Rowling

Published by Louise Perry

When J. K. Rowling first outed herself as a gender-critical feminist, my first thought was: If Rowling can be cancelled, anyone can be cancelled. Not only is she one...

September 18, 2020
Activism, Books, Culture, Entertainment, Feminism, Fiction, Free Speech, Identity, Literature, Regressive Left, Sex, Top Stories, Women

Corruption and Remorse—The Novels of a Watergate Conspirator

Published by Kevin Mims

As an avid reader of pop fiction, I’m more partial to the Nixon administration than any other White House. The Reagan years may have produced more crooks, and the...

September 17, 2020
Books, Politics, Top Stories

Don’t Listen to the Outrage. ‘Cuties’ Is a Great Film

Published by Allan Stratton

If you’d asked me a month ago what could possibly break through a news cycle dominated by the biggest global pandemic in a century, the most severe economic downturn...

September 17, 2020
Canada, Cinema, Culture, Diversity, Entertainment, Europe, Identity, Immigration, Migration, Sex, Top Stories, Women

Lessons of the Pinker Affair: The Problem with the Academy is False Beliefs, Not Intolerance

Published by Richard Hanania

Earlier this summer, over 600 signatories signed an open letter to the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), denouncing Steven Pinker for “speaking over genuine grievances and downplaying injustices, frequently...

September 16, 2020
Top Stories

Reports of Liberalism’s Death—A Reply to Yoram Hazony

Published by Cathy Young

Funeral dirges for liberalism are all the rage these days: google “liberalism is over,” and you’ll discover a lengthy bibliography of books and articles that disagree only about whether...

September 16, 2020
Philosophy, Politics, Top Stories
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PODCAST 112: Sex Neuroscientist Debra Soh on Her New Book, The End of Gender

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to scientist and author Dr Debra Soh about the misinformation being peddled to young people about biological sex and transition—and the most humane ways to...

September 19, 2020
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PODCAST 111: Suzi Jamil on Think Inc, Heterodox Thinking, and Australia’s Flourishing Intellectual Marketplace

Quillette Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann talks to Think Inc Founder Suzi Jamil about the rewards and challenges of bringing the world’s greatest thinkers to Sydney—and their new collaboration, Free Thought...

September 15, 2020

Books

Books, Literature, Philosophy, Top Stories

Postmodernism: Some Corrections and Clarifications

Before I proceed with a brief discussion of postmodernism and its contribution to the 20th century thought, a clarification: contrary to the common view, the “modernism” part of the...

September 18, 2020

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Anti-Racist Structuralists and Non-Racist Culturalists

Published by G. Thomas Burgess

As the long hot summer of 2020 draws to a close, many Americans may feel as though they are living through an unraveling: an uncontrolled pandemic, collapsing faith in...

September 13, 2020
Activism, BLM, Must Reads, Politics

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September 19, 2020

Then They Came for Beethoven

This week, Vox published an article titled “How Beethoven’s 5th Symphony put the classism in classical music.” “Since its...

by Daniel Lelchuk
September 19, 2020

How the Nonbinary Trend Hurts Those with Real Gender Dysphoria

Within the conversation about transgender rights has emerged a debate about whether nonbinary people should be considered transgender. Over...

by Debra Soh
September 18, 2020

Postmodernism: Some Corrections and Clarifications

Before I proceed with a brief discussion of postmodernism and its contribution to the 20th century thought, a clarification:...

by Elena Shalneva
September 18, 2020

The Dishonest and Misogynistic Hate Campaign Against J.K. Rowling

When J. K. Rowling first outed herself as a gender-critical feminist, my first thought was: If Rowling can be...

by Louise Perry
September 17, 2020

Black Lives Matter and the Mechanics of Conformity

The death of George Floyd in May, circulated in a bystander’s excruciating video clip, reignited furious and sometimes violent...

by Matthew Blackwell
September 17, 2020

Corruption and Remorse—The Novels of a Watergate Conspirator

As an avid reader of pop fiction, I’m more partial to the Nixon administration than any other White House....

by Kevin Mims
September 17, 2020

Don’t Listen to the Outrage. ‘Cuties’ Is a Great Film

If you’d asked me a month ago what could possibly break through a news cycle dominated by the biggest...

by Allan Stratton
September 16, 2020

Reports of Liberalism’s Death—A Reply to Yoram Hazony

Funeral dirges for liberalism are all the rage these days: google “liberalism is over,” and you’ll discover a lengthy...

by Cathy Young
September 15, 2020

Patient Safety and the Medical Omerta

September 17th, 2020 will mark the second anniversary of the World Health Organisation’s World Patient Safety Day, a sign...

by Habib Rahman
September 14, 2020

The Rule of the Masses

As cities burn across a divided United States of America, it is worth considering some of the conditions that...

by G. Gavin Collins
September 13, 2020

Anti-Racist Structuralists and Non-Racist Culturalists

As the long hot summer of 2020 draws to a close, many Americans may feel as though they are...

by G. Thomas Burgess
September 13, 2020

The Failure of Fusionism

Conservative parties throughout the West are in crisis. This may not be fully understood by simply looking at recent...

by Grant Wyeth
September 10, 2020

Four Decades of Terror: Rio de Janeiro’s Never-Ending ‘Drug War’

Welcome to Rio de Janeiro. Late August 2020. A woman tries to keep her child quiet. She is using...

by Damian Platt
September 9, 2020

Under the Frog: Why Tibor Fischer’s 1992 Booker-Nominated Novel May Have Found its...

In Szeged Hungary, while teaching at the university there, I met a student who read Tibor Fischer’s Under the...

by Robin Ashenden
September 9, 2020

At the Intersection of Art and Science: Revisiting EO Wilson’s ‘Consilience&...

I first read EO Wilson’s Consilience in the late 1990s when I was a student in a contemporary literary...

by Clint Margrave
September 8, 2020

The WEIRDest People in the World—A Review

A review of The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by...

by Alex Mackiel
September 8, 2020

Police Violence and the Rush to Judgment

In the days and weeks following George Floyd’s death in May, activists flooded the streets with placards and slogans...

by Rav Arora
September 6, 2020

The Myth of Harmonious Indigenous Conservationism

It seems like a long time ago. But only six months ago, pundits had convinced themselves that the great...

by Baz Edmeades
September 6, 2020

The Closing of the High Street Theatres

In his book, Think Like Amazon, John Rossman, the former director of Merchant Integration at the everything store, invokes...

by John Lloyd
September 6, 2020

The China Syndrome Part IV: Did China Fudge its Data?

Note: This is the concluding part of a four-part series of essays looking in detail at China’s role in...

by Philippe Lemoine
September 3, 2020

A Europe Divided and Unfree

Since the end of the Cold War, Europe has believed it is more resilient than it is, and less...

by Brian Stewart
September 2, 2020

The China Syndrome Part III: Wet Markets and BioLabs

Note: This is the third part of a four-part series of essays looking in detail at China’s role in...

by Philippe Lemoine
August 31, 2020

Will Corporate Social-Justice Initiatives Be More Than Just a Fad?

On June 16th, PepsiCo officials tweeted the details of their newly launched “Journey to Racial Equality”—a multi-part $400 million...

by David Weitzner
August 31, 2020

The Crimes of the Red Emperor

Show absolutely no mercy. ~Xi Jinping On July 30th, Chinese state media published details of the upcoming fifth plenary...

by Aaron Sarin

China Syndrome

The China Syndrome Part IV: Did China Fudge its Data?

Published by Philippe Lemoine

Note: This is the concluding part of a four-part series of essays looking in detail at China’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Part One looked at the circumstances surrounding...

September 6, 2020
China, China Syndrome Series, COVID-19, Health, Long Read, World Affairs

The China Syndrome Part III: Wet Markets and BioLabs

Published by Philippe Lemoine

Note: This is the third part of a four-part series of essays looking in detail at China’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Part One looked at the circumstances surrounding...

September 2, 2020
China, China Syndrome Series, COVID-19, Health, Long Read, World Affairs

The China Syndrome Part II: Transmission and Response

Published by Philippe Lemoine

Note: This is the second part of a four-part series of essays looking in detail at China’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Part One looked at the circumstances surrounding...

August 29, 2020
China, China Syndrome Series, COVID-19, Health, Long Read, World Affairs

The China Syndrome Part I: Outbreak

Published by Philippe Lemoine

Note: This is the first part of a four-part series of essays looking in detail at China’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic. This part looks at the circumstances surrounding...

August 24, 2020
China, China Syndrome Series, COVID-19, Health, Long Read, Top Stories, World Affairs
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PODCAST 112: Sex Neuroscientist Debra Soh on Her New Book, The End of Gender

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to scientist and author Dr Debra Soh about the misinformation being peddled to young people about biological sex and transition—and the most humane ways to...

September 19, 2020

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Police Violence and the Rush to Judgment

Published by Rav Arora

In the days and weeks following George Floyd’s death in May, activists flooded the streets with placards and slogans to denounce racism and police violence. But the zeal with...

September 8, 2020
Activism, BLM, Law, Politics, Recommended

The Myth of Harmonious Indigenous Conservationism

Published by Baz Edmeades

It seems like a long time ago. But only six months ago, pundits had convinced themselves that the great morality tale of our time was playing out in an...

September 6, 2020
Activism, Animal Rights, Bioethics, Canada, History, Identity, Migration, Recommended, Science / Tech

Bad Vibrations: The Lies Universities Tell Their Students about Sex

Published by Samantha Harris and Michael Thad Allen

Universities today bombard students with two contradictory messages about sex, effectively encouraging them to carry a dildo in their pocket, while lugging a fainting couch behind them. On the...

June 17, 2020
Education, Recommended, Sex
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