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Gender Transition and Desistance in Teenage Girls: Two Psychotherapeutic Case Studies

Published by Susan Evans and Marcus Evans

When doctors always give patients what they want (or think they want), the fallout can be disastrous, as we have seen with the opioid crisis. There is every possibility...

July 30, 2021
Feminism, Health, Identity, Mental Health, Regressive Left, Sex, Social Media, Spotlight, Women

Vaccines and the Coronavirus Crank Crisis

Published by Christopher J. Snowdon

When I last wrote about the rise of the coronavirus cranks for Quillette on January 16th, there were 37,000 people in British hospitals with COVID-19, and 1,411 COVID-related deaths...

July 28, 2021
COVID-19, Culture Wars, Economics, Health, Spotlight, UK

Top Stories

The Subversive Simone Weil—A Review

Published by Seamus Flaherty

A review of The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas, by Robert Zaretsky. The University of Chicago Press, 181 pages. (February 2021) “How much time do you...

July 30, 2021
Books, History, Philosophy, Politics, Review, Top Stories

Charles Murray’s ‘Facing Reality’—A Review

Published by Razib Khan

A review of Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America by Charles Murray. Encounter Books, 168 pages. (June, 2021) I’ve known about Charles Murray since 1994, when I...

July 29, 2021
Crime, Criminology, Culture Wars, Diversity, Identity, Politics, Review, Social Policy, Top Stories

Listening to Literature—What We Gain and Lose with Audiobooks

Published by Art Edwards

I couldn’t finish Ulysses. This was 1994, the year after I’d graduated from Arizona State University with an English degree, and the year that my rock band started providing...

July 28, 2021
Books, Literature, Long Read, Memoir, Top Stories

Rescuing the Radicalized Discourse on Sex and Gender: Part Two of a Three-Part Series

Published by Allan Stratton

Our choice of words affects the way we think. That’s why we spend so much time fighting over which terms to use, whether it’s “undocumented immigrants” versus “illegal aliens,”...

July 27, 2021
Activism, Conformism, Diversity, Feminism, Identity, Language, Regressive Left, Sex, Top Stories, Women

The Insect Apocalypse That Never Was

Published by Jon Entine

For the past four years, journalists and environmental bloggers have been churning out alarming stories that insects are vanishing, in the United States and globally. Limited available evidence lends...

July 25, 2021
Biology, Environment, Science / Tech, Top Stories

The Philologist, the Iraqi Girl, and Me

Published by Edward Grossman

I hadn’t bargained on the climate, especially not in the summer and especially not on the coast. That didn’t stop me from going ahead and doing what every self-respecting...

July 23, 2021
History, Long Read, Memoir, Middle East, Top Stories

The Ear Whisperers

Published by John Lloyd

Advisors to rulers, wrote Machiavelli in his Discourses, would achieve their best results by “putting their case with moderation instead of assuming responsibility for it, and by stating one’s views...

July 23, 2021
History, Politics, Top Stories

The Rise of Post-Liberal Man

Published by Mathis Bitton

Ancient philosophers did not analyse political systems in terms of individual rights, distribution of powers, and legitimacy. Instead, they focused upon the kind of citizen that a specific regime-type...

July 22, 2021
Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Top Stories

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Jonathan Kay

Jonathan Kay is an editor and writer at Quillette, a TedX speaker, an op-ed columnist at National Post, and host of the Quillette podcast. His work has appeared recently...

July 6, 2021

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Podcast #160: Author Milli Hill on the Growth of Social Justice Mobs Among Birthing Activists, Dhoullas, and Midwives

Published by Quillette Magazine

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with British writer Milli Hill about the online mob that accused her of transphobia in late 2020—and why she still refuses to describe...

July 30, 2021
Podcast

Podcast #159: Jonathan Kay on Life at Quillette, The New York Times, FOX News, Seth Rogen, His New Book, and Del Boca Vista

Published by Quillette Magazine

Quillette editor and podcast host Jonathan Kay tells David Bernstein, founder of the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values, about his life as a journalist and self-described “lapsed Jew.”

July 23, 2021
Podcast

Podcast #158: Glenn Loury on America’s Political Polarization and the 2020 Election

Published by Quillette Magazine

Veteran professor and public intellectual Glenn Loury is interviewed by Australia’s Josh Szeps for Quillette’s Free Thought Live series. Professor Loury discusses America’s political polarization, black voters, American history,...

July 14, 2021
Podcast

Podcast #157: Christopher Rufo’s Whirlwind Campaign Against Critical Race Theory

Published by Quillette Magazine

Quillette’s Jonathan Kay talks to activist Christopher Rufo about his new status as conservative intellectual celebrity—and asks whether the rising opposition to progressive ideological radicalism can go too far.

July 13, 2021
Podcast, Top Stories

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Looking for COVID-19 ‘Miracle Drugs’? We Already Have Them. They’re Called Vaccines

Published by Claire Berlinski and Yuri Deigin

Bret Weinstein, a former professor of biology at Evergreen State College, is best known for being hounded off his own campus in 2017 by a horde of social-justice zombies...

July 6, 2021
Bioethics, Biology, COVID-19, Health, Must Reads, Science, Science / Tech, Tech

In Case You Missed It

Books, History, Philosophy, Politics, Review, Top Stories

The Subversive Simone Weil—A Review

A review of The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas, by Robert Zaretsky. The University of Chicago Press, 181 pages. (February 2021) “How much time do you...

July 30, 2021
Crime, Criminology, Culture Wars, Diversity, Identity, Politics, Review, Social Policy, Top Stories

Charles Murray’s ‘Facing Reality’—A Review

A review of Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America by Charles Murray. Encounter Books, 168 pages. (June, 2021) I’ve known about Charles Murray since 1994, when I...

July 29, 2021
Books, Literature, Long Read, Memoir, Top Stories

Listening to Literature—What We Gain and Lose with Audiobooks

I couldn’t finish Ulysses. This was 1994, the year after I’d graduated from Arizona State University with an English degree, and the year that my rock band started providing...

July 28, 2021
Activism, Conformism, Diversity, Feminism, Identity, Language, Regressive Left, Sex, Top Stories, Women

Rescuing the Radicalized Discourse on Sex and Gender: Part Two of a Three-Part Series

Our choice of words affects the way we think. That’s why we spend so much time fighting over which terms to use, whether it’s “undocumented immigrants” versus “illegal aliens,”...

July 27, 2021
Biology, Environment, Science / Tech, Top Stories

The Insect Apocalypse That Never Was

For the past four years, journalists and environmental bloggers have been churning out alarming stories that insects are vanishing, in the United States and globally. Limited available evidence lends...

July 25, 2021
History, Long Read, Memoir, Middle East, Top Stories

The Philologist, the Iraqi Girl, and Me

I hadn’t bargained on the climate, especially not in the summer and especially not on the coast. That didn’t stop me from going ahead and doing what every self-respecting...

July 23, 2021
History, Politics, Top Stories

The Ear Whisperers

Advisors to rulers, wrote Machiavelli in his Discourses, would achieve their best results by “putting their case with moderation instead of assuming responsibility for it, and by stating one’s views...

July 23, 2021
Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Top Stories

The Rise of Post-Liberal Man

Ancient philosophers did not analyse political systems in terms of individual rights, distribution of powers, and legitimacy. Instead, they focused upon the kind of citizen that a specific regime-type...

July 22, 2021
Activism, Culture, Culture Wars, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Top Stories

The Faith of Systemic Racism

We hear constantly about the systemic racism coursing through America. Everything, we’re told, is shot through with hate. It does not matter if no white person ever has actually...

July 21, 2021
Asia, Diversity Debate, Economics, Identity, Science / Tech, Tech, Top Stories

Silicon Valley’s Cynical Treatment of Asian Engineers

Silicon Valley runs on Asians. This is a well-known aspect of the tech world in general, but it’s especially apparent in elite sub-sectors. Even by 2010, Asian Americans already...

July 21, 2021

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As a Gay Child in a Christian Cult, I Was Taught to Hate Myself. Then I Joined the Church of Social Justice—and Nothing Changed

by Ben Appel

I grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, in a fundamentalist Christian community called The Lamb of God. What began in the mid-1970s as a small group of born-again hippies who played music, prayed together, and proselytized to whoever would listen about Jesus’s unconditional love and mercy, descended into authoritarianism in the 1980s after its founder linked up with the broader charismatic renewal...

July 8, 2021
Conformism, Diversity Debate, Education, Identity, Recommended, Regressive Left, Religion, Top Stories

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