Podcast #246: How Gender Activists Took Over a Scottish Rape-Crisis Centre Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to writer Joan Smith about the scandals that unfolded at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre under the leadership of its male trans-identified CEO, Mridul Wadhwa. Jonathan Kay 9 Aug 2024 · 22 min read
The Professor, His Nemesis, and a Scandal at Oberlin The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values. Roya Hakakian 8 Aug 2024 · 31 min read
Two Wars, a Wedding, and a Funeral In the eleventh instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the dramatic events preceding the death of Attila the Hun. Herbert Bushman 8 Aug 2024 · 12 min read
Disuniting Australia What happens when the values of multiculturalism conflict with homophobic, misogynistic, and deeply anti-democratic strains of Islam? Alan Davison 7 Aug 2024 · 17 min read
Totems and Taboos A cancelled academic has produced a fine new book about the threat posed by progressive pieties. John Lloyd 6 Aug 2024 · 9 min read
America’s Last Great Political Novel In anticipation of the Democrats’ Convention in Chicago, a look back at Joe Klein’s splendid 1996 novel ‘Primary Colors’—a fascinating snapshot of Democratic Party politics at the end of the 20th century. Kevin Mims 6 Aug 2024 · 22 min read
Gaslighting Scottish Rape Victims in the Name of ‘Trans Inclusion’ For three years, Edinburgh’s rape-crisis centre was run by a male CEO who lectured sex-assault victims and staff about their ‘prejudice’ against the male body. How was this allowed to happen? Joan Smith 4 Aug 2024 · 17 min read
Is De-Chávezification Underway in Venezuela at Last? Venezuelans have had enough of Chavismo, and in Maria Corina Machado, they finally have an ideological alternative. Juan P. Villasmil 4 Aug 2024 · 7 min read
XY Athletes in Women’s Olympic Boxing: The Paris 2024 Controversy Explained The historical, political, and medical context of the Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting cases. Doriane Lambelet Coleman 3 Aug 2024 · 13 min read
A Devil of a Deal Putin will rejoice at this prisoner exchange, secure in the knowledge that hostage-taking has not yet reached the point of diminishing returns. Brian Stewart 2 Aug 2024 · 6 min read
Remembering 9 Thermidor, the End of the Terror 9 Thermidor was a victory over a bloodthirsty tyranny claiming to act in the name of progressive ideals. Cathy Young 2 Aug 2024 · 22 min read
Podcast #245: How We Form Our Political Beliefs with Oliver Traldi Iona Italia talks to Oliver Traldi about his new book, ‘Political Beliefs: A Philosophical Introduction.’ Quillette 2 Aug 2024 · 48 min read
Shadow Boxing: The Conflict Between Iran and Israel The mini-war between Israel and Iran’s proxies has gradually begun to approach open Israeli-Iranian conflict, and the threat of an all-out, full-scale war is now palpable. Benny Morris 1 Aug 2024 · 18 min read
Violence Against Women: A Crisis in Australia? Australia is among the least violent countries in the world. There are things we should do to make women safer, but we should not succumb to a crisis narrative. Russell Blackford 31 Jul 2024 · 12 min read
