White Lotus, Red Dragon—China’s History of Millenarian Dissent
When one woman refused and snapped at them to “go away,” they attacked her with a chair and mop handle.
Aaron Sarin
· 14 min read
Breaking the Union
The SNP has been in government in Scotland since 2007, and the determination and political will with which it has pursued independence has been impressive.
John Lloyd
· 9 min read
Podcast #151: Kenny Xu on Asian-Americans’ Success, And Their Complicated Placement in the Progressive ‘Intersectional’ Hierarchy
Host Jonathan Kay speaks with conservative activist, book author, and Quillette contributor Kenny Xu about the pressures that Asian-Americans now face to toe the line on progressive race orthodoxies—including acquiescing to their own unfavorable treatment in elite school admissions. Transcript: Jonathan Kay: Welcome to the Quillette podcast. I’m
Six Great Ideas from Adam Grant's 'Think Again'
Westerners have been reading the works of Aristotle for more than 2,000 years, and his ideas even animated the Islamic Golden Age.
Jon Hersey
· 12 min read
Black Lives Matter and the Psychology of Progressive Fatalism
There is nothing wrong with elevating anti-racism in one’s own life. But there is something wrong with imposing one’s moral reality upon total strangers.
Samuel Kronen
· 18 min read
Thomas Sowell's Harlem Years
A bright student with a tumultuous home life, Sowell was admitted to one of New York’s most competitive high schools but dropped out at age 16.
Jason L. Riley
· 6 min read
The Gathering Resistance to the Stigmatisation of Masculinity
There is now a growing international movement of men and women dedicated to resisting the anti-masculinity narrative.
Hannah Gal
· 8 min read
Education and Masculinity—An Interview with Will Knowland
The right to free speech includes speech that might offend, shock, or disturb. And it includes not only the right to express such speech but also the right to receive it.
Hannah Gal
· 8 min read
Podcast #150: Helen Pluckrose on the Role of Postmodernism in the Construction of Modern Social-Justice Dogmas
Quillette founder Claire Lehmann speaks with Cynical Theories co-author (and Grievance Studies Hoax collaborator) Helen Pluckrose about the influence of postmodern ideas in the formulation of the latest iterations of Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, and other “intersectional” doctrines. Transcript: Jonathan Kay: Welcome to the Quillette podcast. I’m Jonathan
Quillette, Helen Pluckrose
· 24 min read
Lived Experiences Aren’t Special
Lived experiences are often vividly used by progressive activists as evidence of widespread injustice, accompanied with a call for action and social change.
Tim Hsiao
· 7 min read
The Petulant Campaign Against Eric Kaufmann
The reason Kaufmann has been targeted is simply that he departs from woke ideology on issues like race, immigration and freedom of speech.
Noah Carl
· 5 min read
Trauma and the Psychedelic Renaissance
Negative stereotypes about psychedelics are undergoing a reassessment.
James Jeffrey
· 10 min read
How Liberal Elites Use Race to Keep Workers Divided—And Justify Class-Based Inequities
Liberals have abandoned history, because they have to believe they are superior to both elites of the past and the contemporary working class, at the same time.
Catherine Liu
· 6 min read
Gender Activists Co-Opted British Columbia’s Courts. Meet the Woman Who Stood Up to Them
Under this policy, declaring one’s pronouns is required when people introduce themselves in court whether they present in keeping with their biological sex or not.
Karin Litzcke
· 16 min read
Lesbians Aren’t Attracted to a Female ‘Gender Identity.’ We’re Attracted to Women
Two such orientations are heterosexuality and homosexuality. They are defined in terms of specific patterns of attraction.
Kathleen Stock
· 13 min read