Weekly Round Up
Quillette
· 3 min read
The Good Death—Cancel Culture and the Logic of Torture
It is unsettling to consider how similar today’s public cancellations are to those public executions.
Christophe Van Eecke
· 20 min read
'The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality'—A Review
The scientific idea that one’s genes affect one’s life outcomes isn’t novel.
Robert VerBruggen
· 10 min read
Quillette's Best on Gender Identity
When Sons Become Daughters | Angus Fox * Part 1 * Part 2 * Part 3 * Part 4 * Part 5 * Part 6 “Parents have been complaining about their kids’ lifestyle choices and political convictions since the dawn of time, of course. But rarely have such choices involved committing oneself to the possibility of sterility
Quillette
· 4 min read
Jessie Tu and the Fashionably Regressive Approach to Reading
The world of literature has expanded its horizons in recent decades, and the quality of writing from voices that may not have been published in decades past is something for which we should be grateful.
Neil Tully
· 6 min read
The Truth about Autogynephilia
Sexual tastes you do not share are inevitably hard to comprehend. But autogynephilia is especially so, since it is rare and even more rarely spoken of.
Helen Joyce
· 17 min read
Podcast #164: Comedian and Podcaster Jamie Kilstein on His COVID-Era Struggles
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Jamie Kilstein about the challenges he's faced since his excommunication from California's progressive entertainment circles.
Quillette, Jamie Kilstein
· 1 min read
Why Culture Matters for Racial Disparities
It has become virtually axiomatic among progressives that any factor invoked to explain racial disparities which is not “structural” reflects a racist belief.
Jonathan Church
· 19 min read
The War on Porn: Cancel Culture on Steroids
OnlyFans was given a huge boost by the pandemic. Many sex workers, faced with the sudden loss of their regular incomes, and stuck at home with time on their hands, flocked to the platform and built new streams of income.
Jerry Barnett
· 12 min read
Weekly Round Up
Quillette
· 4 min read
Remedial Education for All
Over the past few decades, schools have embraced practices of inclusion (also known as mainstreaming) which prioritize keeping students with disabilities in regular classes as much as possible.
Brock Tillman
· 11 min read
Time for Less Long-Term Thinking About China
Normalization of US-Chinese diplomatic relations in turn led to the biggest exercise in corporate continence in American business history.
Erik D'Amato
· 8 min read
Play Anything—The Case for Colorblind Casting
Colorblind casting is precisely what it sounds like—the practice of filling roles in a play or film regardless of skin color.
Graham Daseler
· 18 min read
Making the (Conservative) Case for Vaccine Passports
In many parts of the world, the anti-vaccination cause is now closely associated with the right-leaning side of the political spectrum.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 9 min read
The Creeping Orthodoxy of the Neurodiversity Movement
Neurodiversity is on the right track, and I support the agenda as it builds upon the civil rights movement.
Bill Williams
· 9 min read