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Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
The Avant-Garde's Slide into Irrelevance
The foundations of the avant-garde were built upon the opposition of true and fake art.
Michael J. Pearce
· 10 min read
The 2018 Free Thought Awards
Quillette’s success comes from a group of writers compelled to express the truth as they see it. We couldn’t be prouder of our association with so many inspiring, talented free thinkers. From the dozens, we give a special nod to these five for their stellar contribution in 2018.
Quillette
· 4 min read
The Uncharted Territories of Medically Transitioning Children
Are we venturing into dragon territory with the transitional therapies increasingly made available to transgender youth?
Donna Reynolds
· 16 min read
Between Discipline and Chaos
No human institution can ever secure a definitive interpretation of goodness, and it is usually the ones that claim to have done so that betray their own purpose.
Patrick Lee Miller
· 11 min read
Younger Women Are More Left-Wing — While Older Women Are More Right-Wing Than Men
Younger women are the most left wing in their voting habits and older women the most right wing when we compared voters by age and gender.
Rosalind Shorrocks
· 4 min read
Reversing the Descent of Man
It is easy to see what satisfaction the institution of the dependent family gives to all sorts and conditions of men – to the tyrannous man what opportunities to tyranny
Geoff Dench
· 12 min read
What PETA Has Cost the Animal Rights Movement
In fact, the word “PETA” has become a pejorative for stunts, gimmicks, and putting feelings over facts when it comes to animal issues.
Jacy Reese
· 5 min read
Quillette Podcast 8 — Trans Software Developer Corinna Cohn on Trans Orthodoxies
Listen onSpotify Canadian editor Jonathan Kay talks to Corinna Cohn, a trans woman and Indianapolis-based software developer who disagrees with Twitter’s policy of banning users who “deadname” trans people and, more generally, doesn’t believe she is obliged to support the causes associated with the Social Justice movement
Quillette
· 1 min read
From Astrology to Cult Politics — The Many Ways We Try and Fail to Replace Religion
Implicit in the blank-slate take on religion is the idea that religious faith may be diminished simply by changing the type of cultural inputs people receive.
Clay Routledge
· 7 min read
Refighting the Usage Wars
It all starts with the “Usage Wars,” a somewhat arcane but fiercely political battle over the English language that’s been raging for decades.
Michael O'Keefe
· 7 min read
Democratic Socialism or Social Democracy?
The function of the label “democratic socialist” is being changed through usage. Take, for example, the political label “liberal.”
Alexander Blum
· 7 min read
Feast and Drink for Our Community's Health
Large-scale studies have found that around ten percent of adults in Western nations experience chronic loneliness.
Claire Lehmann
· 6 min read
American Universities' China Problem
When the institutions we entrust to pursue the truth start avoiding the truth—particularly academic research that few of us can do on our own—we all suffer.
Robert Precht
· 4 min read
Heroic Guerrilla — From Revolutionary Militant to Saint
Before his corpse was cold, the Che cult had a ready-made logo; a brand. But what exactly does it signify?
George Schifini
· 13 min read