On Ten Years
A speech marking the tenth anniversary of Quillette, delivered by founder and editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann in Sydney.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read
Editors’ Choice 2025
Quillette’s editors choose their favourite essays of the year.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 10 min read
The Sexual Paradise That Never Was
How Margaret Mead’s romanticised account of Samoan life became the founding myth of cultural determinism—and why it endures despite having been thoroughly debunked.
Patrick Whittle
· 19 min read
How Doctors Without Borders Became a Political Actor in Gaza
In recent years, large international NGOs have increasingly blurred the line between humanitarian work and political advocacy.
Gerald M. Steinberg, E. Levenson, Zoe Booth
· 7 min read
Among Savage Tribes
Napoleon Chagnon documented a society in which violent men enjoyed greater reproductive and marital success. Some of his academic colleagues never forgave him for it.
Peggy Sastre
· 10 min read
Tech Wants You to Believe that AI Is Conscious
Tech companies stand to benefit from widespread public misperceptions that AI is sentient despite a dearth of scientific evidence.
Nadav Neuman
· 8 min read
Sudan Between Two Middle Easts
Between the jihad of the “Hamas of Africa” and the new order of the Abraham Accords, the choice in Sudan should be clear.
Chama Mechtaly
· 21 min read
Can Art Convey Truth?
Ways of feeling are not ways of knowing.
Jerry A. Coyne
· 8 min read
Quillette’s Most Read—2025
Our most popular essays of 2025.
Quillette
· 3 min read
Podcast #318: Christmas in Byzantium
Jonathan Kay speaks with History of Byzantium podcast host Robin Pierson about the Christian traditions and imperial culture that took root in the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
Quillette
· 3 min read
The Chanukah Terror Attack in Australia—and the Antisemitism Behind It
A video essay examining the Chanukah terror attack at Bondi Beach, the acts of courage that unfolded in its aftermath, and the ideological and institutional failures that allowed antisemitism in Australia to escalate unchecked.
Iona Italia
· 5 min read
The Gospel According to Pasolini
Pasolini's 1964 film reimagines the gospels as fundamentally Jewish stories.
Robert Huddleston
· 8 min read
What the Bondi Attack Reveals About Australia’s Immigration Policy
The Akram case exposes with brutal clarity that time does not ensure assimilation. Being born in Australia does not guarantee allegiance.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
The Strange Death of English Justice
The proposed abolition of jury trials for most crimes undermines an ancient English liberty that has protected the people against state tyranny for centuries.
Ralph Leonard
· 13 min read
Australia’s Selective Blindness
The refusal to discuss Islamic antisemitism in Australia endangers Jews and threatens social cohesion.
Alan Davison
· 7 min read