A State of Parental Dysphoria
They say it takes a village to raise a child. What happens when that ‘village’ tries to convince your autistic daughter she was ‘born in the wrong body’?
Anonymous
· 9 min read
It Doesn’t Make It Alright
The SCOTUS decision on affirmative action has ended a hypocritical and incoherent policy.
Andrew Hammel
· 15 min read
Podcast #217: Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to acclaimed historian Orlando Figes, whose new book traces Russia’s political dysfunction back to the age of Byzantium and the Mongol invasion. This podcast is also available on YouTube.
Quillette
· 1 min read
Lost in Transition
The popularity of Harry Potter reveals a yearning for rites of passage that no longer exist.
John Carroll
· 10 min read
Celebrating the Legacy of Canada’s First Prime Minister
Far from being an ‘architect of genocide,’ John A. Macdonald championed policies that were humane by 19th-century standards
Greg Piasetzki
· 11 min read
Animal Liberation Later
Most consumers of meat know that animals matter, but they choose to act as if this isn’t the case.
Matt Johnson
· 13 min read
The Instagram Panopticon
Exhibitionism, voyeurism, and the cycle of judgement.
Ed Smith
· 16 min read
Land of Frost and Scurvy
In the sixth instalment of an ongoing Quillette series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes France’s disastrous first attempt to set up a permanent colony in Quebec.
Greg Koabel
· 30 min read
The Retreat from Moscow
Prigozhin’s coup attempt raises a number of questions to which there are no reassuring answers.
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
What Does She See In Him?
The strange phenomenon of hybristophiles.
Robert King
· 6 min read
What Even Is ‘Trans’?
A new book on gender leaves no space for gender non-conformity that is not defined as 'trans'
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 7 min read
It's Hip to Be "Trad": Quillette Cetera Episode 6
Is being traditional or conservative now counter-culture?
Zoe Booth, Claire Lehmann
· 1 min read
The Sorrow and the Self-Pity
Michel Houellebecq’s new memoir reveals a man quick to find fault with others but slow to accept responsibility for his woes.
RJ Smith
· 8 min read
Clash of the Titans
Politics encourages giant-building not aesthetics.
Aidan Harte
· 8 min read