Intersectionality’s Cosmic Inquisitor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has made a name for herself as one of STEM’s most implacable activists. Now the targets of her online attacks are fighting back Jonathan Kay 15 Feb 2024 · 35 min read
New Details in the Tragic Case of Toronto Educator Richard Bilkszto A Freedom-of-Information request sheds light on the Toronto District School Board’s ‘abusive, egregious and vexatious’ anti-racism trainer. Jonathan Kay 24 Jan 2024 · 7 min read
When Denouncing ‘Settler Colonialism’ Blurs into Hamas Apologism: A Conversation with Michael Powell The Atlantic magazine writer speaks with Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about the use of fashionable academic jargon to convey hateful propaganda. Jonathan Kay 19 Jan 2024 · 18 min read
Western Europe’s Forgotten Nightmare In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror. Jonathan Kay 6 Jan 2024 · 14 min read
Feminism v. Gender Ideology: An Interview with Julie Bindel During a visit to the county she calls ‘Tranada,’ the veteran activist and author tells Quillette that ‘intersectional’ feminism often resembles a rainbow-branded offshoot of the men’s-rights movement. Julie Bindel / Jonathan Kay 7 Dec 2023 · 29 min read
Hamas Terror Is Testing the Moral Credibility of Canadian Progressives No movement that excuses the deliberate slaughter of innocent civilians—even under guise of anti-colonial ‘resistance’—can survive as a mainstream political creed. Jonathan Kay 26 Oct 2023 · 9 min read
Canadian Parents (Finally) Push Back Against Gender Cultism Many of us are simply tired of living in a society that gaslights citizens with officially sanctioned lies like ‘trans women are women‘ Jonathan Kay 23 Sep 2023 · 6 min read
Saving Liberalism from ‘The Identity Trap’: An Interview with Yascha Mounk In an acclaimed new book, the German-American political scientist traces the rise of illiberal intellectual movements among modern progressives. Jonathan Kay 19 Sep 2023 · 13 min read
When Trans Activism Becomes Government Policy Even as other nations finally move to protect dysphoric youth from disfiguring treatments, Canadian politicians and educators continue to promote state-funded ‘gender journeys.’ Margaret Wente / Jonathan Kay 21 Aug 2023 · 23 min read
RIP, Richard Bilkszto, a Toronto Educator Who Stood up to Woke Bullying—and Paid the Price Two years after being falsely smeared as a white supremacist by a diversity trainer, a longtime school principal committed suicide Jonathan Kay 21 Jul 2023 · 9 min read
Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism: An Interview with Orlando Figes In a new book, the historian traces modern Russian aggression to an apocalyptic mythology rooted deep in the nation’s past. Jonathan Kay 7 Jul 2023 · 9 min read
In Canada, Asking for Evidence Now Counts as ‘Denialism’ Sensational 2021 claims that unmarked Indigenous child graves had been discovered in British Columbia now seem doubtful. But saying so may soon be a criminal offence Jonathan Kay 20 Jun 2023 · 9 min read
Lessons from an Academic Social Panic Following on an investigative report detailing McMaster University’s mishandling of false sex-ring accusations in 2020, here are four lessons to help prevent a recurrence Jonathan Kay 18 Jun 2023 · 10 min read
Should the DEI Industry ‘Check Its Privilege’? An Interview with Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic In a May 31st article, “The DEI Industry Needs to Check Its Privilege,” Friedersdorf argued that many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs likely do little to further the cause of social justice, even as they help enrich the DEI experts who champion them. Jonathan Kay 15 Jun 2023 · 13 min read
McMaster’s Imaginary Sex Ring In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen. Jonathan Kay 14 Jun 2023 · 51 min read