An Interview With Lisa Littman, Who Coined the Term ‘Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria’ This research explores, through the reports of parents, a phenomenon whereby teens and young adults who did not exhibit childhood signs of gender issues appeared to suddenly identify as transgender. Jonathan Kay 19 Mar 2019 · 18 min read
The Rise and (Possible) Fall of Justin Trudeau Show the Perils of Woke Governance Whatever the fate of Trudeau in the wake of this scandal, progressive politicians everywhere should take heed of the larger lesson. Jonathan Kay 7 Mar 2019 · 7 min read
Quillette Podcast 20 – Danish Expert Kay Xander Mellish on Denmark's Rape Culture, Gender Equality and the New, Female-Led, Right-Wing Party Jonathan Kay talks to Kay Xander Mellish, author of How to Live in Denmark (2014) and How to Work in Denmark (2018) about the recent Amnesty International report claiming Denmark has a “pervasive rape culture,” as well as what it’s like living in the country ranked number two in Quillette / Jonathan Kay / Kay Xander Mellish 7 Mar 2019 · 1 min read
Punishing the Crime vs. Blacklisting the Soul In a society that distinguishes the sin from the sinner, on the other hand, recitals of past misdeeds and impure thoughts are tolerated, and even encouraged. Jonathan Kay 9 Feb 2019 · 9 min read
Entering the Mind of an Inuit Whale-Hunter Klarmann and Eklund didn’t care about getting players to admire Indigenous peoples, even if that is what they achieved. They were just two nerds trying to make a good game. Jonathan Kay 21 Jan 2019 · 16 min read
Gillette's Progressive Politics: 'Corinthian Leather' for the Progressive Soul n the 1960s, being progressive meant expanding the range of permissible behaviour. A half century later, it’s about imposing constraints. Jonathan Kay 17 Jan 2019 · 9 min read
Understanding the Miracle of Hanukkah Through the Ancient World's Prism of Horrors Judah’s men were not gentle souls. Jonathan Kay 4 Dec 2018 · 6 min read
Quillette Podcast 2 - Ted Hill on how his Paper was Sent Down the Memory Hole Canadian editor Jonathan Kay talks to Dr. Theodore Hill, professor emeritus of mathematics at Georgia Institute of Technology. Ted Hill recently wrote an article for Quillette about how a paper of his on the Greater Male Variability Hypothesis was accepted and retracted by The Mathematical Intelligencer and The New York Quillette / Jonathan Kay 16 Nov 2018 · 1 min read
Portrait of the Artist as a False Accuser An artist should be able to create whatever artifact she likes out of the tissue of her own reality—within such boundaries prescribed by libel law. Jonathan Kay 9 Nov 2018 · 9 min read
As a Toronto Mob Brays, David Frum and Steve Bannon Joust over Populism’s Split Soul Is populism a polite synonym for xenophobia—or a righteous movement to wrest power from elites? Jonathan Kay 3 Nov 2018 · 11 min read
Nazis: A Modern Field Guide In the spirit of the Handbook on German Military Forces, I offer readers this brief field guide to the various kinds of “Nazis” who inhabit the world of 2018. Jonathan Kay 31 Oct 2018 · 10 min read
Fight the Scourge of Antisemitism—but Take Hope from Pittsburgh’s Righteous Gentiles Despite sporadic episodes of horrific anti-Semitic hatred such as this, the modern West remains, by historical standards, a safe environment for Jews—something worth acknowledging, even as we join Tree Of Life in a collective act of mourning. Jonathan Kay 28 Oct 2018 · 6 min read
The Scandal at UBC Keeps Growing—but No One Has Been Held Accountable The school’s decision to suspend, smear and then fire Galloway on the basis of false allegations has snowballed into one of the greatest scandals in the history of Canadian education. Jonathan Kay 17 Oct 2018 · 6 min read
Amidst the YouTube Junkies of MythCon, I Witnessed a New Kind of Radical Centrism This was a room full of people passionately engaged in the world of ideas. Yet in their panelist remarks and Q&A comments, few of the speakers and audience members invoked the name of any actual party, politician or even broad political movement. Jonathan Kay 24 Sep 2018 · 11 min read
