Why So Many Young Men Are Giving Up on Work
Sydney psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed on why men who quit work aren't depressed but demoralised, and how mental health labels became a rival source of status and dignity.
Tanveer Ahmed
Tanveer Ahmed is a practicing psychiatrist and writer. He is the author of In Defense of Shame and Fragile Nation.
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Men Without Meaning
Men are quietly leaving the workforce—not for lack of jobs, but for lack of purpose.
Father and Son, Partners in Terror
The identity of the Bondi Beach terrorists reveals some uncomfortable but important truths about antisemitism within Australia’s Muslim population.
Podcast #273: Australia’s Antisemitism Crisis
Quillette editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann speaks with Bangladeshi-born Australian psychiatrist and journalist Tanveer Ahmed about the rise of Jew-hatred in their country.
The Sexual Politics of Vasectomies
Vasectomies were illegal in France up until 2001. A Napoleonic code which forbade self mutilation was applied to vasectomies used for contraception.
Can Public Shaming be Useful?
Just as coronavirus exposes the different fault lines and weaknesses of each society it invisibly penetrates, it has functioned as something of an exclamation mark upon a half-century of social and economic liberalism.
Taming the Lizard Brain
The history of consumerism can be seen be as the growing sophistication to tie our primitive instincts to consumption behaviours.
What Makes a Self-Hating Muslim?
Wajahat Ali’s crime is that by mere association with a Jewish group, he was tarred by important sections of the Islamic community as a traitor.
Muslim Blackmail
This is further illustrated by the uniform theme of victimhood from the Muslim community since the Paris attacks, suggesting the likelihood of any self examination or internal critique is low.