Misinformation Is Bad. Prohibiting It Is Worse A proposed Australian law aimed at blocking false content would likely be applied selectively—and thereby further erode public trust in mainstream information sources. The Quillette Editorial Board 29 Sep 2024 · 9 min read
The Cass Effect A landmark report properly emphasises the application of science, not slogans, in establishing treatment protocols for trans-identified children. The Quillette Editorial Board 29 Apr 2024 · 14 min read
Claudine Gay’s Misguided Defenders Damning facts shouldn’t be ignored just because they’re brought to light by the ‘wrong’ kind of person The Quillette Editorial Board 7 Jan 2024 · 10 min read
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s New Enemy: Americans Who Accept Biology A new SPLC propaganda document claims to ‘expose’ a vast ‘Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience Network’ that’s supposedly targeting trans people. The Quillette Editorial Board 27 Dec 2023 · 12 min read
Merry Christmas, Little Wolf Christmas offers a chance to remind ourselves of the intellectual debt that our editors and writers owe to the Christian tradition. The Quillette Editorial Board 24 Dec 2023 · 7 min read
Let Israel’s Critics Have Their Say No one should suffer professional or academic repercussions simply because they voice support for Palestinian rights and welfare. The Quillette Editorial Board 27 Oct 2023 · 6 min read
In Praise of Gender Crits “Gender-critical” is a jargonny way of describing the ordinary views held by the vast majority of the planet’s population. The Quillette Editorial Board 16 Jun 2023 · 9 min read
Our New, Subscription-Based World Like Substack, Quillette is hoping to provide readers with more engagement, and less anger. The Quillette Editorial Board 10 Apr 2023 · 8 min read
An Auckland Mob Shut Down a Women’s Rights Activist—And Proved Her Point The violent treatment of Kellie-Jay Keen betrays the fanaticism and misogyny that has infected progressive gender politics. The Quillette Editorial Board 28 Mar 2023 · 8 min read
A Rush to Judgement in Psychological Science In its panicked dismissal of Klaus Fiedler, the APS has failed to deliver procedural justice The Quillette Editorial Board 12 Dec 2022 · 7 min read
Svante Pääbo and the Human Story Not so long ago, he taught us, there were at least three distinct hominin lineages roaming large parts of the planet. The Quillette Editorial Board 6 Oct 2022 · 4 min read
Horseshoe Theory Comes to Ukraine Putin’s Western apologists don’t reflect the usual conflict between Left and Right—but rather comprise an example of both poles making common cause against the center. The Quillette Editorial Board 16 Sep 2022 · 7 min read
Rushdie’s Moral Heroism The attempt on the great writer’s life illustrates the dedication with which fanatics pursue the objects of their hatred. The Quillette Editorial Board 14 Aug 2022 · 7 min read
Imagining What a (Real) ‘Pro-Life’ Agenda Would Look Like Now is the time for a pro-life approach to be mobilized in defense of all human life, not just zygotes, blastocysts, embryos, and fetuses. The Quillette Editorial Board 5 Jul 2022 · 5 min read
The Disgraceful Firing of Joshua T. Katz Joshua Katz knew it was dangerous to go public with his objections to a Princeton faculty letter, but he did so because his conscience demanded it. For this, he has paid an intolerable price. The Quillette Editorial Board 26 May 2022 · 13 min read
