Art and Culture - Quillette (Page 21)

Confessions of an Equity-Industry Propagandist

It was my job to turn a regressive sow’s ear into a progressive silk purse.

Janet Mackay

5 Feb 2020 · 8 min read

Remembering Roger Scruton, Defender of Reason in a World of Postmodern Jackals

Scruton did not entertain petty prejudices, and had no wish to tell anyone how to live or who to love.

Barbara Kay

14 Jan 2020 · 8 min read

Religious Progressivism

It is not only religious “zealots” who get obsessed about good and evil. All human beings do.

Colin Turfus

20 Nov 2019 · 7 min read

Sheep and Mirrors: On Being Social

What is it about other people that bestows such joy, such comfort, such indispensable meaning on our lives?

Emma Wilkins

8 Nov 2019 · 13 min read

Racial Slurs and Deferential Condescension

We are effectively being told that, at this truth-seeking institution, it is inappropriate for us to utter certain indisputably true statements, because the value of truth is trumped by the emotional states of one or another demographic.

Matthew Small

7 Nov 2019 · 5 min read

Free Speech Matters, Even When it’s Not Protected by the First Amendment

As chilling effects go, “I would speak out, but I don’t want to risk going to jail” is not all that different from “I would speak out, but I don’t want to risk losing my friends and my livelihood.”

Jason Richwine

18 Aug 2019 · 6 min read

The Bigotry of Environmental Pessimism

The “Lorax” view of environmental problems as a consequence of greed has always been wrong and depressing.

Michael Shellenberger

15 Aug 2019 · 8 min read

Theoterrorism versus Freedom of Speech—A Review

Not only had Carrell hurt the feelings of the Iranian people, but he had hurt the feelings of Muslims all over the world. There would be consequences.

Rumy Hasan

14 Aug 2019 · 8 min read

Memories of Life at Kingdom Hall: An Alberta Schoolgirl Waits for Armageddon

Paradise was as real to us as a memory—and even though it wasn’t something concrete, our minds were already there in it.

Amber Scorah

9 Aug 2019 · 10 min read

The Case for Nabokov

An even moderately careful reading of Lolita should make it quite clear that it’s anything but a “celebration” of child rape.

Cathy Young

6 May 2019 · 13 min read

Policing the Creative Imagination

If sensitivity readers become a publishing institution, they will only incentivize more cautious, conservative, and ideologically homogenous books.

Craig DeLancey

5 May 2019 · 9 min read

How Intersectionalism Betrays the World’s Muslim Women

The progress of Muslim reformers, dissidents and apostates is hindered by leftists that use cultural relativism as a basis for their activism.

Omayma Mohamed

28 Apr 2019 · 9 min read

Denmark's Blaspheming Mother

Immigration, Islamism and integration are salient issues even in the happiest place on earth.

Andy Ngo

22 Apr 2019 · 9 min read

Jordan Peterson, And the New Chivalry

Peterson could remain detached from the people who seek his help, but he is courageous enough to connect with their pain, and thereby render himself vulnerable in the public forum.

Esther O'Reilly

12 Apr 2019 · 12 min read

Michel Houellebecq: Prophet or Troll?

Houellebecq depicts a Europe where French culture is a bad joke.

Jaspreet Singh Boparai

10 Apr 2019 · 14 min read