Art and Culture - Quillette (Page 23)

Taking on the Offendotrons: a review of Russell Blackford's 'The Tyranny of Opinion'

I could bang on about offendotrons every week and have to resist the impulse.

Helen Dale

28 Jan 2019 · 15 min read

How to Build a Bed

According to a local historian the house was probably occupied by freed slaves, possibly even an interracial couple. By 1840 standards New Orleans was a progressive place.

Stephen Elliott

22 Jan 2019 · 10 min read

Quand le 'Bye Bye' Éloigne les Deux Solitudes

Ils y ont vu un sketch qui tournait en ridicule le fait que le premier ministre avait lui-même folklorisé, voire caricaturé les coutumes indiennes lors de son périple. Alors que certains anglophones y ont plutôt vu une moquerie…de la communauté indienne.

François Cardinal

21 Jan 2019 · 7 min read

Headline Rhymes

Graham Verdon

21 Jan 2019 · 1 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

Truth and Disfavored Identities

Activists and Twitter blowhards, some of them with thousands of followers, have run roughshod over the facts with a false narrative of grotesque privilege colliding with noble oppression that confirmed their ideological preferences.

Joshua Hunter

20 Jan 2019 · 6 min read

Why Quebec Isn't Interested in Anglo Lectures About Cultural Appropriation

The joke was on the PM, not on India, on Indians or or Indo-Canadians. Yet that was not how some Anglophones saw it.

François Cardinal

17 Jan 2019 · 8 min read

What Is This Thing You Call 'Social Justice'?

“Why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century we’ve learned not to fear words,” Uhura says.

Barrett Wilson

17 Jan 2019 · 10 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

Francis Fukuyama’s Master Concept

As far as “master concepts” go, this one is hard to beat. One worries, however, that it is a little too neat.

Patrick Lee Miller

17 Jan 2019 · 13 min read

Headline Rhymes

Views on the news, delivered so smooth.

Graham Verdon

17 Jan 2019 · 1 min read

Tiers of Pride and Shame

Pride and shame are two sides of the same coin; so if collective pride makes sense, then collective shame makes sense too

Coleman Hughes

16 Jan 2019 · 7 min read

In Praise of Boredom, Again

Brodsky said that when confronted by boredom we should “exact full look at the worst.” He said “When hit by boredom, go for it. Let yourself be crushed by it; submerge, hit bottom.”

Caroline ffiske

11 Jan 2019 · 6 min read

Is Western Civilization a Thing?

Appiah is wrong to pretend that distinct civilizations were never a thing.

James Kierstead

11 Jan 2019 · 9 min read