Reflections on the Revolution at Yale
Yale cannot help but indulge the claims—no matter how overblown—levelled against it by activists.
Jamie Kirchick
· 7 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 780 posts
Headline Rhymes
Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
Real Art Is Bound to Cause Offence
Artists should be nervous when advocacy groups gain influence over the creative process: Their focus is never art. It’s always their own narrow agenda.
Gabriel Scorgie
· 10 min read
My Unpopular Opinion: There Are Too Many Mediocre Artists
There are too many artists, too many people who want to be artists, most of them aren’t very good, and schools should focus on inculcating self-discipline rather than dopey ‘all must have prizes’ creativity.
Helen Dale
· 5 min read
Kimmel and Conflict Theory: Sociology Turns Its Lens onto One of Its Own
Recent case of Michael Kimmel can be understood as a real-life manifestation of the ham-handed, universal application of a conflict theory perspective.
Ilana Redstone
· 11 min read
A Closer Look at Anti-White Rhetoric
While affirming the ubiquity of anti-white rhetoric in progressive communities, Salam suggested it’s driven by motives beyond the simple highlighting of power structures.
Uri Harris
· 10 min read
Why It's Not OK to Hate Men
Is it okay to hate men, then? Again, obviously not, for the same reasons. Except – it’s not so obvious. Because such sentiments are again entering the mainstream.
Tim Lott
· 10 min read
The Problem with 'Facts Not Feelings'
The narrow emphasis on ‘facts not feelings’ reflects a widespread misunderstanding of the role evidence plays in the apprehension of truth.
John R. Wood, Jr.
· 8 min read
Britain's Populist Revolt
Britain has produced a Brexit debate that is utterly dry, sterile, and completely lacking in imagination.
Matthew Goodwin
· 22 min read
Reclaiming Work as a Virtue
Somewhere along the way, many of the intellectual classes stopped believing in work as essential to survival.
Nyunggai Warren Mundine
· 12 min read
Toxic Masculinity and Gender Equity in the Australian Defence Force
If the intentions of senior military leadership are not so self-aggrandising and opportunistic, then they are at least ignorant of the underlying dynamics and complexities of gender equality in an environment as unique as the military.
Luke J. Graham
· 8 min read
Why Trans Kids Need Gatekeepers
Gatekeeping is not about saying “yes” or “no” straight-up.
Libby DownUnder
· 12 min read
Cultural Appropriation and the Children of ‘Shōgun’
The panic over cultural appropriation seeks to stigmatise many wonderful works of popular fiction.
Kevin Mims
· 11 min read
My Social-Media Suicide Note
“There’s no better time than now to delete.” (Position this one against a background of a man in canoe swimming away to a proxy of freedom.)
JD Jagiello
· 9 min read
Burying a Child
Societies the world over have had to adapt to high rates of infant and child mortality, developing beliefs and social traditions to mitigate the impact of seeing so many of their offspring die
William Buckner
· 10 min read