Experiments in Nurturing Classroom Curiosity
In a classroom, curiosity should be sacred, because it motivates the pursuit of knowledge even when that includes ugly truths.
Megan Gafford
· 7 min read
Art
A collection of 63 posts
In Praise of Renoir's Male Gaze
Renoir’s nudes are the evidence of a tirelessly hopeful soul struggling against the dingy reality of the modern world, with its modern industry and its modern warfare, that turns all human flesh into disposable objects, without joy or humanity.
Marilyn Simon
· 8 min read
“Unsex Me Here' and Other Bad Ideas
What contemporary feminism fails to adequately grapple with is nature itself, and as a result, feminist attitudes towards men, and particularly towards male sexuality, are compassionless and punitive (not to mention humourless—and human sexuality is so often very funny!).
Marilyn Simon
· 12 min read
Coming Together to Honor a Dead Rock Star—And Ward Off Our Own Demons
In the months leading up to the news, I was in a bad place. Nothing in life felt right, and every day was a fight against hopelessness—to the point that even when good things happened, I would remain afraid or numb.
Neil Gray
· 8 min read
From Academia to Hollywood: An Interview with Tony Tost
Right now, I’m maybe most spooked by how a living, breathing cultural memory is seeming to evaporate.
Clay Routledge
· 21 min read
Publicly Shaming a Musician for Calling a Composition by Its Name
The silencing of a voice does not lead to discourse, in art or in politics.
Kurt Gottschalk
· 7 min read
Imperfect Comedy in an Age of Perfection
Comedy, on the other hand, reminds us that we all have a dark side and that we might want to reconsider before casting stones.
Tanael Joachim
· 4 min read
Michel Houellebecq: Prophet or Troll?
Houellebecq depicts a Europe where French culture is a bad joke.
Jaspreet Singh Boparai
· 14 min read
Conservatives Need to Start Taking Art Seriously
Because many conservative journals have given up on the subject of art entirely, one is tempted to ask what conservatives are seeking to actually conserve.
Michael J. Pearce
· 7 min read
The Folly of Disappearing Art and Culture
Leaving gaps of understanding will not help future generations understand our time, and it will not assist students of history in getting a clean grasp of what happened or why.
Libby Emmons
· 7 min read
Poetic Injustice and Performative Outrage
Dehumanization can lead to the worst of human atrocities. It is also precisely the type of complaint Trump’s critics make of the president’s own behavior.
Clint Margrave
· 16 min read
The Avant-Garde's Slide into Irrelevance
The foundations of the avant-garde were built upon the opposition of true and fake art.
Michael J. Pearce
· 10 min read
Sabrina the Woke Witch is a Disgrace to Baphomet
Whether on-screen or off, humans are interesting only when they assert moral autonomy over their own lives.
Jen Gerson
· 11 min read
Writing for Quillette Ended My Theater Project
Do we really think our era is so fraught and divisive that we must abandon our principles in order to achieve something that we absolutely will not achieve if we abandon our principles?
Libby Emmons
· 9 min read
Camille Paglia: It’s Time for a New Map of the Gender World
A society that respects neither religion nor art cannot be called a civilization.
Claire Lehmann
· 12 min read