Arts and Culture - Quillette (Page 3)

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

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

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

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

9 Apr 2019 · 7 min read

How The Campaign Against Cultural Appropriation Came Back to Haunt Canada’s Indigenous Peoples

The idea of segregating musical styles by race sits in opposition to what we know about the way music is made—which is often through cultural cross-pollination.

Neil Gray

8 Apr 2019 · 7 min read

Old Masters Remix: A review of 'Life Death Rebirth', the Michaelangelo/Bill Viola exhibition at the Royal Academy

There is far more expression to be found in the Easter Island heads, than there is here.

Jacob Willer

14 Mar 2019 · 12 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

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