The Bigotry of Environmental Pessimism
The “Lorax” view of environmental problems as a consequence of greed has always been wrong and depressing.
Michael Shellenberger
· 8 min read
Arts and Culture
A collection of 89 posts
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
· 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
· 10 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
· 13 min read
A Modest Defence of the Missionary Position
The irony is that what we often consider the most boring, the most quotidian, the most comically old-fashioned, and unremarkably ordinary way to have sex with another is also the way we encounter our deepest selves because we transcend ourselves to find union with another.
Marilyn Simon
· 11 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
· 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
· 9 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
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
· 7 min read
#NotMe: On Harassment, Empowerment, and Feminine Virtue
My feminine virtue, traditionally understood, allowed me to control men.
Marilyn Simon
· 10 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 16 min read