Reverse Sexism in Australian Research
Grant applications should be assessed on their scientific merits—not on the sex or political leanings of the applicant.
Andrew Glover
· 6 min read
Australia
A collection of 104 posts
Misinformation Is Bad. Prohibiting It Is Worse
A proposed Australian law aimed at blocking false content would likely be applied selectively—and thereby further erode public trust in mainstream information sources.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 9 min read
Tickle vs. Giggle
Women-only spaces are valuable, and we should prevent biological males from accessing them, whatever their stated gender identity.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 8 min read
Disuniting Australia
What happens when the values of multiculturalism conflict with homophobic, misogynistic, and deeply anti-democratic strains of Islam?
Alan Davison
· 17 min read
Violence Against Women: A Crisis in Australia?
Australia is among the least violent countries in the world. There are things we should do to make women safer, but we should not succumb to a crisis narrative.
Russell Blackford
· 12 min read
Political Polarisation in Australia
We are at a crossroads—either we prepare for a world of identity politics and populism, or we restore settlement politics in Australia.
Damien Freeman
· 19 min read
On Confected Radicalism: Quillette Cetera Episode 31
A conversation with Quillette founder Claire Lehmann.
Zoe Sankey, Claire Lehmann
· 13 min read
Australia's New Free Speech Union: Quillette Cetera Episode 29
A conversation with the director of Australia's new Free Speech Union.
Zoe Sankey, Dara Macdonald
· 2 min read
Australia Day: A Contentious Celebration
The founding of Australia is still worthy of commemoration.
Adrian Nguyen
· 11 min read
Is Sanity Returning to the Australian Gender Debate?
There have been numerous incidents of vociferous trans activism in Tasmania, yet it was still possible to pass sensible legislation.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 6 min read
Australian Universities Have a Viewpoint Diversity Problem: Quillette Cetera Episode 24
A conversation with heterodox sociologist Andrew Glover.
Zoe Sankey
· 1 min read
Brexit and The Voice: Two Ill-Conceived Referenda
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a grave error of judgement. If he had paid more attention to the polarisation created by Brexit, he might have done things differently.
Helen Pluckrose
· 12 min read
In Rejecting the Voice, Australians Reject Grievance Politics
In rejecting the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, Australians reaffirmed the democratic principle of equality before the law.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read
The Aboriginal Voice to Parliament: Wrong in Principle, Disastrous in Practice
We should not make race the organising principle of a new chapter of our Constitution.
Ramesh Thakur
· 19 min read
A Voice from the Heart
Legal equality and the politics of disappointment.
Andrew Gleeson
· 14 min read