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Adam Driver as Caesar Catilina and Nathalie Emmanuel as Julia Cicero.

Megalopolis: Bloated, Outré—and Brilliant

Like a Hieronymus Bosch painting, it’s chaos alright—but it’s a dazzling chaos.

Ralph Leonard

13 Nov 2024 · 8 min read

Lidia Thorpe has light tanned skin and earrings that say "sovereignty never ceded." She looks angry. Zoe on a couch.

I’m Tired of the Victimhood Narrative

Lidia Thorpe is not treated more harshly because she’s an Indigenous woman. In fact, if it weren’t for these two immutable characteristics, she wouldn’t be where she is today.

Zoe Booth

8 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Nigel Biggar is a 69-year-old white man in a suit with glasses. Zoe is a 29-year-old white woman with brown hair.

An Honest Conversation About Colonialism with Nigel Biggar: Quillette Cetera Episode 41

Zoe meets with the ethicist and theologian Nigel Biggar as part of his trip to Australia.

Zoe Booth / Nigel Biggar

30 Oct 2024 · 21 min read

The face of a trans woman, dressed in a feminine manner, looking into a mobile phone, in a public toilet.

What Is a Woman? Many Philosophers (Still) Aren’t Allowed to Say

An Oxford-based academic philosopher explains why he no longer uses a pseudonym when discussing plain truths about biological sex.

Daniel Kodsi

16 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Dania Majid a middle-aged woman with curly hair wearing a keffiyeh.

A New Kind of Racism

An expansive new definition of anti-Palestinian racism could stymie free and open discussion of the Israel–Palestine conflict.

Mika Hackner

11 Oct 2024 · 6 min read

A crowd of people, mourning. Man comforts a crying woman in the centre.

7 October, One Year Later with David Benatar: Quillette Cetera Episode 40

On the anniversary of 7 October, philosopher David Benatar discusses the ethical questions it raises and about his new book, “Very Practical Ethics.”

Zoe Booth

10 Oct 2024 · 17 min read

Hannah Arendt in a black and white portrait. She has a beaming smile and is around 50 years old.

Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz: Quillette Cetera Episode 39

A conversation with Roger Berkowitz, the Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics.

Zoe Booth

4 Oct 2024 · 10 min read

An image of Justo Antonio Triana, a young man (around 20) with shoulder length brown hair and a beard. He is Spanish-looking.

Escaping Cuba: Quillette Cetera Episode 38

A conversation with the Cuban student, poet and free-speech advocate, Justo Antonio Triana.

Zoe Booth / Justo Antonio Triana

24 Sep 2024 · 24 min read

The New York Times building in Manhattan

When Will The New York Times Correct Its Flawed Reporting on ‘Unmarked Graves’?

The same reporter who helped spark Canada’s 2021 social panic has published a new article walking back his original errors—but those mistakes remain uncorrected on the Times’ website.