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Episode 11: The Deadly Consequences of Cancel Culture

And how mainstream feminism devalues motherhood.

Zoe Booth

28 Jul 2023 · 2 min read

Campus Puritans Come for an Astronomer—And His Byline

By demanding that morality tests be imposed on scientific journal authorship, Geoff Marcy’s critics are creating a dangerous precedent.

Lawrence M. Krauss

25 May 2023 · 12 min read

What Is a Woman? Many Philosophers Know, But Aren’t Allowed to Say

An April 17 Quillette article about sex and gender by MIT scholar Alex Byrne prompted yet another round of debate and denunciation among his contemporaries.

Thomas Palmer

2 May 2023 · 17 min read

Philosophy’s No-Go Zone

An MIT professor describes the outraged reaction from fellow philosophers when he argued that a woman is an adult human female.

Alex Byrne

17 Apr 2023 · 18 min read

Don’t Let Cancellation Become Banal

Something terrible happens when art can’t reach audiences.

Nina Paley

27 Mar 2023 · 4 min read

The ‘Shitty Media Men’ Legal Saga Comes to a Close

Years after being falsely accused of rape, Stephen Elliott will receive a six-figure defamation settlement from Moira Donegan.

Jonathan Kay

9 Mar 2023 · 7 min read

A Report From the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference

The urgency of our mission was reflected in the list of attendees—many of whom had been laid off, mobbed, or ostracized because of their research.

Elizabeth Weiss

11 Jan 2023 · 14 min read

In the World of Astrophysics, One Failed Cancel Campaign Led to Another

When Hakeem Oluseyi exposed false claims about former NASA director James Webb, anti-Webb activists tried to take Oluseyi down as well.

Jonathan Kay

25 Dec 2022 · 8 min read

In Defence of Scientific Integrity and Due Process

I have known Klaus Fiedler for over forty years, and he is one of the most fair-minded and decent scientists I have ever met.

Joseph Paul Forgas

13 Dec 2022 · 5 min read

A Rush to Judgement in Psychological Science

In its panicked dismissal of Klaus Fiedler, the APS has failed to deliver procedural justice

The Quillette Editorial Board

12 Dec 2022 · 7 min read

Calling Out an Antisemite

When I learned that Alice Walker and I would both be speaking at the same literary festival, I seized the chance to expose her views.

James Kirchick

18 Oct 2022 · 5 min read

Social Panic at Sundance

Meg Smaker’s film about the rehabilitation of former Guantanamo terror suspects was nuanced and sympathetic. But the mob didn’t care.

M. Pollino

14 Oct 2022 · 8 min read

Indigenous Activists Are Targeting My Research. My Own University Is Helping Them

Academics who study ancient Paleoindian populations are increasingly being denied access to skeletons, artifacts, and even old x-rays and research reports. We need to start fighting back

Elizabeth Weiss

18 Aug 2022 · 10 min read