America’s Rancorous Public Square
Political discourse during our polarised moment can be vicious and exhausting, but it is still preferable to the alternative.
Milton Ezrati
· 8 min read
Culture Wars
A collection of 175 posts
The Phantom Enemy of the Culture War
The postwar decline of the West was not sabotage, it was conviction slowly unwound in the face of horror.
Joseph Zeller
· 9 min read
The Next Generation of Wokeness
Wokeness has not retreated—it has simply shapeshifted.
Claire Lehmann
· 10 min read
Who Are the Snowflakes Now?
The state should never be in the business of enforcing any particular ideology, but nor should it be in the business of suppressing it.
George Case
· 8 min read
Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles?
Created as a haven for free thinkers, UATX was the last place where I’d expected to encounter ideological litmus tests.
Ellie Avishai
· 15 min read
The Roots of Progressive Radicalism: Nellie Bowles vs. Musa al-Gharbi
In two new books, a journalist and an academic offer competing explanations for the extremist ideological tendencies within left-wing cultural, academic, activist, and political institutions.
Jonathan Kay
· 16 min read
In Defence of John Money
How did this famed sexologist become reviled at both ends of the culture-war horseshoe?
Alex Byrne
· 12 min read
Eager to ‘Affirm,’ Yet Unwilling to Debate
A prominent South Carolina doctor and transgender rights activist has made a great show of calling England’s Cass Review “a sham at best”—but now refuses to say why.
Colin Wright
· 7 min read
When Denouncing ‘Settler Colonialism’ Blurs into Hamas Apologism: A Conversation with Michael Powell
The Atlantic magazine writer speaks with Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about the use of fashionable academic jargon to convey hateful propaganda.
Jonathan Kay
· 19 min read
Feminism v. Gender Ideology: An Interview with Julie Bindel
During a visit to the county she calls ‘Tranada,’ the veteran activist and author tells Quillette that ‘intersectional’ feminism often resembles a rainbow-branded offshoot of the men’s-rights movement.
Julie Bindel, Jonathan Kay
· 29 min read
The Insidious Lie That We Can’t Understand Each Other
And a guide for how to productively push back against the identity trap.
Yascha Mounk
· 16 min read
Civil Rights and Wrongs
Richard Hanania’s new book is a welcome entry to the conversation about wokeness, but his power-based perspective is incomplete.
Oliver Traldi
· 16 min read
Saving Liberalism from ‘The Identity Trap’: An Interview with Yascha Mounk
In an acclaimed new book, the German-American political scientist traces the rise of illiberal intellectual movements among modern progressives.
Jonathan Kay
· 14 min read
My Journey Out of Extremism
And how I became a small-l liberal.
Richard Hanania
· 11 min read
Civility Isn’t Weakness—It’s How We Win
A commitment to civility is first and foremost about not becoming what we oppose.
Julian Adorney, Angel Eduardo
· 4 min read