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
Culture Wars
A collection of 171 posts
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
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being
The American Physical Society views the existence of White Privilege in physics as being both scientific and not scientific.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 5 min read
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling Continue
Dissecting a lengthy YouTube attack on gender-critical feminists
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 15 min read
The Fall of ‘Nature’
A once-respected journal has announced that it will be subordinating science to ideology.
Bo Winegard
· 12 min read
Woke Capitalism’s Tragedy of the Commons
Woke capitalism is rational, but it is also unsustainable.
Ilya Levine
· 7 min read