Feminism - Quillette

Podcast #263: In Defence of Julia the Elder

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Joan Smith, whose new book critically examines the 2,000-year-old propaganda campaign against imperial Rome’s leading women.

Quillette

14 Dec 2024 · 15 min read

The face of a Roman statue, bisected by dark lines, coloured olive green and scarlet.

‘Shameless Beyond the Curse of Shamelessness’

In a new book, Joan Smith critically examines the historical mistreatment of Ancient Rome’s leading women—including Emperor Augustus’ daughter Julia, who was denounced as a nymphomaniac and cast into exile.

Joan Smith

12 Dec 2024 · 16 min read

Are Board Gender Quotas a Good Idea?

The more we try to limit freedom in the interests of desirable social change, the less effective we will be in the long run, and the greater the number of additional problems we create.

Silvia G. Poratelli

9 Dec 2024 · 8 min read

Laura Becker shirtless but with her nipples covered. She looks sad with a rainbow effect & broken heart painted on her chest.

I Thought Being a Gay Man Would Save Me From Womanhood (It Didn’t)

Queer theory transformed me from a depressed, weird, intellectually curious child into a brainwashed teen who disfigured her body.

Laura Becker

18 Nov 2024 · 11 min read

A protester wears a T-shirt saying ''women's rights are human rights'' and a sign saying "adult human female".

Feminism and Free Speech

Victoria’s proposed hate speech legislation forces feminists to choose which is more important to them: the restriction of misogynistic speech, or the protection of their own political speech.

Holly Lawford-Smith

21 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

In British Columbia, Censorship Wears a Pronoun Pin

Even by Canadian standards, the province has become a hostile environment for women seeking to advocate for their sex-based rights.

Meghan Murphy

2 Oct 2024 · 10 min read

Pesutto, a middle aged white man in suit and tie. Deeming is a beautiful brunette white woman with a T-shirt that says WOMAN.

Mandatory Denunciations and the Case of Deeming v Pesutto

That the political opponents of Let Women Speak call them ‘the far right’ doesn’t make them the far right. And the actual far right showing up to their rally uninvited doesn’t make the far right feminists, either.

Holly Lawford-Smith

26 Sep 2024 · 8 min read

US Olympics Women's Gymnastics Team in their costumes, in front of an American flag.

Ladies in Leotards

Exploring the implications of beauty standards in women’s gymnastics.

Holly Lawford-Smith

12 Aug 2024 · 5 min read

Image of Mridul Wadhwa in a checked sari, sitting in a chair.

Gaslighting Scottish Rape Victims in the Name of ‘Trans Inclusion’

For three years, Edinburgh’s rape-crisis centre was run by a male CEO who lectured sex-assault victims and staff about their ‘prejudice’ against the male body. How was this allowed to happen?

Joan Smith

4 Aug 2024 · 17 min read

What Heterodox Feminism Is Not

It's not enough to be a dissenter: it also matters what you are dissenting from and what you're getting out of it.

Holly Lawford-Smith

25 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

A screenshot from the video interview with Dr Warren Farrell.

Rebalancing the Gender Narrative with Dr Warren Farrell: Quillette Cetera Episode 35

The couples therapist and men's rights activist discusses his new book and the current landscape of gender discourse.

Zoe Booth

21 Jun 2024 · 36 min read

How Women Can Become Worthy Opponents

It may be unpalatable to consider that part of what holds women back is our own nature. But if part of the problem is within us, then we have the power to fix it.