Free Speech - Quillette (Page 3)

Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole—A Review

In the 1980s, when political correctness was slowly brewing in parts of academia, Isaac Asimov claimed democracy was under attack.

Göran Adamson

11 Aug 2021 · 6 min read

Why It’s OK to Speak Your Mind

Hrishikesh Joshi

6 Aug 2021 · 22 min read

The Prophet of Dystopia at Rest: Margaret Atwood in Cuba

Canada has never supported the US embargo, and the countries’ good relations are for many Canadians a symbol of our independence.

Yvon Grenier

2 Jul 2021 · 13 min read

Standing Up to the Gender Ideologues: a Quillette Editorial

Once you sweep aside all the glitter showers, animated unicorns, and rainbow emojis, that is ultimately what gender supremacism is truly about.

Quillette

24 Jun 2021 · 9 min read

A Conversation with Daniel Elder, the Choral Music Composer Who Was Cancelled for Opposing Arson

If you’re willing to endure the painful trial of self, you will be better for it in the end. And, with enough of us, the world will be better, too.

Quillette

22 Jun 2021 · 9 min read

Why Is the Society for American Archaeology Promoting Indigenous Creationism?

The most expansive interpretations of NAGPRA’s provisions now serve to place Indigenous oral traditions, which typically include religious stories, on equal footing with traditional forms of scientific evidence such as DNA analysis.

Elizabeth Weiss and James W. Springer

13 Jun 2021 · 15 min read

Education and Masculinity—An Interview with Will Knowland

The right to free speech includes speech that might offend, shock, or disturb. And it includes not only the right to express such speech but also the right to receive it.

Hannah Gal

26 May 2021 · 7 min read

The Petulant Campaign Against Eric Kaufmann

The reason Kaufmann has been targeted is simply that he departs from woke ideology on issues like race, immigration and freedom of speech.

Noah Carl

23 May 2021 · 4 min read

Cancelling Comedians While the World Burns—A Review

“Cancel culture” remains a contested term, and the chapter devoted to this phenomenon will probably attract the most discussion and controversy.

Adam Wakeling

17 May 2021 · 6 min read

Book Burning at Midnight, May 10th, 1933

Following the Nazis’ defeat by the Allies, the imagery lived on. In succeeding decades, projections of the book burning were never long out of sight or reference.

Thomas Doherty

10 May 2021 · 7 min read

Weaponizing Social Justice to Protect School Administrators and Discredit Whistle-blowers: A Canadian Case Study

Two hours to the west of Montreal, the University of Ottawa is now in the midst of its own racism-free anti-racism social panic.

Jonathan Kay

1 Apr 2021 · 17 min read

Support for Scottish Independence Wanes as the SNP Is Engulfed in Scandal

Sturgeon and the Scottish nationalists have been far more successful at dragging the country into a culture war than improving the everyday life of ordinary Scots.

Kathrine Jebsen Moore

20 Mar 2021 · 7 min read

We Can Revisit (And Even Replace) the Classic Books We Teach Children—Without Cancelling Them

Allan Stratton

18 Mar 2021 · 15 min read

The Campaign of Lies Against Journalist Jesse Singal—And Why It Matters

One of the odd-seeming aspects of progressive cancel culture is that many of the figures targeted by mobs aren’t especially conservative in their views.

Jonathan Kay

18 Mar 2021 · 13 min read

Britain's Academic Free Speech Bill

Interference by external actors comprises any attempt by those outside the academy to encroach upon the free speech rights of university members.

Noah Carl

15 Mar 2021 · 13 min read