The Dishonest and Misogynistic Hate Campaign Against J.K. Rowling
And it turns out that she was, because despite the best efforts of her critics, she hasn’t yet been truly cancelled.
Louise Perry
· 7 min read
Free Speech
A collection of 343 posts
How to Fight the Enemies of Academic Freedom
Even though large tracts of our cultural landscape and many old and famous American institutions have fallen or may fall into the grip of this hostile ideology and all the odious apparatus of cancel culture rule, we shall not flag or fail.
Sergiu Klainerman
· 6 min read
At the NHS and BBC, Important Steps Toward Restoring Balance in the Gender Debate
The fierce onslaught she received has served as a wake-up call, even for those who have not been following the debate closely.
Julian Vigo
· 10 min read
The Woke Left v. the Alt-Right: A New Study Shows They’re More Alike Than Either Side Realizes
Optimists, however, will prefer to focus on another takeaway from the study, which is that no significant statistical relationship could be found between Dark Triad traits and PCL (i.e. Political Correctness-Liberalism) attitudes.
Zaid Jilani
· 5 min read
The Futility of the Conservative War on Pornography
Concerns about pornography expressed by Christian and other religious and social conservatives are no doubt sincere.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 7 min read
Our Oppressive Moment
The Harper’s letter is a declaration intended to resist the poisonous atmosphere suffocating those who don’t enjoy our platforms and profiles.
John McWhorter
· 7 min read
Remembering Cancel Culture’s 40-Year-Old Stepfather
"Cruising" faced protests and boycotts from gay activists and the LGBTQ+ community, but later became a cult hit.
Adrian Nguyen
· 7 min read
Princeton University is One of the Least Racist Institutions in the World
In his declaration of independence published in Quillette, Katz, a chaired professor in the Classics department, defends the importance of free speech in academia and accuses the authors of the letter of trying to impose unreasonable changes at Princeton.
Sergiu Klainerman
· 6 min read
In Canada's Version of Portland, Cancel Culture Comes for ‘Steve-O-Reno's’
Rommelmann also was eager to move to a city with a vibrant national media presence.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
In Defense of ‘Reactionary Liberalism’—A Reply to Osita Nwanevu
Nwanevu is predictably coy about affirmative action, the most explicit form of institutional racism in the United States.
Bo Winegard
· 10 min read
Why I Signed the Harper's Letter
America’s racial inequities, of which police brutality is only a minor part, must end.
Roya Hakakian
· 4 min read
It Wasn’t My Cancelation That Bothered Me. It Was the Cowardice of Those Who Let It Happen
Dozens of scholars threatened to resign from the college if my appointment were allowed to stand.
Margaret Wente
· 11 min read
Discovering the Link Between Gender Identity and Peer Contagion
The lack of childhood history was critical, since traditional gender dysphoria typically begins in early childhood.
Abigail Shrier
· 8 min read
Free Speech is a Value, not a Right
Free speech is subordinate to the private property rights of whatever resources are needed to speak in the first place.
Logan Chipkin
· 7 min read
The New York Times and the Importance of Conclusion Neutrality
The conclusion neutral standard is the journalistic expression of classical liberal values.
Max Diamond
· 9 min read