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NARRATED: Reparations and Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Pyrrhic Victory by Coleman Hughes

Greg Ellis reads Reparations and Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Pyrrhic Victory, Coleman Hughes’s essay about how the cause of reparations got taken up by the front-runners for the Democratic Presidential nomination, thereby proving America isn’t as racist as Coates claims. It was published in Quillette on 17th March 2019.

Quillette

28 Jun 2019 · 1 min read

How a Rebellious Scientist Uncovered the Surprising Truth About Stereotypes by Claire Lehmann

Greg Ellis reads How a Rebellious Scientist Uncovered the Surprising Truth About Stereotypes, Claire Lehmann’s article about Lee Jussim, the maverick social psychologist who discovered that stereotypes accurately predict academic achievement, personality and behaviour. It was published in Quillette on 4th December 2015.

Quillette / Claire Lehmann

21 Jun 2019 · 1 min read

Unpacking Peggy McIntosh's Knapsack by William Ray

Greg Ellis reads Unpacking Peggy McIntosh’s Knapsack, William Ray’s critical essay about McIntosh’s seminal 1989 paper that popularised the concept of ‘white privilege.’ It was published in Quillette on 29th August 2018.

Quillette / William Ray

14 Jun 2019 · 1 min read

The New Evolution Deniers by Colin Wright

Greg Ellis reads The New Evolution Deniers, Colin Wright’s essay about how the denial of evolutionary biology has migrated from the Christian Right to the secular Left. It was published in Quillette on 30th November 2018.

Quillette

6 Jun 2019 · 1 min read

When Censorship is Crowdsourced by Jonathan Kay

Greg Ellis reads When Censorship is Crowdsourced, Jonathan Kay’s essay about the threat to free speech posed by outrage mobs and big tech. It was published in Quillette on 9th September 2018.

Quillette

30 May 2019 · 1 min read

Sad Radicals by Conor Barnes

Greg Ellis reads Sad Radicals, Conor Barnes’s essay about how the pathologies that characterised his small anarchist sect have gone mainstream. It was published in Quillette on 11th December 2018.

Quillette

16 May 2019 · 1 min read

I Was the Mob Until the Mob Came for Me by Barrett Wilson

Greg Ellis reads I Was the Mob Until the Mob Came for Me, Barrett Wilson’s essay about how he went from being a respected social justice crusader to driving for a food delivery app after being targeted by online activists on Twitter. It was published in Quillette on 14th

Quillette

8 May 2019 · 1 min read

The High Price of Stale Grievances by Coleman Hughes

Greg Ellis reads The High Price of Stale Grievances, Coleman Hughes’s essay about whether the historic injustices suffered by African-Americans is a good reason for holding them to different standards than Americans of European ancestry. It was published in Quillette on 5th June 2018.

Quillette / Coleman Hughes

2 May 2019 · 1 min read

Confessions of a 'Soulless Troglodyte' by Lester Berg

Greg Ellis reads Confessions of a ‘Soulless Troglodyte’, Lester Berg’s account of his estrangement from the New York literary community following the election of Donald Trump. It was published in Quillette on 18th December 2018.

Quillette / Lester Berg

27 Apr 2019 · 1 min read

PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet by Allen Farrington

Greg Ellis reads PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet, Allen Farrington’s defence of the world’s most popular YouTuber. It was published on 20th December 2018.

Quillette / Allen Farrington

18 Apr 2019 · 1 min read

The Public Humiliation Diet by Toby Young

Greg Ellis reads The Public Humiliation Diet, Toby Young’s account of losing five positions after being targeted by a Twitter outrage mob at the beginning of 2018. It was published on 23rd July 2018.

Quillette

12 Apr 2019 · 1 min read