Psychology - Quillette

The Ever-Expanding Definition of Trauma

In diluting the word's meaning mental health professionals are creating a generation of victims.

Alastair Mordey

10 Jul 2023 · 7 min read

What Does She See In Him?

The strange phenomenon of hybristophiles.

Robert King

26 Jun 2023 · 6 min read

Father Absence Has Already Peaked

A Reply to David C. Geary's 'The Rise of Father Absence and Its Attendant Social Ills.'

Nicholas Wolfinger

23 Apr 2023 · 5 min read

In Defence of Scientific Integrity and Due Process

I have known Klaus Fiedler for over forty years, and he is one of the most fair-minded and decent scientists I have ever met.

Joseph Paul Forgas

13 Dec 2022 · 5 min read

A Rush to Judgement in Psychological Science

In its panicked dismissal of Klaus Fiedler, the APS has failed to deliver procedural justice

The Quillette Editorial Board

12 Dec 2022 · 7 min read

Extraordinary Destiny

In a newly published book, a motivational speaker who works with female prisoners reflects on the life lessons she’s learned behind bars.

Phyllis Taylor

17 Nov 2022 · 9 min read

Institutional Self-Renunciation Is Making Us Lonely

Human identity is inextricably tied to group affiliation. So what happens when all the groups we know and love become ‘problematic’?

N. Russell

16 Aug 2022 · 5 min read

What a Survivalist Reality TV Show Can Teach Us About the Human Condition

What makes 'Alone' endlessly fascinating and deeply moving is the mirror it holds up to our broken lives.

Jacob Howland

5 Jul 2022 · 8 min read

We Need to Do Hard Things

We’ve lost the ability to navigate our inner worlds, to sit with or navigate anything uncomfortable. We avoid, push away, or lash out because we don’t know how to handle discomfort.

Steve Magness

30 Jun 2022 · 12 min read

What Explains Women's Fascination With BDSM Fiction?

Every generation or so (i.e., roughly every 25 years) a woman (it’s always a woman) writes a book about kinky sex—and a very specific type of kinky sex.

Robert King

9 May 2022 · 10 min read

The Costs and Benefits of Tribalism—A Roundtable

Editor's note: Quillette asked four scholars to reflect and comment on the costs and benefits of tribalism. They each have a background in academic psychology and include Chris Ferguson, Professor of Psychology at Stetson University, Cory Clark, behavioural scientist, Bo Winegard, essayist and PhD in social psychology, and Allen Buchanan,

Chris Ferguson, Cory Clark, Bo Winegard, and Allen Buchanan

9 Apr 2022 · 15 min read

The Transmogrification of Harvey Weinstein

I was a good friend of Harvey Weinstein during his early years as a concert promoter, before he became Harvey Weinstein, movie mogul. We subsequently drifted apart, and while Harvey went on to find astronomic success in Hollywood, I worked as the chief psychologist at the Massachusetts Treatment Center for

Daniel Kriegman

20 Feb 2022 · 36 min read