Disco Inferno
Disco Demolition Night was an early episode of culture and counterculture being saddled with far greater political significance than they deserved.
George Case
· 10 min read
Sport
A collection of 36 posts
Protecting Women’s Volleyball—Then and Now
When I played pro volleyball twenty years ago, I never heard anyone seriously argue that biological differences between men and women aren’t important. Such a claim would have been laughable.
Megan Willis
· 7 min read
College Volleyball’s Spartan Meltdown
In a scathing Title IX Complaint obtained by Quillette, a San José State University women’s volleyball coach explains how her school’s aggressively enforced transgender-inclusion policy created a toxic environment for female athletes.
Jonathan Kay
· 23 min read
The Chauvinist/Gender Theorist Alliance
The boxing debacle in Paris has cast an embarrassing spotlight on the IOC’s willingness to embrace nonsensical gender theory.
Jon Pike
· 6 min read
Gender Ambiguity, Transgenderism and Women's Sport
Every essay Quillette has published on gender ambiguous and trans-identified men competing against biological women in sport.
Quillette Members
· 3 min read
Courage and Self-Care
Why are we encouraged to applaud the bravery of those who quit under pressure?
Craig Clifford
· 8 min read
Disorder in Heaven
The end of greatness in heavyweight combat sports.
Alexander Blum
· 7 min read
The Damage Caused by Trans ‘Inclusion’ In Female Athletics: a Massachusetts Case Study
A single biologically male high-school student has invaded female categories in at least four different sports—negatively affecting hundreds of girls and women in the process.
Jonathan Kay
· 18 min read
Why Do Men Dominate Chess?
FIDE’s new policy governing who can compete in women’s categories highlights the persistent sex imbalance at the game’s elite levels.
Carole Hooven
· 27 min read
A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
The uproar over a fleeting outburst of uninhibited joy is ludicrous.
Heather Mac Donald
· 9 min read
Corporate Rainbow Marketing: Too Much of a Good Thing
A recent dust-up involving NHL goalie James Reimer demonstrates the folly of pitting Pride PR against the conscience of individual actors.
Allan Stratton
· 7 min read
Public Broadcaster, Private Celebrity
Lineker has embarrassed the BBC but the vexing problem of illegal immigration will still have to be addressed.
John Lloyd
· 7 min read
Gender, Sex, and Powerlifting
With a biologically male athlete poised to break a Canadian women’s record, it’s time for the sport’s leaders to acknowledge the reality of sexual dimorphism.
Jonathan Kay
· 11 min read
Ignoring Biological Reality Puts Female Hockey Players at Risk
A frightening injury at an NHL-sponsored transgender tournament in Wisconsin reminds us why women’s leagues should remain sex-protected spaces.
Jonathan Kay
· 12 min read
From Football to Fiasco
Herschel Walker is discovering that moving from professional football to politics isn’t as easy as it looks.
Daniel McGraw
· 7 min read