The Sad Truth About ‘Fat Acceptance’
Unfortunately for some activists, gravity wasn’t invented by white settlers.
Anna Slatz
· 9 min read
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Secular Humanism is Not a Religion
Staddon makes an oddly tendentious argument for the religious character of secular humanism.
Jerry A. Coyne
· 9 min read
The Twilight of Liberalism?
The rise of populism, of Trump, of opiate epidemics, of bitter polarization, and of yawning economic inequality have tempered the triumphalism of those who once celebrated the inevitable victory of markets and democracy.
Bo Winegard and Ben Winegard
· 14 min read
How to Prevent Campus Deplatformings: Lessons from Harvey Mansfield and Concordia University
Universities have no obligation to invite any particular public figure to speak on campus. But once they’ve promised someone a platform, the stakes are raised: Both speaker and audience are invested in the outcome.
Jonathan Kay
· 14 min read
Jordan Peterson, And the New Chivalry
Peterson could remain detached from the people who seek his help, but he is courageous enough to connect with their pain, and thereby render himself vulnerable in the public forum.
Esther O'Reilly
· 12 min read
From Hegemonic to Responsive Masculinity: the Transformative Power of the Provider Role
There is little evidence to justify why the provider role has been held in such low regard.
Belinda Brown
· 11 min read
Is Secular Humanism a Religion?
In terms of moral rules, secular humanism is indistinguishable from a religion.
John Staddon
· 6 min read
Europe's New Beggars
An elite discourse condones destructive behavior and reinterprets a denigrating hand-to-mouth existence as an alternative lifestyle
Johan Wennström
· 9 min read
Conservatives Need to Start Taking Art Seriously
Because many conservative journals have given up on the subject of art entirely, one is tempted to ask what conservatives are seeking to actually conserve.
Michael J. Pearce
· 7 min read
How The Campaign Against Cultural Appropriation Came Back to Haunt Canada’s Indigenous Peoples
The idea of segregating musical styles by race sits in opposition to what we know about the way music is made—which is often through cultural cross-pollination.
Neil Gray
· 7 min read
How Our Little Humanist Club Got Taken Over by Social Justice Dogmatists
It seems wrong that the Executive Director of a humanist association should be able to use his organization’s governing mechanisms to shut down pushback against his publicly expressed ideological agenda.
Baz Edmeades
· 9 min read
Sex Differences, Gender, and Competitive Sport
What are the physiological and anatomical differences between men and women that affect performance?
Andrew Langford
· 13 min read
Supporters of Quillette
Here is just a sample of what some readers you may know are saying.
Quillette
· 4 min read
#NotMe: On Harassment, Empowerment, and Feminine Virtue
My feminine virtue, traditionally understood, allowed me to control men.
Marilyn Simon
· 10 min read
The Scars of Rwanda, 25 Years On
Dallaire, abandoned in hell, the commander unable to command, let alone protect, developed severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
Jessica Robeson
· 12 min read