On Trauma-ism
Catherine Liu’s new book makes some valuable points, but it fundamentally misunderstands the trauma culture it critiques.
Victimhood Culture
10 articles
I, Victim
Pascal Bruckner’s book about victimhood culture invites us to choose liberation, and to move from resentment to a secular kind of grace.
The Victims’ Race
Victimhood may confer ancient and effective advantages, but researchers are nonetheless alarmed by the scale of digital self-harm in adolescents, and the recent recourse to false accusations more generally.
On Victimhood and Culture—A Reply to Aaron Hanna
The idea that whites were in the house while blacks were sweating in the fields despising them is comfortable to us today as we look upon the context as a whole and justly revile it.
Quillette Podcast 29 – Coleman Hughes on an allegedly racist incident at Barnard College
Listen onSpotify Jonathan Kay talks to Coleman Hughes about his latest Quillette article, which concerns an allegedly racist incident at Barnard College. Coleman, who is an undergraduate at Columbia, doesn’t think the Barnard employees involved are guilty of racism.
Cowardice at Columbia
If you find it implausible that a progressive women’s college in the middle of New York City is enforcing de facto Jim Crow at the security gate, your skepticism is warranted.
Hate Crime Hoaxes Are More Common Than You Think
Victimhood culture gives rise to hate crime hoaxes, then, because it makes them easier to pull off for the same reasons it makes them more lucrative.
The System of Diversity
The Tribe is an articulate, scrupulously fair but nonetheless root-and-branch attack on the ‘system and administration of diversity’, not only in UK Labour but also in other British institutions, including the civil service and the BBC.
Collision with Reality — What Depth Psychology Can Tell Us About Victimhood Culture
Personal or collective attitudes that create an invitation to victimhood and infirmity can alter what we expect for ourselves.
On Privilege and Being Human
Our intellectual ascendency defined us as a species and is inextricably linked to our success and our ability to connect with one another.