Brainrot, Not Ideology
The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth more than ideology.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Videos
A collection of 71 posts
Gaza and the Collapse of Truth-Seeking
The Gaza aid-site controversy and a crisis of journalism.
Gary Geipel
· 8 min read
Naive Protest and Calculated Terror
The Australian security services have confirmed that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. This is not the first time leftist causes have been hijacked by Islamists. It is time we confronted this danger.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 5 min read
Podcast #299: A Jewish Girl in Revolutionary Iran
Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Roya Hakakian about her extraordinary memoir, Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran.
Roya Hakakian, Quillette
· 41 min read
PODCAST #298: What Does It Take to Develop a ‘Scrabble-Shaped Brain’?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to linguist, mathematician, and tournament organiser John Chew about the world of ultra-elite Scrabble word-masters.
Quillette
· 30 min read
Against Palestinian Statehood
Nurturing an alternative power structure in this kind of politically stunted society will be the work of generations. It can’t be summoned into existence by Western leaders seeking to appease domestic constituencies.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 6 min read
Podcast #296: How LGB Became Estranged from T
Gay activist-turned-journalist Adam Zivo tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay how radicalised forms of trans and queer advocacy became a liability to the once-united LGBT movement.
How to Build a Better Society—One School at a Time
Inside the uncompromising vision of Britain’s strictest headmistress, Katharine Birbalsingh.
Pamela Paresky
· 29 min read
Podcast #295. War and the End of Empire
Iona Italia talks to historian and film-maker Phil Craig about the latest in his series of books about World War II: ‘1945: A Reckoning: War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World.’
Quillette, Phil Craig
· 45 min read
Podcast #294: When Entertainment Reporting Gets Political
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews veteran entertainment journalist Ben Mulroney—whose career has taken him to the Oscars red carpet and Kelly Ripa’s studio—about how ideological fads have damaged his industry.
Quillette
· 25 min read
Podcast #293: The First Journalists
The philosopher Stephen Harrop interviews Quillette’s Managing Editor Iona Italia about her book Anxious Employment on the journalism of Enlightenment London.
Iona Italia, Quillette
· 60 min read
Why the Islamic Republic Must Fall
As a dissident Iranian, I support Israel’s efforts to weaken the Ayatollahs’ regime. I’m not alone in this.
Armin Navabi
· 8 min read
Blasphemy, Censorship, and the Future of Free Expression in Britain
Pamela Paresky speaks with former Quillette editor Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union and recently appointed member of the House of Lords, about the current state of free expression in the United Kingdom.
Pamela Paresky, Toby Young
· 16 min read
Gentrifying the Intifada
Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most impacted.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
Podcast #290: The Wars Before the War
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews Jonathan Spyer, director of research at the Middle East Forum, about how Israel laid the groundwork for its war with Iran by confronting threats in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.
Quillette
· 14 min read