Making Fiction Boring
The ideological capture of college writing programs has ushered in an age of didactic, anodyne, and tedious books.
Adam Szetela
· 14 min read
Videos
A collection of 78 posts
The Malpractice of Menopausal Medicine Reveals a Broken Medical System
Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company.
Amy Alkon
· 14 min read
The Art of Middle Eastern Pillow Talk
Amir and I had very different ideas about which side had committed a ‘genocide.’ But it didn’t stop us from being civil.
David Christopher Kaufman
· 6 min read
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
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