The Deadly Consequences of Cancel Culture: Quillette Cetera Episode 11
And how mainstream feminism devalues motherhood.
Zoe Booth
· 2 min read
Cancel Culture
A collection of 78 posts
Campus Puritans Come for an Astronomer—And His Byline
By demanding that morality tests be imposed on scientific journal authorship, Geoff Marcy’s critics are creating a dangerous precedent.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 13 min read
What Is a Woman? Many Philosophers Know, But Aren’t Allowed to Say
An April 17 Quillette article about sex and gender by MIT scholar Alex Byrne prompted yet another round of debate and denunciation among his contemporaries.
Thomas Palmer
· 18 min read
Philosophy’s No-Go Zone
An MIT professor describes the outraged reaction from fellow philosophers when he argued that a woman is an adult human female.
Alex Byrne
· 19 min read
Don’t Let Cancellation Become Banal
Something terrible happens when art can’t reach audiences.
Nina Paley
· 5 min read
The ‘Shitty Media Men’ Legal Saga Comes to a Close
Years after being falsely accused of rape, Stephen Elliott will receive a six-figure defamation settlement from Moira Donegan.
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read
A Report From the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference
The urgency of our mission was reflected in the list of attendees—many of whom had been laid off, mobbed, or ostracized because of their research.
Elizabeth Weiss
· 14 min read
In the World of Astrophysics, One Failed Cancel Campaign Led to Another
When Hakeem Oluseyi exposed false claims about former NASA director James Webb, anti-Webb activists tried to take Oluseyi down as well.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
In Defence of Scientific Integrity and Due Process
I have known Klaus Fiedler for over forty years, and he is one of the most fair-minded and decent scientists I have ever met.
Joseph Paul Forgas
· 5 min read
A Rush to Judgement in Psychological Science
In its panicked dismissal of Klaus Fiedler, the APS has failed to deliver procedural justice
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 7 min read
Calling Out an Antisemite
When I learned that Alice Walker and I would both be speaking at the same literary festival, I seized the chance to expose her views.
James Kirchick
· 6 min read
Social Panic at Sundance
Meg Smaker’s film about the rehabilitation of former Guantanamo terror suspects was nuanced and sympathetic. But the mob didn’t care.
M. Pollino
· 8 min read
Indigenous Activists Are Targeting My Research. My Own University Is Helping Them
Academics who study ancient Paleoindian populations are increasingly being denied access to skeletons, artifacts, and even old x-rays and research reports. We need to start fighting back
Elizabeth Weiss
· 10 min read
Institutional Self-Renunciation Is Making Us Lonely
Human identity is inextricably tied to group affiliation. So what happens when all the groups we know and love become ‘problematic’?
N. Russell
· 5 min read
Walkout at Milton Academy
When high-school students can’t tolerate hearing the name of a book title, we know there’s a problem in education.
Randall Kennedy and Harvey Silverglate
· 4 min read