Remembering Cancel Culture’s 40-Year-Old Stepfather
"Cruising" faced protests and boycotts from gay activists and the LGBTQ+ community, but later became a cult hit.
Adrian Nguyen
· 7 min read
Free Speech
A collection of 227 posts
Princeton University is One of the Least Racist Institutions in the World
In his declaration of independence published in Quillette, Katz, a chaired professor in the Classics department, defends the importance of free speech in academia and accuses the authors of the letter of trying to impose unreasonable changes at Princeton.
Sergiu Klainerman
· 6 min read
In Canada's Version of Portland, Cancel Culture Comes for ‘Steve-O-Reno's’
Rommelmann also was eager to move to a city with a vibrant national media presence.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
In Defense of ‘Reactionary Liberalism’—A Reply to Osita Nwanevu
Nwanevu is predictably coy about affirmative action, the most explicit form of institutional racism in the United States.
Bo Winegard
· 10 min read
Why I Signed the Harper's Letter
America’s racial inequities, of which police brutality is only a minor part, must end.
Roya Hakakian
· 4 min read
It Wasn’t My Cancelation That Bothered Me. It Was the Cowardice of Those Who Let It Happen
Dozens of scholars threatened to resign from the college if my appointment were allowed to stand.
Margaret Wente
· 11 min read
Discovering the Link Between Gender Identity and Peer Contagion
The lack of childhood history was critical, since traditional gender dysphoria typically begins in early childhood.
Abigail Shrier
· 8 min read
Free Speech is a Value, not a Right
Free speech is subordinate to the private property rights of whatever resources are needed to speak in the first place.
Logan Chipkin
· 7 min read
The New York Times and the Importance of Conclusion Neutrality
The conclusion neutral standard is the journalistic expression of classical liberal values.
Max Diamond
· 9 min read
Is the My Little Pony Fan Community Really Full of Nazis?
White nationalists and the far-Right seemed to be ascendant in 2016 after Donald Trump won an unexpected victory in the US presidential election.
Daniel Friedman
· 7 min read
Barney Rosset and the Unending Struggle to Read Freely
It is by now a familiar truism that the Internet—and social media, in particular—has awarded the intolerant, the narrow-minded, and the censorious unprecedented power. To this challenge from below, publishers have, by and large, responded with dismaying timidity. Large multinational publishing firms have hastily withdrawn controversial titles and
Kevin Mims
· 22 min read
A Librarian’s Timeless Mission: Supporting Social Justice Through Freedom of Speech
Believing in freedom of speech means believing in freedom of expression for all. The late Elliot L. Shelkrot, long-time head of the Philadelphia Public Library, once said that democracy depends on an informed population.
Quillette
· 8 min read
I've Been Fired. If You Value Academic Freedom, That Should Worry You
I did not enjoy the protection of tenure (I was, however, tenure-track), but we should not rely upon tenure to uphold free inquiry.
Bo Winegard
· 7 min read
Peter Singer and the Narrowing of Discourse
The implications of this narrowing of discourse for public debate and the exploration of ideas are dire, and reflect a growing surrender to intolerance at the expense of rational discussion and analysis.
Ross Stitt
· 6 min read
The Misguided Moral Panic About Racism in British Universities
The scope of individual autonomy is rapidly being eroded by measures designed to engineer an inclusive society.
Wanjiru Njoya and Doug Stokes
· 19 min read