Gender Differences Above the Neck

The evidence for innate gender differences has been accumulating for decades. Why are people still afraid to admit it? Read Jerry Coyne's review of A Billion Years of Sex Differences by Steve Stewart-Williams here: https://quillette.com/2026/07/30/sex-differences-above-the-neck-steve-stewart-williams/ #evolution #psychology #gender #equality

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Dark Artist

Frank Miller’s valuable new memoir explores the creative life of one of America’s most gifted writers and artists.

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How Decolonisation Divides the World in Two | Boudry

After 7 October, Maarten Boudry saw decolonisation for what it really is: a rigid, almost Manichaean ideology that splits the world into evil colonisers and innocent victims, with no room in between. On this view, one side is irredeemable and deserves whatever comes. The other is absolved of everything. Any atrocity it commits is reframed as an understandable response to past injustice. And the more extreme the violence, the greater the wrongs it's assumed to answer. Full narration on the Quillette channel. Link in bio. https://quillette.com/2026/04/20/what-did-you-think-decolonisation-meant-october-7-academia/ . . . #Quillette #MaartenBoudry #Decolonisation #Antisemitism #Academia #Philosophy #October7 #FreeSpeech

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The Passion of Bess McNeill

Lars von Trier’s harrowing but resplendent story of suffering and grace turns thirty this year.

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Politicising the Humanities: Sociology as Case Study

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Hawaii professor Ashley Rubin, co-author of the recently published ‘Special Commission Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences’

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Politicizing the Humanities: Sociology as Case Study

Sociologist Ashley Rubin co-authored the Vanderbilt report — the one that has spent the summer setting the academy on fire. She joins Jonathan Kay to explain what it actually argues: not that humanities scholars lean left, but that political criteria have quietly replaced scholarly ones in deciding what counts as good research. Along the way: why conference panels have narrowed to the point where politically neutral work can't find a slot; the peer reviewers who write "how dare you"; the literature that classifies prisoner masturbation as political resistance, and what happened when Rubin questioned it; grade inflation; the ASA boycott now splitting American sociology; and Durkheim on why a discipline that keeps fragmenting stops being a discipline at all. 00:00 Introduction: the Vanderbilt report 02:30 Do professional associations speak for the field? 05:35 What gets on the conference programme—and what doesn't 06:10 Why everyone picks on sociologists 08:05 The variables you're not allowed to test 11:15 "Prisoner resistance": how a concept got out of hand 14:00 A Marxist editor and the fear of seeming conservative 17:25 What the report does and doesn't claim 18:50 The Yale trust report and grade inflation 22:40 Activists, ringleaders and the silent majority 25:50 Inside the ASA boycott 28:45 Should sociology split into parties? 31:50 Durkheim on why disciplines need shared rules 34:30 Authoritarianism from your own side --- Quillette is an Australian-based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. It is politically non-partisan, but relies on reason, science, and humanism as its guiding values. Quillette was founded in 2015 by Australian writer Claire Lehmann. It is a platform for free thought and a space for open discussion and debate on a wide range of topics, including politics, culture, science, and technology. Quillette has gained attention for publishing articles and essays that challenge modern orthodoxy on a variety of topics, including gender and sexuality, race and identity politics, and free speech and censorship. --- Quillette's revenue comes from our readers. We are a grassroots organisation that relies on voluntary subscriptions and community membership as our primary revenue stream. Support Quillette by becoming a subscriber: https://quillette.com/#/portal/signup Or donate send us a one-off tip: https://quillette.com/#/portal/support We made our website using Ghost, a powerful app for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content. It comes with modern tools to build a website, publish content, send newsletters & offer paid subscriptions to members. Try it here: https://ghost.org/?via=claire91

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"What Did You Think Decolonisation Meant?" | Maarten Boudry

On 7 October, writer Najma Sharif posted seven mocking words that racked up tens of thousands of likes: what did people think decolonisation meant, if not this? Maarten Boudry was exactly who she was mocking. The academic who assumed decolonisation was just papers, essays, and well-meaning proposals to diversify the curriculum. That day he learned how wrong he had been. Full narration on the Quillette channel. Link in bio. . . . #Quillette #MaartenBoudry #Decolonisation #Antisemitism #Academia #Philosophy #October7 #FreeSpeech #Universities

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Maarten Boudry: October 7 Changed My Mind

Maarten Boudry isn't Jewish and had no personal connection to Israel. At first he barely followed the news, filing 7 October away with every other jihadist attack he assumed the West had finally learned to recognise. He was certain of one thing: that no colleague or friend could ever condone the slaughter of young people at a music festival. Within hours, he was proved wrong. Not from the usual quarters, but from left-wing academics at prestigious universities, reaching for the language of decolonisation to celebrate what had just happened. That was the moment his complacency broke. . . . #MaartenBoudry #Decolonisation #Antisemitism #Academia #Universities #Philosophy #Israel #October7 #FreeSpeech

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Is The Global Sex Recession Real? With Debra Soh

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Challenging Traditional Gender Roles: It's Okay To Not Be The Breadwinner #shorts

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Capturing the ‘Odyssey’

Homer’s epic provides a window on to a strange, paradoxical, fascinating, beautiful, and terrifying world that is at once familiar and unfamiliar. 

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Biting the Hand

Artists increasingly insist that their work and their politics are indivisible. They should not be surprised when the institutions that fund them agree.

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Sex Differences Above the Neck

The evidence for innate sex differences has been accumulating for decades. Steve Stewart-Williams's new book is a welcome inventory.

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Who Gets a Platform for Jew-Hate in Ireland? Rachel Moiselle

Where does antisemitism get a respectable hearing in Ireland? Not the neo-Nazi right, says Rachel Moiselle — they're radioactive to any serious outlet. It's antisemitism from the left, she argues, that gets "free rein." New episode of Quillette Cetera: https://quillette.com/2026/07/23/irelands-antisemitism-crisis-with-rachel-moiselle-quillette-cetera-episode-68/ #antisemitism #Ireland #Israel #Jewish #Dublin

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Fertility Myth Busted by Debra Soh

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A Beautiful Odyssey, Made Dreary By Remorse

Christopher Nolan‘s creation is a big movie in every technical sense. But inside, it is diminished and faded: heroes who aren’t allowed to be heroes and gods who aren’t allowed to be gods.

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Bondi Massacre: Irish Society Criticized, Outrage Ensues #shorts

A measured piece by Rachel Moiselle acknowledging antisemitism sparked an uproar and weeks of abuse. The call to listen to the Jewish community was met with backlash. #Antisemitism #Society #Backlash #Community

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Decolonisation, October 7, and the Ideology That Justified a Massacre | Maarten Boudry

Philosopher Maarten Boudry once treated the push to decolonise the philosophy curriculum as harmless academic fashion. Then 7 October happened, and he watched the same ideology reshape how universities responded to a massacre. In this narration, Boudry traces how a framework he had dismissed as virtue signalling revealed itself as a rigid moral system, one that sorts the world into absolute oppressors and innocent victims and leaves no space for moral ambiguity. He examines the open letters from his own university and the University of Amsterdam, the refusal to condemn Hamas, the celebration of "resistance", and the genocide claims that appeared within days. It is an account of how quickly progressive academic rhetoric became a justification for mass violence, and of the personal reckoning that followed. Read more at Quillette: https://quillette.com/2026/04/20/what-did-you-think-decolonisation-meant-october-7-academia/ CHAPTERS 00:00 Decolonisation looked harmless, until 7 October 02:18 How 7 October exposed decolonisation as a rigid moral framework 04:50 University statements and how far the language had spread 07:22 The backlash hardens into anti-Israel and antisemitic narratives Subscribe for more essays and conversations from Quillette. #Quillette #MaartenBoudry #Decolonisation #Antisemitism #Philosophy #Academia #Israel #FreeSpeech ----- Quillette is an Australian-based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. It is politically non-partisan, but relies on reason, science, and humanism as its guiding values. Quillette was founded in 2015 by Australian writer Claire Lehmann. It is a platform for free thought and a space for open discussion and debate on a wide range of topics, including politics, culture, science, and technology. Quillette has gained attention for publishing articles and essays that challenge modern orthodoxy on a variety of topics, including gender and sexuality, race and identity politics, and free speech and censorship. --- Quillette's revenue comes from our readers. We are a grassroots organisation that relies on voluntary subscriptions and community membership as our primary revenue stream. Support Quillette by becoming a subscriber: https://quillette.com/#/portal/signup Or donate send us a one-off tip: https://quillette.com/#/portal/support We made our website using Ghost, a powerful app for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content. It comes with modern tools to build a website, publish content, send newsletters & offer paid subscriptions to members. Try it here: https://ghost.org/?via=claire91

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Is the Pro-Palestine Movement Israel’s Unlikely Ally?

By framing terrorism and armed struggle as legitimate resistance, the pro-Palestine movement has unwittingly strengthened Israel’s case that withdrawal and concessions carry unacceptable risks.

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Science Denial Is RUINING Relationships & Dating! EXPLAINED #shorts

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Rachel Moiselle: Why I Speak Out

From a PhD student to an accidental influencer, Rachel Moiselle grapples with a growing platform and the compulsion to speak out against injustice, especially anti-Semitism. Driven by a deep love for the Jewish community, the journey is one of navigating public attention and staying true to one's convictions. #SocialMedia #Activism #JewishCommunity #PhDLife #Courage

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Why Do Many Irish People Hate Israel? Unpacking the Complex Reasons #shorts

Why the strong Irish sentiment towards Israel? It's a cocktail of factors: seeing themselves in the Palestinian struggle, a move from Catholicism to new belief structures, and anti-Zionism becoming a core part of Irish identity. More than just politics, it's often seen as faith. #IrishPolitics #MiddleEastConflict #CulturalAnalysis #Identity

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Men Without Meaning

Men are quietly leaving the workforce—not for lack of jobs, but for lack of purpose.

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Breadwinner Women: Debra Soh

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The Rise of Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons

In the 30th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes the expanding Jesuit presence of the late 1630s—and the increasingly bitter opposition it provoked among France’s local Indigenous allies.

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Sex Bots & AI: Are Men Ditching Real Relationships? #shorts

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The ‘Sex Recession’ is Real

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Debra Soh, author of ‘Sextinction: The Decline of Sex and the Future of Intimacy,’ about neuroscience, hypergamy, elephant seals, politicised sex research, the perils of polyamory, and the sex-repellent scourge of ’phubbing.’

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Debra Soh: Why the Sex Recession Is Real | Dating Apps, Porn & AI Companions

Neuroscientist and writer Debra Soh joins Jonathan Kay to discuss her new book Sexinction, a study of intimacy, alienation, and the widening gap between how humans are wired and how we now live. Soh explains why she came to accept that the "sex recession" is real across developed countries, and why she sees it as a symptom of a broader decline in emotional intimacy rather than a simple change in behaviour. The conversation ranges across the forces behind the trend: smartphones, pornography, dating apps, and the growing market for sex dolls, sex robots, and AI companions. They also discuss ideological distortion in academic sex research, hypergamy and a splitting dating market, the limits of "lean in" advice given biological timelines, polyamory and jealousy, "phubbing" and everyday disconnection, and Soh's critical take on kink, pornography, and sex-positivity. Soh argues that denying biological differences between men and women pushes people toward worse decisions and fuels reactive manosphere backlash, and that her aim is not to shame but to help people avoid harm and heal. Chapters: 00:00 A personal introduction and the book's central idea 04:50 Debra Soh's scientific background and the case for a sex recession 09:19 Academic bias and why sex research gets distorted 13:04 Technology, sex dolls, and artificial intimacy 16:36 Dating apps and the decline of satisfying relationships 19:18 Swiping, matching, and rarely building anything real 21:23 Hypergamy, status, and the changing dating market 24:10 Why men should initiate and women should vet carefully 27:56 A critique of "lean in" advice 31:10 Unrealistic expectations and the "three sixes" ideal 36:40 The pressure to be visibly "perfect" 37:49 Polyamory, jealousy, and why the model often fails women 42:30 House-husband narratives and progressive relationship ideals 50:02 Biology, hypergamy, and why denial creates backlash 52:34 Phubbing and everyday intimacy breakdown 54:52 Sexlessness and the academic orthodoxy she would challenge 57:39 Why these practices deserve scrutiny, not automatic approval Quillette Cetera is the official podcast of Quillette. Subscribe for more conversations on ideas, culture, and free enquiry. quillette.com --- Quillette is an Australian-based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. It is politically non-partisan, but relies on reason, science, and humanism as its guiding values. Quillette was founded in 2015 by Australian writer Claire Lehmann. It is a platform for free thought and a space for open discussion and debate on a wide range of topics, including politics, culture, science, and technology. Quillette has gained attention for publishing articles and essays that challenge modern orthodoxy on a variety of topics, including gender and sexuality, race and identity politics, and free speech and censorship. --- Quillette's revenue comes from our readers. We are a grassroots organisation that relies on voluntary subscriptions and community membership as our primary revenue stream. Support Quillette by becoming a subscriber: https://quillette.com/#/portal/signup Or donate send us a one-off tip: https://quillette.com/#/portal/support We made our website using Ghost, a powerful app for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content. It comes with modern tools to build a website, publish content, send newsletters & offer paid subscriptions to members. Try it here: https://ghost.org/?via=claire91

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Blood, Progress, and Amnesia

There is real value in Noah Rothman's century-spanning chronicle of left-wing terror, but it falls short in analysis.

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Cass Review: Puberty Blockers Evidence Explained

The Cass Review found the evidence for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones weak. Sweden, Finland and Norway have changed course. US plastic surgeons now urge delaying surgery to 19. ⚖️ The consensus is shifting. A note on timing: This video draws on developments up to early 2026, including the Cass Review, the policy changes in Sweden, Finland and Norway, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' call to delay surgeries until 19, and the Varian malpractice verdict. This is a fast-moving area and the picture continues to evolve, so some details may have developed since filming. The underlying evidence and arguments, however, still stand. #CassReview #pubertyblockers #genderaffirmingcare #detransition #Quillette Quillette is an Australian-based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. It is politically non-partisan, but relies on reason, science, and humanism as its guiding values. Quillette was founded in 2015 by Australian writer Claire Lehmann. It is a platform for free thought and a space for open discussion and debate on a wide range of topics, including politics, culture, science, and technology. Quillette has gained attention for publishing articles and essays that challenge modern orthodoxy on a variety of topics, including gender and sexuality, race and identity politics, and free speech and censorship. --- Quillette's revenue comes from our readers. We are a grassroots organisation that relies on voluntary subscriptions and community membership as our primary revenue stream. Support Quillette by becoming a subscriber: https://quillette.com/#/portal/signup Or donate send us a one-off tip: https://quillette.com/#/portal/support We made our website using Ghost, a powerful app for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content. It comes with modern tools to build a website, publish content, send newsletters & offer paid subscriptions to members. Try it here: https://ghost.org/?via=claire91

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