Quillette

29/11/2025

From offshore funding networks to the economic costs of unreliable renewables, this episode explores how Australia’s energy policy has been shaped by overseas interests—and what’s at stake if the country doesn’t change course.
By Zoe Booth.

From offshore funding networks to the economic costs of unreliable renewables, this episode explores how Australia’s energy policy has been shaped by overseas interests—and what’s at stake if the country doesn’t change course.

29/11/2025

Decades of progress have made the West a far better place for gay people—but is our freedom as secure as we think? And are we ready to reckon with the internal risks that threaten it?⁠
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Read more: https://quillette.com/2025/11/27/has-the-gay-rights-revolution-gone-too-far-for-our-own-good/
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28/11/2025

How s*x abuse has gone undetected inside Australia’s childcare sector.
By Virginia Tapscott.

How s*x abuse has gone undetected inside Australia’s childcare sector.

28/11/2025

An interview with Peggy Sastre
By Claire Lehmann.

An interview with Peggy Sastre

27/11/2025

For their research showing that r**e is generally motivated by s*xual desire, Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer were subjected to death threats and hounded in their personal and professional lives. And yet, they were right.
By Peggy Sastre.

For their research showing that r**e is generally motivated by s*xual desire, Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer were subjected to death threats and hounded in their personal and professional lives. And yet, they were right.

27/11/2025

The hyper-s*xualized nature of many gay subcultures threatens to undo the important human-rights progress we’ve made over the course of my lifetime.
By Ronan McCrea.

The hyper-s*xualized nature of many gay subcultures threatens to undo the important human-rights progress we’ve made over the course of my lifetime.

26/11/2025

A new article in MIT’s ‘Undark’ magazine recycles old misinformation about a supposedly toxic chemical.
By Geoffrey C. Kabat.

A new article in MIT’s ‘Undark’ magazine recycles old misinformation about a supposedly toxic chemical.

26/11/2025

These charts show the demographic shift in South Africa over the past century. White South Africans once represented more than one-fifth of the population (1911), but by 2022 that figure has dropped to just over 7%, while the Black African population has risen from 67% to more than 81%.⁠
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In his Quillette essay Fleeing South Africa, philosopher David Benatar argues that this demographic change matters not because it proves a “genocide,” but because it highlights the broader political instability, racial tension, and vulnerability of minority groups in a country already struggling with violent crime, collapsing infrastructure, and extremist rhetoric. For Benatar, the fear driving emigration is not imaginary—it’s grounded in real social and political trends.⁠
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💬 What do you think the future holds for South Africa?⁠
🔔 Read, watch, and discuss more: https://quillette.com/2025/11/26/the-truth-about-south-africas-farm-murders-white-exodus/
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26/11/2025

Bjorn Lomborg’s experience shows what happens when a researcher challenges a powerful narrative with inconvenient numbers, writes Marian L. Tupy.
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Read more: https://quillette.com/2025/11/20/a-vindication-of-bjorn-lomborg/

26/11/2025

Why are people fleeing the country? Is the threat of genocide being exaggerated—or ignored?
By David Benatar.

Why are people fleeing the country? Is the threat of genocide being exaggerated—or ignored?

26/11/2025

A critical look at how well-intentioned editorial “sensitivity” can narrow creative risk-taking and homogenise contemporary fiction.
By Adam Szetela.

A critical look at how well-intentioned editorial “sensitivity” can narrow creative risk-taking and homogenise contemporary fiction.

26/11/2025

Rusty Reno and the American postliberal revolt against the postwar consensus.
By Matt Johnson.

Rusty Reno and the American postliberal revolt against the postwar consensus.