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| editor3 = [[Jonathan Kay]] |
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| editor6 = [[Andy Ngo]] |
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| staff_writer = [[Helen Dale]]<br />[[Debra W. Soh]]<br />[[Jeffrey Tayler]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://quillette.com/2018/06/27/who-we-are/ |title=Who We Are |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Quillette |date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=September 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002173324/https://quillette.com/2018/06/27/who-we-are/ |archive-date=October 2, 2018 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://quillette.com/about/ |title=About |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Quillette |access-date=September 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002173723/https://quillette.com/about/ |archive-date=October 2, 2018| url-status = live}}</ref> |
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'''''Quillette''''' ({{IPAc-en|k|w|ɪ|ˈ|l|ɛ|t}}) is an [[online magazine]] founded by Australian writer [[Claire Lehmann]]. The publication has a primary focus on science, technology, news, culture, and politics. It is associated with the "[[intellectual dark web]]".<ref name="politico1" /><ref name="Vox-Ngo">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/3/20677645/antifa-portland-andy-ngo-proud-boys|title=The assault on conservative journalist Andy Ngo, explained|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=2019-07-03|work=Vox|access-date=2019-08-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807132917/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/3/20677645/antifa-portland-andy-ngo-proud-boys|archive-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> |
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'''''Quillette''''' ({{IPAc-en|k|w|ɪ|ˈ|l|ɛ|t}}) is an online magazine founded by Australian journalist [[Claire Lehmann]]. The magazine primarily focuses on [[science]], [[technology]], [[news]], [[culture]], and [[politics]]. |
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== Etymology == |
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''Quillette'' is named after the French word for a [[withy]] cutting planted so that it takes root—used here as a metaphor for an essay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://quillette.com/2018/07/07/from-the-editor/|title=From the Editor|last1=Lehmann|first1=Claire|authorlink1=Claire Lehmann|date=July 7, 2018|website=Quillette|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001150408/https://quillette.com/2018/07/07/from-the-editor/|archive-date=October 1, 2018|url-status=|accessdate=October 1, 2018|quote=In French, a synonym for quillette is bouture d’osier, which is a type of wood off-cutting used to grow new trees. An off-cutting planted in the ground that grows into a tree — this seemed to me a great metaphor for an essay.}}</ref> |
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''Quillette'' was created in 2015 to focus on scientific topics, but has come to focus on coverage of political and cultural issues concerning [[freedom of speech]] and [[identity politics]]. It has been described as [[libertarian]]-leaning,<ref name="Del Valle 2017"/><ref name=young/><ref name=vice/> and "the right wing's highly influential answer to ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thielman |first=Sam |date=2019 |title=Villains |url=https://www.cjr.org/special_report/villains-disinformation-steve-brodner.php/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606113801/https://www.cjr.org/special_report/villains-disinformation-steve-brodner.php |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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''Quillette'' was founded in October 2015 in [[Sydney]], Australia, by Claire Lehmann.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/huge-gap-in-the-market-the-local-publisher-winning-where-others-won-t-tread-20190428-p51hz8.html |title='Huge gap in the market': the local publisher winning where others won't tread |last=Duke |first=Jennifer |date=1 May 2019 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=3 June 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302063536/https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/huge-gap-in-the-market-the-local-publisher-winning-where-others-won-t-tread-20190428-p51hz8.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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''Quillette'' was launched in October 2015 in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], by Claire Lehmann.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/huge-gap-in-the-market-the-local-publisher-winning-where-others-won-t-tread-20190428-p51hz8.html |title='Huge gap in the market': the local publisher winning where others won't tread |last=Duke |first=Jennifer |date=2019-05-01 |work=[[The Sydney Morning-Herald]] |access-date=2019-06-03 |language=en}}</ref> The website drew significant public attention on 7 August 2017 after publishing the responses of four scientists ([[Lee Jussim]], [[David P. Schmitt]], [[Geoffrey Miller (psychologist)|Geoffrey Miller]] and [[Debra W. Soh]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Google Memo: Four Scientists Respond |work=Quillette |date=August 7, 2017 |url=http://quillette.com/2017/08/07/google-memo-four-scientists-respond/ |accessdate=August 17, 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816233856/http://quillette.com/2017/08/07/google-memo-four-scientists-respond/ |archivedate=August 16, 2017 }}</ref> to James Damore's controversial memo "[[Google's Ideological Echo Chamber]]".<ref name=young>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Cathy |authorlink=Cathy Young |title=Googler fired for diversity memo had legit points on gender |publisher=[[USA Today]] |date=August 8, 2017 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/08/googler-fired-diversity-memo-had-point-researchers-agree/548518001/ |accessdate=August 17, 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808231823/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/08/googler-fired-diversity-memo-had-point-researchers-agree/548518001/ |archivedate=August 8, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Brooks |first=David |authorlink=David Brooks (political commentator) |title=Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google's C.E.O. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 11, 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/opinion/sundar-pichai-google-memo-diversity.html |accessdate=August 17, 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811124216/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/opinion/sundar-pichai-google-memo-diversity.html |archivedate=August 11, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Shermer |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Shermer |title=The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism: The roots of the current campus madness |work=[[Scientific American]] |date=September 2017 |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unfortunate-fallout-of-campus-postmodernism/ |accessdate=August 17, 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818131733/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unfortunate-fallout-of-campus-postmodernism/ |archivedate=August 18, 2017 }}</ref> The website was temporarily shut down by a [[Denial-of-service attack|DDoS attack]] following publication of the piece.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/08/09/libertarian-site-suffers-ddos-attack-after-supporting-google-worker/|title=Libertarian Site Suffers DDoS Attack After Supporting Google Worker|last=Airaksinen|first=Toni|date=August 9, 2017|publisher=[[PJ Media]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818092106/https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/08/09/libertarian-site-suffers-ddos-attack-after-supporting-google-worker/|archivedate=August 18, 2017|url-status=live|accessdate=August 17, 2017|quote=Quillette Magazine, a small but respected libertarian publication based in Australia, suffered a DDoS attack Tuesday after publishing an article supportive of James Damore, the fired Google memo writer.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/450398/google-quillette-hack-martin-center-article|title=Ideas (Like the Bad Ones Kids Learn in College) Have Consequences|last=Leef|first=George|authorlink=George Leef|date=August 11, 2017|work=[[National Review]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814064940/http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/450398/google-quillette-hack-martin-center-article|archivedate=August 14, 2017|url-status=live|accessdate=August 17, 2017|quote=A much less covered story was the taking down (at least temporarily) of a site, Quillette.com, that had posted commentary favorable to the Google engineer’s memo about the company’s diversity policies.}}</ref> |
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It is named after the French word "[[wiktionary:quillette|quillette]]" which means a [[withy]] cutting planted so that it takes root—used here as a metaphor for an essay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://quillette.com/2018/07/07/from-the-editor/|title=From the Editor|last1=Lehmann|first1=Claire|author-link1=Claire Lehmann|date=7 July 2018|website=Quillette|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001150408/https://quillette.com/2018/07/07/from-the-editor/|archive-date=1 October 2018|access-date=1 October 2018|quote=In French, a synonym for quillette is bouture d'osier, which is a type of wood off-cutting used to grow new trees. An off-cutting planted in the ground that grows into a tree – this seemed to me a great metaphor for an essay.}}</ref> Lehmann stated that ''Quillette'' was created with the aim of "setting up a space where we could critique the blank slate orthodoxy" – a theory of human development which assumes individuals are largely products of [[Nature versus nurture|nurture, not nature]] – but that it "naturally evolved into a place where people critique other aspects of what they see as [[left-wing]] orthodoxy".<ref name="Del Valle 2017"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lester|first=Amelia|title=The Voice of the 'Intellectual Dark Web': Claire Lehmann's online magazine, Quillette, prides itself on publishing 'dangerous' ideas other outlets won't touch. How far is it willing to go?|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/11/intellectual-dark-web-quillette-claire-lehmann-221917|journal=[[Politico Magazine]]|issue=November/December 2018|issn=2381-1595|quote=Contributors often shared Lehmann's interest in debunking the “blank slate” theory of human development, which postulates that individuals are largely products of nurture, not nature. But, Lehmann told me, it quickly grew beyond that topic. In "setting up a space where we could critique the blank slate orthodoxy," she says, Quillette "has naturally evolved into a place where people critique other aspects of what they see as left-wing orthodoxy.|access-date=12 November 2018|archive-date=17 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517150722/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/11/intellectual-dark-web-quillette-claire-lehmann-221917|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 2018 ''Quillette'' said that they were funded mostly by contributions from readers via [[Patreon]], and a small part (less than 5%) of the revenue came from Amazon affiliates and other advertisers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.patreon.com/Quillette/overview|title=Quillette is creating a platform for free thought - Patreon|publisher=}}</ref> |
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In August 2017, ''Quillette'' published an article in which five academics expressed support for James Damore, author of the "[[Google's Ideological Echo Chamber]]" memo. According to [[Politico]], ''Quillette''{{'s}} website crashed because of the popularity of the article. Lehmann was told by her tech staff the cause may have been a [[Denial-of-service attack|DDoS attack]].<ref name="politico1"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/huge-gap-in-the-market-the-local-publisher-winning-where-others-won-t-tread-20190428-p51hz8.html |title='Huge gap in the market': the local publisher winning where others won't tread |last=Duke |first=Jennifer |date=1 May 2019 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=3 June 2019 |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302063536/https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/huge-gap-in-the-market-the-local-publisher-winning-where-others-won-t-tread-20190428-p51hz8.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In its profile of ''Quillette'', ''Politico'' reported that Lehmann knew about the [[grievance studies affair]] before it was first reported in October 2018. In response, ''Quillette'' again published comments from five like-minded academics.<ref name="politico1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Academy-s-New-Favorite/246351|title=Opinion: The Academy's New Favorite Hate-Read|last=Bartlett|first=Tom|date=22 May 2019|website=The Chronicle of Higher Education|language=en|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608101712/https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Academy-s-New-Favorite/246351|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In August 2019, the magazine published a hoax piece titled "[[Democratic Socialists of America|DSA]] Is Doomed", and then quickly retracted it after being alerted to evidence indicating it was a hoax.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Dylan|last1=Matthews|accessdate=2019-08-16|title=Quillette loves hoaxes that embarrass the left. Here’s how "Archie Carter" hoaxed Quillette.|url=https://www.vox.com/2019/8/9/20794325/quillette-dsa-hoax-archie-carter|date=9 August 2019|website=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-16|first=Aaron|last=Freedman|date=2019-08-16|title=How the right wing fell for its own fables about the working class|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/16/how-right-wing-fell-its-own-fables-about-working-class/|work=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Sam|last1=Adler-Bell|accessdate=2019-08-16|title=Hello fellow Marxist-Leninists, I’m Archie Carter|url=https://theoutline.com/post/7759/quillette-archie-carter-hoax|website=The Outline}}</ref> Democratic socialist magazine ''[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]'' reported that "''Quillette'' was not only negligent in their fact-checking of [the hoaxer's] fabrication, they actually embellished his story with their own ideological fables."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/archie-carter-quillette-dsa| title=Exclusive: We Found Archie Carter| last=Freedman| first=Aaron| date= 8 August 2019| website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]| access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref> ''Quillette''{{'}}s editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann has denied the accusations of embellishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1160056092686053376|title=Tweet|author=Claire Lehmann|date=10 August 2019|website=Twitter}}</ref> She took full responsibility for the hoax having been published, and promised to "strengthen" the magazine's processes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1159923282629447680|title=Tweet|author=Claire Lehmann|date=9 August 2019|website=Twitter}}</ref> |
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In May 2019, ''Quillette'' published an article that alleged connections between [[Antifa (United States)|antifa]] activists and national-level reporters who cover the far-right based on the accounts these reporters followed on Twitter.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lenihan |first=Eoin |title=It's Not Your Imagination: The Journalists Writing About Antifa Are Often Their Cheerleaders |url=https://quillette.com/2019/05/29/its-not-your-imagination-the-journalists-writing-about-antifa-are-often-their-cheerleaders/ |newspaper=Quillette |date=29 May 2019 |access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102045947/https://quillette.com/2019/05/29/its-not-your-imagination-the-journalists-writing-about-antifa-are-often-their-cheerleaders/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5" /> [[Alexander Reid Ross]] and another journalist who were mentioned in the article said that they and other journalists received death threats after the claims were published.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/alt-right-antifa-death-threats-doxxing-quillette-a8966176.html|title=Opinion: What happened when I was the target of alt-right death threats|last1=Burley|first1=Shane|last2=Ross|first2=Alexander|date=19 June 2019|website=The Independent|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619230718/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/alt-right-antifa-death-threats-doxxing-quillette-a8966176.html|archive-date=19 June 2019|access-date=19 June 2019}}</ref> |
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== Podcasts == |
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| title = Quillette Podcast |
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| genre = Science, technology, news, culture, politics |
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| production = [[Claire Lehmann]] |
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| began = {{Start date and age|df=yes|November 8, 2018}} <!-- This start date isn't accurate, since the first episode was uploaded five months ago. I'm trying to find a page that is specific with the date. --> |
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| footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/wrongspeak|title=Wrongspeak Podcast|last=|first=|date=n.d.|website=[[SoundCloud]]|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Apple"></ref><ref name="PodcastArchive"></ref> |
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In August 2019, ''Quillette'' published a hoax article titled "DSA Is Doomed" submitted by an anonymous writer claiming to be a construction worker named Archie Carter who was critical of the organisation [[Democratic Socialists of America]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/16/how-right-wing-fell-its-own-fables-about-working-class/|title=How the right wing fell for its own fables about the working class|last=Freedman|first=Aaron|date=16 August 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-date=1 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201143309/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/16/how-right-wing-fell-its-own-fables-about-working-class/|url-status=live}}</ref> The magazine retracted the article after the hoax was brought to its attention. According to socialist magazine ''[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]'', the hoax brought ''Quillette''{{'s}} fact-checking and editorial standards into question.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/archie-carter-quillette-dsa| title=Exclusive: We Found Archie Carter| last=Freedman| first=Aaron| date=8 August 2019| newspaper=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]| access-date=9 August 2019| archive-date=9 August 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809042619/https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/archie-carter-quillette-dsa| url-status=live}}</ref> |
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''Quillette'' publishes an eponymous podcast that began in 2018. |
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''Quillette'' has published articles supporting the "[[human biodiversity movement]]" (HBM),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-23 |title=On the Reality of Race and the Abhorrence of Racism |url=https://quillette.com/2016/06/23/on-the-reality-of-race-and-the-abhorrence-of-racism/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Quillette |language=en |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226175641/https://quillette.com/2016/06/23/on-the-reality-of-race-and-the-abhorrence-of-racism/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-09 |title=On the Reality of Race & the Abhorrence of Racism Part II: Human Biodiversity & Its Implications |url=https://quillette.com/2016/08/09/on-the-reality-of-race-the-abhorrence-of-racism-part-ii-human-biodiversity-its-implications/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Quillette |language=en |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226175639/https://quillette.com/2016/08/09/on-the-reality-of-race-the-abhorrence-of-racism-part-ii-human-biodiversity-its-implications/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which attempts to reintroduce ideas from [[eugenics]] and [[scientific racism]] into the mainstream.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Minkowitz |first1=Donna |title=Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for 'Quillette' |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/quillette-fascist-creep/ |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=The Nation |date=5 December 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417225618/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/quillette-fascist-creep/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="jones_20200102">{{Cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/eugenic-ideas-never-really-went-away.html |title=Will the 2020s Be the Decade of Eugenics? |website=New York Magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Sarah |date=2 January 2020 |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222003336/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/eugenic-ideas-never-really-went-away.html |url-status=live }}</ref> HBM refers to beliefs that human behaviors are impacted by inherited genes, and certain predispositions are unique to certain ethnic groups.<ref name="jones_20200102"/><ref name="richards_2021">{{Cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Imogen |title=Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy |last2=Jones |first2=Callum |publisher=Routledge |year=2021 |isbn=978-1003105176 |location=London |pages=126–127 |chapter=Quillette, classical liberalism, and the international New Right}}</ref> Authors who published articles in ''Quillette'' supporting these claims include Bo Winegard, Ben Winegard, [[John Paul Wright]], and [[Brian Boutwell]].<ref name="richards_2021"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-27 |title=A Tale of Two Bell Curves |url=https://quillette.com/2017/03/27/a-tale-of-two-bell-curves/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Quillette |language=en |archive-date=28 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228120135/https://quillette.com/2017/03/27/a-tale-of-two-bell-curves/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-23 |title=On the Reality of Race and the Abhorrence of Racism |url=https://quillette.com/2016/06/23/on-the-reality-of-race-and-the-abhorrence-of-racism/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Quillette |language=en |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226175641/https://quillette.com/2016/06/23/on-the-reality-of-race-and-the-abhorrence-of-racism/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Quillette'' published articles supporting [[Noah Carl]].<ref name="jones_20200102"/><ref name="richards_2021"/> |
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There is also a {{According to whom|loosely-associated|date=October 2019}} podcast called ''Wrongspeak'', which launched in May 2018 and is hosted by ''Quillette'' associate editor [[Jonathan Kay]] and [[Debra W. Soh]]. ''Wrongspeak'' is about "the things we believe to be true but cannot say".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://quillette.com/2018/05/14/wrongspeak/|title=Wrongspeak|date=May 14, 2018|work=Quillette|access-date=October 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928170050/https://quillette.com/2018/05/14/wrongspeak/|archive-date=September 28, 2018|url-status=live|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0"/> |
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Topics on these podcasts have included [[sex differences in psychology|psychological differences between men and women]], [[freedom of speech]] on campus, [[gender dysphoria in children]], [[Libertarianism]], [[Conservatism]], [[Brexit]], and [[United States|American]] politics/culture. Notable guests have included [[Jordan Peterson]], [[Coleman Hughes]], [[James Damore]], [[Lindsay Shepherd]], [[Susan Bradley]], [[Ed the Sock]], [[Adrienne Batra]], [[Steven Pinker]], [[Bill Kristol]], [[Michael Shermer]], [[Matthew Goodwin]], [[Irshad Manji]], [[Roger Scruton|Sir Roger Scruton]], [[Claire Fox]], [[Francis Fukuyama]], [[Peter Boghossian]], [[Douglas Murray (author)|Douglas Murray]], [[Brian C. Kalt]], and [[David Frum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wrongspeak Podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/wrongspeak |website=SoundCloud |access-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name=PodcastArchive>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quillette-podcast/id1441708286|title=Quillette Podcast on Apple Podcasts|website=[[Apple Podcasts]]|url-status=live|access-date=October 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name=Apple>{{Cite web|url=https://quillette.com/category/podcast/|title=Podcast Archives|website=Quillette|access-date=October 29, 2019}}</ref> |
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⚫ | In an article for ''[[The Outline (website)|The Outline]]'', writer Gaby Del Valle classifies ''Quillette'' as "libertarian-leaning", "academia-focused" and "a hub for [[reactionary]] thought."<ref name="Del Valle 2017">{{cite web|url=https://theoutline.com/post/2307/quillette-claire-lehmann-conservative-snowflakes?zd=1&zi=m4ggsxp6|title=Conservatives love playing the victim|last1=Del Valle|first1=Gaby|date=22 September 2017|website=[[The Outline (website)|The Outline]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170923154229/https://theoutline.com/post/2307/quillette-claire-lehmann-conservative-snowflakes|archive-date=23 September 2017|url-status=live|access-date=20 June 2018|quote=In an interview with Psychology Today last week, Claire Lehmann, the founder of the libertarian-leaning, academia-focused digital magazine Quillette, suggested that the website was a refuge from the political correctness and leftist bias that allegedly plague both academia and the mainstream media.}}</ref> In the Seattle newspaper ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'', Katie Herzog writes that it has won praise "from both [[Steven Pinker]] and [[Richard Dawkins]]", adding that "most of the contributors are academics but the site reads more like a well researched opinion section than an academic journal".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/05/31/26879132/wrong-speak-is-a-safe-space-for-dangerous-ideas|title=Wrongspeak Is a Safe Space for Dangerous Ideas|last=Herzog|first=Katie|date=31 May 2018|work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180608230641/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/05/31/26879132/wrong-speak-is-a-safe-space-for-dangerous-ideas|archive-date=8 June 2018|url-status=live|language=en|quote=Most of the contributors are academics but the site reads more like a well researched opinion section than an academic journal.}}</ref> In an opinion piece for ''[[USA Today]]'', columnist [[Cathy Young]] describes ''Quillette'' as "libertarian-leaning".<ref name=young>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Cathy |author-link=Cathy Young |title=Googler fired for diversity memo had legit points on gender |publisher=[[USA Today]] |date=8 August 2017 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/08/googler-fired-diversity-memo-had-point-researchers-agree/548518001/ |access-date=17 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808231823/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/08/googler-fired-diversity-memo-had-point-researchers-agree/548518001/ |archive-date=8 August 2017 }}</ref> An article in ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' described ''Quillette'' as a "libertarian magazine".<ref name=vice>{{cite web|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evzjww/here-are-the-citations-for-the-anti-diversity-manifesto-circulating-at-google|title=Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google|last1=Matsakis|first1=Louise|last2=Koeblerand|first2=Jason|date=7 August 2017|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930054236/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evzjww/here-are-the-citations-for-the-anti-diversity-manifesto-circulating-at-google|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=20 June 2018|quote=The author also used news articles from outlets like The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, as well as smaller publications like libertarian magazine Quillette.|last3=Emerson|first3=Sarah}}</ref> |
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''Politico ''and ''Vox'' reported that ''Quillette'' has been associated with the "[[intellectual dark web]]", a term used, according to ''[[Politico]]'', to describe "a loose cadre of academics, journalists and tech entrepreneurs who view themselves as standing up to the knee-jerk left-leaning politics of academia and the media."<ref name="politico1" /><ref name="Vox-Ngo">{{Cite news|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=3 July 2019|title=The assault on conservative journalist Andy Ngo, explained|work=Vox|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/3/20677645/antifa-portland-andy-ngo-proud-boys|url-status=live|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807132917/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/3/20677645/antifa-portland-andy-ngo-proud-boys|archive-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Bari Weiss]] referred to Claire Lehmann as a figure in the "intellectual dark web".<ref name="politico1" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Weiss|first=Bari|author-link=Bari Weiss|date=8 May 2018|title=Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web|language=en|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html|access-date=1 October 2018|quote=Other figures in the I.D.W., like Claire Lehmann, the founder and editor of the online magazine ''Quillette'', and Debra Soh, who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience, self-deported from the academic track, sensing that the spectrum of acceptable perspectives and even areas of research was narrowing.|archive-date=20 May 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180520125047/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In May 2018, ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'' praised ''Wrongspeak'' for its willingness to engage with difficult topics.<ref name=":0"/> |
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⚫ | Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Jason Wilson describes ''Quillette'' as "a website obsessed with the alleged war on free speech on campus".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/18/how-the-right-trolls-the-left-college-campus-outrage|title=How to troll the left: understanding the rightwing outrage machine|last1=Wilson|first1=Jason|date=18 March 2018|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906155448/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/18/how-the-right-trolls-the-left-college-campus-outrage|archive-date=6 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=20 June 2018|quote=Nevertheless, along with spreading the video, Ngo wrung from the evening an article for ''Quillette'', a website obsessed with the alleged war on free speech on campus.}}</ref> {{anchor|postmodernism}}Writing for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Aaron Hanlon describes ''Quillette'' as a "magazine obsessed with the evils of '[[critical theory]]' and [[postmodernism]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/postmodernism-didnt-cause-trump-it-explains-him/2018/08/30/0939f7c4-9b12-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html|title=Postmodernism didn't cause Trump. It explains him.|last=Hanlon|first=Aaron|date=31 August 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930192408/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/postmodernism-didnt-cause-trump-it-explains-him/2018/08/30/0939f7c4-9b12-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2 October 2018|quote=In ''Quillette'' — an online magazine obsessed with the evils of 'critical theory' and postmodernism — Matt McManus reflects on 'The Emergence and Rise of Postmodern Conservatism.'}}</ref> |
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In an interview with ''[[Psychology Today]]'', ''Quillette'' founder Claire Lehmann said the magazine provides "an alternative to the [[Tabula rasa|blank slate view]]... very common in left-leaning media."<ref name="psychology">{{cite news|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/more-mortal/201709/taking-risks-move-the-culture-forward|title=Taking Risks to Move the Culture Forward|last=Routledge|first=Clay|date=September 7, 2017|work=[[Psychology Today]]|access-date=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170918190603/https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/more-mortal/201709/taking-risks-move-the-culture-forward|archive-date=September 18, 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Bari Weiss]] has called Claire Lehmann a member of the [[intellectual dark web]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web|last=Weiss|first=Bari|date=May 8, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 1, 2018|language=en|quote=Other figures in the I.D.W., like Claire Lehmann, the founder and editor of the online magazine ''Quillette'', and Debra Soh, who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience, self-deported from the academic track, sensing that the spectrum of acceptable perspectives and even areas of research was narrowing.|author-link=Bari Weiss}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/05/14/conservatives-cheer-the-latest-right-wing-supergroup-the-intellectual-dark-web/|title=Conservatives Cheer the Latest Right-Wing Supergroup, the Intellectual Dark Web|last=Edroso|first=Roy|date=May 14, 2018|work=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=October 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703162333/https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/05/14/conservatives-cheer-the-latest-right-wing-supergroup-the-intellectual-dark-web/|archive-date=July 3, 2018|url-status=live|quote=IDW superheroes include ... Claire Lehmann, who believes 'nationalism is the antidote to racism', and claims to have been 'blacklisted' for 'criticizing feminism' ...}}</ref> |
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Writing for ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine's column ''The Daily Intelligencer'' [[Andrew Sullivan]] described ''Quillette'' as "refreshingly heterodox" in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/andrew-sullivan-america-land-of-brutal-binaries.html|title=America, Land of Brutal Binaries|last=Sullivan|first=Andrew|date=21 September 2018|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=3 October 2018|language=en|quote=As Claire Lehmann, the founding editor of the refreshingly heterodox new website ''Quillette'' has put it, 'the Woke Left has a moral hierarchy with white men at the bottom.'|archive-date=4 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004110305/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/andrew-sullivan-america-land-of-brutal-binaries.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In a piece for ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', Daniel Engber suggested that while some of its output was "excellent and interesting", the average ''Quillette'' story "is dogmatic, repetitious, and a bore".<ref name=slate/> He wrote that it describes "even modest harms inflicted via [[groupthink]]—e.g., dropped theater projects, flagging book sales, condemnatory tweets—as 'serious adversity'", arguing that various authors in ''Quillette'' engage in the same [[victim mentality]] that they attempt to criticise.<ref name=slate>{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/technology/2019/01/quillette-claire-lehmann-intellectual-dark-web.html |title=Free Thought for the Closed-Minded |last=Engber |first=Daniel |date=8 January 2019 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=9 January 2019 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127104951/https://slate.com/technology/2019/01/quillette-claire-lehmann-intellectual-dark-web.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In an article for ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', writer Alex Leo described ''Quillette'' as "a site that fancies itself intellectually contrarian but mostly publishes [[right-wing]] talking points couched in [[politics of resentment|grievance politics]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/quillette-ben-shapiro-and-the-myth-of-conservative-facts|title=Quillette, Ben Shapiro, and the Myth of Conservative 'Facts'|last=Leo|first=Alex|date=23 March 2019|access-date=20 June 2019|language=en|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116183745/https://www.thedailybeast.com/quillette-ben-shapiro-and-the-myth-of-conservative-facts|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Jason Wilson describes ''Quillette'' as "a website obsessed with the alleged war on free speech on campus".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/18/how-the-right-trolls-the-left-college-campus-outrage|title=How to troll the left: understanding the rightwing outrage machine|last1=Wilson|first1=Jason|date=March |
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In May 2019, ''Quillette'' published an editorial by Eoin Lenihan,<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quillette.com/2019/05/29/its-not-your-imagination-the-journalists-writing-about-antifa-are-often-their-cheerleaders/|title=It’s Not Your Imagination: The Journalists Writing About Antifa Are Often Their Cheerleaders|last=Lenihan|first=Eoin|date=May 29, 2019|website=Quillette|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.is/fQMWj|archive-date=May 31, 2019|access-date=October 29, 2019}}</ref> blogger and internet troll under the psuedonym Progdad,<ref name=":5" /> purported to be an "online extremism researcher"<ref name=":4" /> who had conducted a study which purportedly showed extensive ties between journalists who cover far-right activism and anti-fascists. Lenihan was "an established right-wing troll"<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> and "has long been associated with the [[alt-right]]"<ref name=":4" /> was later banned by Twitter for managing multiple accounts for abusive purposes. When ''Quillette'' was asked about how it determined whether the troll's claims were legitimate and whether the editorial was fact-checked or editorially reviewed, ''Quillette'' founding editor Claire Lehmann declined to comment and responded to criticisms by "[insisting] that a number of journalists weren’t 'real' and invited one of the targeted journalists to 'kiss [her] ass.'"<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/analysis/quillette-antifa-journalist-smear-campaign.php|title=Right-wing publications launder an anti-journalist smear campaign|last=Holt|first=Jared|date=June 12, 2019|website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617183013/https://www.cjr.org/analysis/quillette-antifa-journalist-smear-campaign.php|archive-date=June 17, 2019|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=Claire Lehmann|last=Lehmann|first=Claire|author-link=Claire Lehmann|user=clairlemon|number=1139014607408750593|date=June 13, 2019|title=Kiss my ass|access-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.is/q1kNb|archive-date=June 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequent to the publication of the ''Quillette'' article, the mentioned journalists were harassed and included in an [[Atomwaffen Division]] fan's propaganda "video of imagery of mass shooters intercut with images of the reporters mentioned by Lenihan under the heading 'Sunset the Media'" including other loosely associated reporters. Additionally, the article was discussed on white supremacist forum [[Stormfront (website)|Stormfront]] and the [[doxing]] and trolling dedicated website [[Kiwi Farms]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/154205/quillettes-antifa-journalists-list-couldve-gotten-killed|title=Quillette’s “Antifa Journalists” List Could’ve Gotten Me Killed|last=Kelly|first=Kim|date=2019-06-14|work=The New Republic|access-date=2019-06-19|issn=0028-6583}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/alt-right-antifa-death-threats-doxxing-quillette-a8966176.html|title=Opinion: What happened when I was the target of alt-right death threats|last=Burley|first=Shane|last2=Ross|first2=Alexander|date=June 19, 2019|website=The Independent|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619230718/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/alt-right-antifa-death-threats-doxxing-quillette-a8966176.html|archive-date=June 19, 2019|access-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> |
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Editor-in-chief | Claire Lehmann |
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Senior editor, London | Jamie Palmer |
Canadian editor, Toronto | Jonathan Kay |
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Founder | Claire Lehmann |
Founded | 2015 |
Country | Australia |
Based in | Sydney |
Language | English |
Website | quillette |
Quillette (/kwɪˈlɛt/) is an online magazine founded by Australian journalist Claire Lehmann. The magazine primarily focuses on science, technology, news, culture, and politics.
Quillette was created in 2015 to focus on scientific topics, but has come to focus on coverage of political and cultural issues concerning freedom of speech and identity politics. It has been described as libertarian-leaning,[2][3][4] and "the right wing's highly influential answer to Slate".[5]
History
Quillette was founded in October 2015 in Sydney, Australia, by Claire Lehmann.[6]
It is named after the French word "quillette" which means a withy cutting planted so that it takes root—used here as a metaphor for an essay.[7] Lehmann stated that Quillette was created with the aim of "setting up a space where we could critique the blank slate orthodoxy" – a theory of human development which assumes individuals are largely products of nurture, not nature – but that it "naturally evolved into a place where people critique other aspects of what they see as left-wing orthodoxy".[2][8]
In August 2017, Quillette published an article in which five academics expressed support for James Damore, author of the "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber" memo. According to Politico, Quillette's website crashed because of the popularity of the article. Lehmann was told by her tech staff the cause may have been a DDoS attack.[1][9] In its profile of Quillette, Politico reported that Lehmann knew about the grievance studies affair before it was first reported in October 2018. In response, Quillette again published comments from five like-minded academics.[1][10]
In May 2019, Quillette published an article that alleged connections between antifa activists and national-level reporters who cover the far-right based on the accounts these reporters followed on Twitter.[11][12] Alexander Reid Ross and another journalist who were mentioned in the article said that they and other journalists received death threats after the claims were published.[12]
In August 2019, Quillette published a hoax article titled "DSA Is Doomed" submitted by an anonymous writer claiming to be a construction worker named Archie Carter who was critical of the organisation Democratic Socialists of America.[13] The magazine retracted the article after the hoax was brought to its attention. According to socialist magazine Jacobin, the hoax brought Quillette's fact-checking and editorial standards into question.[14]
Quillette has published articles supporting the "human biodiversity movement" (HBM),[15][16] which attempts to reintroduce ideas from eugenics and scientific racism into the mainstream.[17][18] HBM refers to beliefs that human behaviors are impacted by inherited genes, and certain predispositions are unique to certain ethnic groups.[18][19] Authors who published articles in Quillette supporting these claims include Bo Winegard, Ben Winegard, John Paul Wright, and Brian Boutwell.[19][20][21] Quillette published articles supporting Noah Carl.[18][19]
Reception
In an article for The Outline, writer Gaby Del Valle classifies Quillette as "libertarian-leaning", "academia-focused" and "a hub for reactionary thought."[2] In the Seattle newspaper The Stranger, Katie Herzog writes that it has won praise "from both Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins", adding that "most of the contributors are academics but the site reads more like a well researched opinion section than an academic journal".[22] In an opinion piece for USA Today, columnist Cathy Young describes Quillette as "libertarian-leaning".[3] An article in Vice described Quillette as a "libertarian magazine".[4]
Politico and Vox reported that Quillette has been associated with the "intellectual dark web", a term used, according to Politico, to describe "a loose cadre of academics, journalists and tech entrepreneurs who view themselves as standing up to the knee-jerk left-leaning politics of academia and the media."[1][23] Writing for The New York Times, Bari Weiss referred to Claire Lehmann as a figure in the "intellectual dark web".[1][24]
Writing for The Guardian, Jason Wilson describes Quillette as "a website obsessed with the alleged war on free speech on campus".[25] Writing for The Washington Post, Aaron Hanlon describes Quillette as a "magazine obsessed with the evils of 'critical theory' and postmodernism".[26]
Writing for New York magazine's column The Daily Intelligencer Andrew Sullivan described Quillette as "refreshingly heterodox" in 2018.[27]
In a piece for Slate, Daniel Engber suggested that while some of its output was "excellent and interesting", the average Quillette story "is dogmatic, repetitious, and a bore".[28] He wrote that it describes "even modest harms inflicted via groupthink—e.g., dropped theater projects, flagging book sales, condemnatory tweets—as 'serious adversity'", arguing that various authors in Quillette engage in the same victim mentality that they attempt to criticise.[28] In an article for The Daily Beast, writer Alex Leo described Quillette as "a site that fancies itself intellectually contrarian but mostly publishes right-wing talking points couched in grievance politics".[29]
References
- ^ a b c d e Lester, Amelia. "The Voice of the 'Intellectual Dark Web': Claire Lehmann's online magazine, Quillette, prides itself on publishing 'dangerous' ideas other outlets won't touch. How far is it willing to go?". Politico Magazine (November/December 2018). ISSN 2381-1595. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Del Valle, Gaby (22 September 2017). "Conservatives love playing the victim". The Outline. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
In an interview with Psychology Today last week, Claire Lehmann, the founder of the libertarian-leaning, academia-focused digital magazine Quillette, suggested that the website was a refuge from the political correctness and leftist bias that allegedly plague both academia and the mainstream media.
- ^ a b Young, Cathy (8 August 2017). "Googler fired for diversity memo had legit points on gender". USA Today. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b Matsakis, Louise; Koeblerand, Jason; Emerson, Sarah (7 August 2017). "Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google". Vice. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
The author also used news articles from outlets like The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, as well as smaller publications like libertarian magazine Quillette.
- ^ Thielman, Sam (2019). "Villains". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ Duke, Jennifer (1 May 2019). "'Huge gap in the market': the local publisher winning where others won't tread". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Lehmann, Claire (7 July 2018). "From the Editor". Quillette. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
In French, a synonym for quillette is bouture d'osier, which is a type of wood off-cutting used to grow new trees. An off-cutting planted in the ground that grows into a tree – this seemed to me a great metaphor for an essay.
- ^ Lester, Amelia. "The Voice of the 'Intellectual Dark Web': Claire Lehmann's online magazine, Quillette, prides itself on publishing 'dangerous' ideas other outlets won't touch. How far is it willing to go?". Politico Magazine (November/December 2018). ISSN 2381-1595. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
Contributors often shared Lehmann's interest in debunking the "blank slate" theory of human development, which postulates that individuals are largely products of nurture, not nature. But, Lehmann told me, it quickly grew beyond that topic. In "setting up a space where we could critique the blank slate orthodoxy," she says, Quillette "has naturally evolved into a place where people critique other aspects of what they see as left-wing orthodoxy.
- ^ Duke, Jennifer (1 May 2019). "'Huge gap in the market': the local publisher winning where others won't tread". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Bartlett, Tom (22 May 2019). "Opinion: The Academy's New Favorite Hate-Read". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Lenihan, Eoin (29 May 2019). "It's Not Your Imagination: The Journalists Writing About Antifa Are Often Their Cheerleaders". Quillette. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ a b Burley, Shane; Ross, Alexander (19 June 2019). "Opinion: What happened when I was the target of alt-right death threats". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Freedman, Aaron (16 August 2019). "How the right wing fell for its own fables about the working class". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Freedman, Aaron (8 August 2019). "Exclusive: We Found Archie Carter". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "On the Reality of Race and the Abhorrence of Racism". Quillette. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "On the Reality of Race & the Abhorrence of Racism Part II: Human Biodiversity & Its Implications". Quillette. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Minkowitz, Donna (5 December 2019). "Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for 'Quillette'". The Nation. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Jones, Sarah (2 January 2020). "Will the 2020s Be the Decade of Eugenics?". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ a b c Richards, Imogen; Jones, Callum (2021). "Quillette, classical liberalism, and the international New Right". Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy. London: Routledge. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-1003105176.
- ^ "A Tale of Two Bell Curves". Quillette. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "On the Reality of Race and the Abhorrence of Racism". Quillette. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Herzog, Katie (31 May 2018). "Wrongspeak Is a Safe Space for Dangerous Ideas". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
Most of the contributors are academics but the site reads more like a well researched opinion section than an academic journal.
- ^ Beauchamp, Zack (3 July 2019). "The assault on conservative journalist Andy Ngo, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Weiss, Bari (8 May 2018). "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
Other figures in the I.D.W., like Claire Lehmann, the founder and editor of the online magazine Quillette, and Debra Soh, who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience, self-deported from the academic track, sensing that the spectrum of acceptable perspectives and even areas of research was narrowing.
- ^ Wilson, Jason (18 March 2018). "How to troll the left: understanding the rightwing outrage machine". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
Nevertheless, along with spreading the video, Ngo wrung from the evening an article for Quillette, a website obsessed with the alleged war on free speech on campus.
- ^ Hanlon, Aaron (31 August 2018). "Postmodernism didn't cause Trump. It explains him". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
In Quillette — an online magazine obsessed with the evils of 'critical theory' and postmodernism — Matt McManus reflects on 'The Emergence and Rise of Postmodern Conservatism.'
- ^ Sullivan, Andrew (21 September 2018). "America, Land of Brutal Binaries". New York. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
As Claire Lehmann, the founding editor of the refreshingly heterodox new website Quillette has put it, 'the Woke Left has a moral hierarchy with white men at the bottom.'
- ^ a b Engber, Daniel (8 January 2019). "Free Thought for the Closed-Minded". Slate. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ Leo, Alex (23 March 2019). "Quillette, Ben Shapiro, and the Myth of Conservative 'Facts'". Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2019.