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Quillette Read Aloud

A sample of Quillette articles read aloud using a text-to-speech generator.

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Black American Culture and the Racial Wealth Gap

Black American Culture and the Racial Wealth Gap

There is arguably no racial disparity more striking than the wealth gap. While the median white household earns just 65 ... Read more

19 Jul 2018

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A Closer Look at Anti-White Rhetoric

A Closer Look at Anti-White Rhetoric

Online controversy erupted earlier this month when The New York Times announced that technology writer Sarah Jeong would... Read more

17 Aug 2018

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The Infantilization of Black America

The Infantilization of Black America

In contemporary political discourse, black America often seems to be perceived as a monolith. We are expected to think, ... Read more

5 Aug 2018

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Democratic Socialism is a Scam

Democratic Socialism is a Scam

When I attended a rally with my family in Little Havana for then-Senator Barack Obama in 2007, our old neighborhood gree... Read more

6 Aug 2018

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The Problem with ‘Facts Not Feelings’

The Problem with ‘Facts Not Feelings’

In the midst of our turbulent political and cultural moment there endures an intellectual sub-culture that refuses to be... Read more

13 Aug 2018

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On Toxic Femininity

On Toxic Femininity

Male lions can be monsters, murderous and focused. Toxic, if you will. Given the opportunity, male lions will kill the k... Read more

9 Jul 2018

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Why Women Don’t Code

Why Women Don’t Code

Ever since Google fired James Damore for “advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace,” those of us working in... Read more

19 Jun 2018

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I Was the Mob Until the Mob Came for Me

I Was the Mob Until the Mob Came for Me

I drive food delivery for an online app to make rent and support myself and my young family. This is my new life. I once... Read more

14 Jul 2018

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Britain’s Populist Revolt

Britain’s Populist Revolt

More than two years have passed since Britain voted for Brexit. Ever since that moment, the vote to leave the European U... Read more

3 Aug 2018

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At this Portland Bakery, White Guilt Poisons the Batter

At this Portland Bakery, White Guilt Poisons the Batter

The menu at the Back to Eden Bakery in Portland, Ore. features vegan and gluten-free ice cream, cookies and cupcakes, bu... Read more

5 Jun 2018

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Race, Gender and Trump: Everything You Think You Know is Wrong

Race, Gender and Trump: Everything You Think You Know is Wrong

Following Election 2016’s “shocking” finale, many in academic and journalistic circles have seemed less interested in di... Read more

8 Jun 2018

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Political Moderates Are Lying

Political Moderates Are Lying

Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead once suggested that we should “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citize... Read more

2 Jul 2018

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I Was a Female Incel

I Was a Female Incel

Author’s Note: I have chosen to publish this essay under a pseudonym to preserve my anonymity and the anonymity of other... Read more

18 Jul 2018

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Explaining Monogamy to Vox

Explaining Monogamy to Vox

In the first episode of their new Netflix series, entitled Explained, the folks over at Vox set out to explain monogamy.... Read more

7 Jun 2018

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The Public Humiliation Diet

The Public Humiliation Diet

Reading about James Gunn’s defenestration by Disney for having tweeted some off-color jokes 10 years ago, I was reminded... Read more

23 Jul 2018

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The New York Times Comes Out Against Free Speech

The New York Times Comes Out Against Free Speech

According to a front page New York Times news (not opinion) article by Adam Liptak “Weaponizing the First Amendment: How... Read more

4 Jul 2018

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What Is the Tribe of the Anti-Tribalists?

What Is the Tribe of the Anti-Tribalists?

Near the end of a much-discussed podcast in May entitled Identity & Honesty, Sam Harris and Ezra Klein have the foll... Read more

17 Jul 2018

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Through the Looking Glass at Concordia University

Through the Looking Glass at Concordia University

It was in a class called Representations of Minorities in Documentary Film, the last elective I needed to receive my BA ... Read more

2 Jul 2018

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A Literary Inquisition: How Novelist Steven Galloway Was Smeared as a Rapist, Even as the Case Against Him Collapsed

A Literary Inquisition: How Novelist Steven Galloway Was Smeared as a Rapist, Even as the Case Against Him Collapsed

On August 8, 2015, a day after the University of British Columbia announced the sudden resignation of its president, Arv... Read more

21 Jun 2018

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Notes From an Academic Paper Mill

Notes From an Academic Paper Mill

One evening last fall, my de facto supervisor e-mailed me an audio file consisting of a three-minute conversation betwee... Read more

20 Jun 2018

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