Aaron Sarin

2 months ago | quillette.com | Jonathan Kay |Marilyn Simon |Aaron Sarin

Last month, I received a tip from a nursing student at University of Alberta who’d been required to take a course called Indigenous Health in Canada. It’s a “worthwhile subject,” my correspondent (correctly) noted, “but it won’t surprise you to learn [that the course consists of] four months of self-flagellation led by a white woman.

Feb 14, 2025 | quillette.com | Marilyn Simon |Aaron Sarin |Claire Lehmann

My husband sends me a photo of himself to show me his new glasses. In the corner of the shot, just behind him on our bed, I see the face of a woman smiling up at him. My heart stops momentarily. I’m angry, I’m afraid, but I’m also a little bit—not excited, exactly, and definitely not thrilled—but... roused, perhaps? Yes. Flushed? Certainly. Aroused? No. But then again, it is hard to say. The moment passes when I recognise the face on the bed as my own.

Feb 14, 2025 | quillette.com | Marilyn Simon |Aaron Sarin |Claire Lehmann

My husband sends me a photo of himself to show me his new glasses. In the corner of the shot, just behind him on our bed, I see the face of a woman smiling up at him. My heart stops momentarily. I’m angry, I’m afraid, but I’m also a little bit—not excited, exactly, and definitely not thrilled—but... roused, perhaps? Yes. Flushed? Certainly. Aroused? No. But then again, it is hard to say. The moment passes when I recognise the face on the bed as my own.

Feb 1, 2025 | quillette.com | Helen Pluckrose |Matt Johnson |Gerald M. Steinberg |Aaron Sarin

Jonathan Kay: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Quillette Podcast, hosted on alternate weeks by me, Jonathan Kay, and by Iona Italia. Quillette is where free thought lives. We are an independent, grassroots platform for heterodox ideas and fearless commentary. You are about to hear a free preview of this week’s episode. To hear the full episode, and to get access to all our podcasts and articles, visit us at Quillette.com and click the Subscribe button.

Jan 8, 2025 | quillette.com | Greg Koabel |John Aziz |Jonathan Kay |Aaron Sarin

What follows is the twenty-fourth instalment of The Nations of Canada, a serialised Quillette project adapted from Greg Koabel’s ongoing podcast of the same name. In the summer of 1627, France and England were at war, and the two European empires braced to do battle all over the world. With one important exception: Cardinal Richelieu, who effectively dictated France’s Canadian policy in the name of King Louis XIII, continued colonial operations in Quebec as if the war hadn’t yet begun.