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Mar 24, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Dara Macdonald
I have fond memories of ABC’s Wednesday night programming around 2005-10 when the best comedies they had to offer used to be aired. The first decade of the 21st Century came before the time of streaming services, so it was strictly appointment viewing. I, like many in my cohort of younger Millennials (those born in the early 90s who were in high school at this time), used to sit themselves in front of the TV for a reliable evening of laughs.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
quillette.com | Zoe Booth |Razib Khan |Norman Goda |Dara Macdonald
Are Ashkenazi Jews indigenous to the Middle East? Is Palestinian a distinct ethnicity, different to other Arabs? Are some ethnicities more homogenous than others? Is inbreeding actually terrible for your genetics or can it make them stronger? If we needed to send a rocket to space to preserve the human species, who would Razib put on it? Answers to all these questions and more in this lighthearted episode of the Quillette Cetera podcast withcontributor Razib Khan.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
quillette.com | Norman Goda |Zoe Booth |Dara Macdonald
Podcast #232: Is Israel Really Committing Genocide in Gaza? ‘What South Africa’s evidence really shows us is that there’s a war going on—and that the Israelis are determined to destroy Hamas. But that’s a far cry from genocide.’
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
quillette.com | Zoe Booth |Dara Macdonald |Freya India |Pamela Paresky
A conversation with the director of Australia's new Free Speech Union. Quillette contributor and lawyer, Dara Macdonald, joins me on the podcast to discuss the founding of Australia's new Free Speech Union, of which she serves as director.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
quillette.com | Freya India |Zoe Booth |Dara Macdonald |Pamela Paresky
Something I’m increasingly sceptical of in modern mental health culture is this constant insistence to open up. Share your story! says every celebrity. Speak out! says every company. Men aren’t opening up enough, says pretty much every mainstream publication. In fact last week in the UK it was #TimeToTalkDay, urging us to "be more open about mental health and share how we really feel".
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
quillette.com | Julie Bindel |Zoe Booth |Dara Macdonald |Brad Polumbo
Podcast #229: How ‘Intersectional Feminism’ Got Hijacked by Men Veteran activist, author, and pundit Julie Bindel talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about the need to protect hard-won women’s rights from gender ideologues. To read a transcript of this podcast, please click the link below. During a visit to the county she calls ‘Tranada,’ the veteran activist and author tells Quillette that ‘intersectional’ feminism often resembles a rainbow-branded offshoot of the men’s-rights movement.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
spectator.com.au | Dara Macdonald
There is a view that is common amongst the sceptics of cancel culture, that it is merely a battle between elites and it has no effect on ordinary people. The reasoning goes that all victims of cancellation attempts are wealthy and influential and the ones doing the mobbing are those privileged enough to hold the specific set of luxury beliefs that have become the modern ‘Woke’ orthodoxy.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
onlineopinion.com.au | Dara Macdonald
The Barbie movie so completely portrays the vision of "girl boss" feminism, both in its idealistic form as Barbieland, and its "insert all the corporate messaging approved smash the patriarchy platitudes here" form that at points I didn't know whether they were trying to parody fashionable feminism or simply so steeped in the corporate zeitgeist - this movie was supposed to be an advertisement of Mattel after all - that those responsible for it didn't realise just how much of a cliché it was.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
quillette.com | Angel Eduardo |Dara Macdonald |Jonathan Kay
The philosopher Karl Popper may be best known for his “paradox of tolerance,” a term that comes from a footnote in his book The Open Society and Its Enemies. The paradox states that a society that tolerates intolerance can eventually succumb to it, and as a result intolerance of intolerance—even resisting it by force—may be necessary for self-preservation.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
quillette.com | Dara Macdonald |Ash Kahn |Allan Stratton
Misinformation has sparked a panic in Australia, leading to the introduction of a new draft law aimed at curbing its spread. Australia is not alone in this crusade, other jurisdictions have similar regulations being passed and proposed. Yet the push to regulate misinformation seems more like an attempt by the established elite to suppress dissenting voices rather than a genuine pursuit of truth.
