History of Smut: On Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars”
Whitney Strub considers Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Obscene Obsession.”
Whitney Strub considers Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Obscene Obsession.”
Whitney StrubJan 24, 2023
Michelle Tea reflects on the paintings of artist and writer Ali Liebegott in the exhibition “Rooms and Other Feelings.”
Michelle TeaJan 13, 2023
Janna Brancolini discusses the dynamic relationship between restrictive Italian gender roles, Italy’s biggest literary prize, and the nation's...
Janna BrancoliniDec 23, 2022
Ryan Coleman reviews Sarah Polley’s film adaptation of Miriam Toews’s “Women Talking.”
Ryan ColemanDec 22, 2022
Eva Pensis reviews Andrea Pallaoro’s film “Monica.”
Eva PensisDec 9, 2022
Isabelle Lang and Laura Valenza revisit the 1990s feminist revenge plot and its bearing on today’s domestic violence laws.
Isabelle Lang, Laura ValenzaNov 25, 2022
Jamie Hood reviews Joanna Walsh’s memoir-critical hybrid, “My Life as a Godard Movie.”
Jamie HoodNov 24, 2022
J. E. Smyth commemorates a landmark anniversary of forgotten screenwriter and guild president, the sharp-tongued, blacklisted Mary McCall.
J. E. SmythNov 18, 2022
What are the mandates of Black Girl Magic? Leigh-Michil George looks at the history of “Essence” magazine and the complicated personal politics of...
Leigh-Michil GeorgeNov 10, 2022
Grace Byron reviews “It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror” from Feminist Press and editor Joe Vallese.
Grace ByronNov 4, 2022
Eleanor J. Bader talks with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about her new collection “Our Red Book: Intimate Histories of Periods, Growing & Changing.”
Eleanor J. BaderNov 1, 2022
Helena Gabrielle Ong reviews Andrew Joseph White’s new YA book, “Hell Followed with Us.”
Helena Gabrielle OngOct 22, 2022
Activists Ala Riani and Rezan Labady explain the significance of the Iran 2022 protests and the need to spotlight Kurdish identities in the face of...
Ala Riani, Rezan LabadyOct 13, 2022
Sohum Pal reviews Françoise Vergès’s “A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective,” translated by Melissa Thackway.
Sohum PalOct 9, 2022
Anthropologist Meredith Reiches describes how having a uterus changes what’s possible, physically and legally — and how, once again, what’s possible...
Meredith ReichesSep 22, 2022
Samantha Mann talks with R/B Mertz about their memoir, “Burning Butch.”
Samantha MannAug 25, 2022
Eric Newman interviews Hugh Ryan about the queer carceral history of his new book, “The Women’s House of Detention”
Eric NewmanAug 16, 2022
A conversation between Gawker editor and “Ask A Fuck Up” columnist Brandy Jensen and writer and critic Andrea Long Chu on romance and rejection.
Brandy Jensen, Andrea Long ChuAug 14, 2022
Paul R. Abramson hails Frans de Waal's "Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist."
Paul R. AbramsonJul 28, 2022
Suzanne Cope reviews Angela Garbes’s new book, “Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change.”
Suzanne CopeJul 13, 2022
Stephanie Malak follows “Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes” by Jazmina Barrera.
Stephanie MalakJul 2, 2022
Scott W. Stern explores the antiheroes of gay history in Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller’s “Bad Gays: A Homosexual History.”
Scott W. SternJun 3, 2022
The poet discusses his new book, “A Quilt for David,” about the scapegoating of a gay dentist in 1990s Florida.
Lois P. JonesMay 31, 2022
Zach Shultz talks with Ricky Tucker his new book, “And the Category Is…: Inside New York’s Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community.”
Zach ShultzMay 14, 2022