Gender & Sexuality

Endless Culture Wars: On Kliph Nesteroff’s “Outrageous”
Chris Yogerst reviews Kliph Nesteroff’s book, “Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars.”...
Chris YogerstDec 1
- Film
- Television
Minor Archives: A Conversation with Elisabeth Subrin
Lisa Darms speaks with filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin about her award-winning new documentary “Maria Schneider, 1983.”...
Lisa DarmsNov 30
- Film
Something Intricate and Many-Chambered: On Adapting Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando”
Julia Sirmons compares three adaptations of Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando”: “Freak Orlando,” “Orlando,” and “Orlando: My Political Biography.”...
Julia SirmonsNov 25
- Fiction
- Film
Going Mad: On Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s “Drinking from Graveyard Wells”
Jenna N. Hanchey reviews Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s “Drinking from Graveyard Wells.”...
Jenna N. HancheyNov 22
Above a Noise Floor: On Kimberly Alidio’s “Teeter”
Rebecca Teich reviews Kimberly Alidio’s “Teeter.”...
Rebecca TeichNov 21
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
Using Our Words: On Minna Dubin’s “Mom Rage”
Tanya Ward Goodman reviews Minna Dubin’s “Mom Rage: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood.”...
Tanya Ward GoodmanNov 20
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
Dysphoria Matters: On the Broken Promise of “Sex Education”
Slava Greenberg looks at the legacy of Netflix’s series “Sex Education” in light of its finale...
Slava GreenbergNov 16
- Film
- Television
Unpacking Women’s Language: On Jenni Nuttall’s “Mother Tongue”
Katherine Turk reviews Jenni Nuttall’s “Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words.”...
Katherine TurkNov 15
- History
Whither Queer Biology? On Richard O. Prum’s “Performance All the Way Down”
Banu Subramaniam gets whiplash when she reads Richard O. Prum’s “Performance All the Way Down: Genes, Development, and Sexual Difference.” For a book engaging with queer theory, it is decidedly unqueer, she writes....
Banu SubramaniamNov 15
- Science & Technology
Echoes of the Original: On the Task of Translating Maria Schneider
Hannah Bonner looks at Elisabeth Subrin’s documentary, “Maria Schneider, 1983,” alongside Vanessa Schneider’s memoir, “My Cousin Maria Schneider.”...
Hannah BonnerNov 9
- Film
- Memoir
The Trash Collector: On John Waters’s Imperfect Cinema
Theresa Lin pays tribute to the at times revolting charm of filmmaker John Waters, whose unlikely exhibition is now on view at the Academy Museum....
Theresa LinNov 8
- Art
- Film
How the World Ends: On Lindsay Turner’s “The Upstate”
Rona Cran reviews “The Upstate” by Lindsay Turner....
Rona CranNov 4
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
Where the Boys Aren’t
Recent TV series have been imagining worlds without men. What does this absence make possible? asks Elizabeth Alsop....
Elizabeth AlsopNov 3
- Politics and Economics
- Television
Conduits to a Feeling: On Sophia Giovannitti’s “Working Girl”
Ayden LeRoux reviews Sophia Giovannitti’s “Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex.”...
Ayden LeRouxNov 3
- Memoir
No Fap: A Cultural History of Anti-Masturbation
Aya Labanieh analyzes the history of the anti-masturbation NoFap movement, which has historical roots far beyond contemporary internet culture....
Aya LabaniehNov 1
- History
Do Women Have It Easier Than Men Now? On Caitlin Moran’s “What About Men?”
Meredith Maran reviews Caitlin Moran’s “What About Men? A Feminist Answers the Question.”...
Meredith MaranOct 30
- Nonfiction
Story Thieves: On Carmen Boullosa’s “The Book of Eve”
Godelieve de Bree reviews Carmen Boullosa’s “The Book of Eve”...
Godelieve de BreeOct 29
- Fiction
Marked as a Monster: A Conversation Between Marlena Williams and S. Trimble
Marlena Williams and S. Trimble discuss their shared work on the queer resonances of “The Exorcist.”...
Marlena Williams, S. TrimbleOct 27
- Film
Waiting for Barbie
Anne Anlin Cheng recalls her first, foreign Barbie experience....
Anne Anlin ChengOct 20
- Film
Empress Elisabeth and the Archives of Anorexia
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Meghan Racklin considers the life and imperfectly rendered image of Empress Elisabeth of Austria....
Meghan RacklinOct 20
Protomodernist Love Triangle: On Carolyn Dever’s “Chains of Love and Beauty”
Evangeline Riddiford Graham reviews Carolyn Dever’s “Chains of Love and Beauty: The Diary of Michael Field.”...
Evangeline Riddiford GrahamOct 16
- Poetry
For Promising Young Women: A Smidge of Midge
Eliana Rozinov examines the figure of Midge as a mythical phenomenon, a pregnant doll, and a variation of the “promising young woman” trope....
Eliana RozinovOct 12
- Film
Work and the New Wave: On My Capricious Summer with Jiří Menzel
Emily Tamkin documents her Jiří Menzel binge and explains how and why his films hold up so well today....
Emily TamkinSep 28
- Film
The Funny Thing About Misogyny
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Katie Kadue breaks down the misogynist history of the rape joke....
Katie KadueSep 25
- LARB Quarterly
- Nonfiction