Homophobes Without Homophobia
Bruno Perreau’s “Queer Theory: The French Response” illuminates the new politics of sexuality in contemporary conservative movements in France and the U.S....
The Cult of the Clitoris
“Becoming Cliterate” will help many women reach their orgasm objectives, and that’s good. But orgasm equity will not solve the problem of patriarchy....
A “Christian Nation” with an Enlightenment Constitution
Alyson Claire Decker reviews Geoffrey R. Stone's "Sex and the Constitution."...
Facing Facts, Facing Reality: On Deborah Nelson’s “Tough Enough”
Deborah Nelson’s “Tough Enough” examines how intellectual powerhouses including Hannah Arendt, Susan Sontag, and Diane Arbus face reality head on....
Nothing Will Go Back: An Interview with Dr. Andrea Pető of Central European University
Stephanie Newman interviews Dr. Andrea Pető, a professor of Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest....
Facing the Feminist in the Mirror: On Sara Ahmed’s “Living a Feminist Life”
In all the messiness of Sara Ahmed's "Living a Feminist Life," it offers more than a healthy start....
Feminist Freedom Lies in Happiness
Heather Wood Rudulph speaks with Jill Filipovic about her new book, "The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness."...
The Groves of Academe: On “Keep the Damned Women Out”
Andrew Seal on Nancy Weiss Malkiel's "'Keep the Damned Women Out': The Struggle for Coeducation."...
A Town’s Own Story: Édouard Louis’s “The End of Eddy”
Charlie Tyson on Édouard Louis's autobiographical novel....
Notes on “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Becca Rothfeld on the joyous camp of "RuPaul's Drag Race."...
Navigating Identities Past and Present in Susan Faludi’s “In the Darkroom”
Will Clark on the complications of identity, history and the body in Susan Faludi’s “In the Darkroom.”...
A Space for Pleasures of All Kinds: On “Cruising the Library”
Emily Drabinski explores normativity and the Library of Congress classification system in her review of Melissa Adler’s “Cruising the Library.”...
